Free, world-class training that turns Nigerian talent into global professionals.
AFSS equips qualified graduates with Clinical SAS programming skills so they can build dollar-earning careers in the pharmaceutical industry — without ever leaving home.
Our Mission
Equip students with statistical and data science training to alleviate unemployment and the underutilization of talent in Nigeria.
Our Vision
Position Nigeria as a globally recognised hub for statistical and data science — for current and future generations.
Our Values
Service. Creativity. Humility. Three principles that shape every decision we make with our students and partners.
What we do
A fully-funded pathway into the global pharmaceutical industry.
AFSS delivers a six-month Clinical SAS Programmer training programme covering SAS Base and Advanced programming, SDTM & ADaM standards, CDISC compliance, and clinical trial design. Each cohort represents an investment of more than US$36,000 in tuition, equipment, stipends, and certification fees — every naira absorbed by the Foundation so that talent, not tuition, decides who gets a seat.
Our inaugural cohort of eight students graduated in November 2023 and every graduate went on to a paid internship at M-Estimator LLC, sponsored personally by the founder while the Foundation continued its search for external placements. The programme's first-cohort completion rate was 100 percent.
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What every AFSS scholar receives.
Six months of full-time classroom instruction
Structured daily lectures, supervised lab work, and guest sessions with industry practitioners.
Certification exam fully sponsored
The SAS Base certification fee is covered end-to-end by the Foundation.
Supervised micro-internship after graduation
Every graduate exits with real, production-grade portfolio work.
Weekly stipends and equipment provided
Laptop, headset, transport stipend, uninterrupted power and internet — all covered.
AFSS curriculum
AFSS-trained statistical science programmers in the pharmaceutical industry.
The Foundation's curriculum is engineered around the exact competencies that global sponsors, CROs, and regulators look for. Every graduate leaves fluent in the following skills.
Statistical Programming Proficiency
SAS Base and Advanced programming built to submission-grade standards.
Clinical Trial Design and Analysis
End-to-end fluency across the phases of a modern clinical trial.
Clinical Trials Overview
The regulatory, operational, and scientific context every programmer needs.
Clinical Safety Domains
Adverse events, concomitant medications, and the domains regulators scrutinise first.
SDTM & ADaM Development
Hands-on construction of Study Data Tabulation and Analysis Data Models.
CDISC Training
Full alignment with CDISC standards expected by the FDA and global sponsors.
Social enterprise
AFSS Social Solution
AFSS's social enterprise enables qualified students to contribute toward the economic and academic advancement of Nigeria. With statistical programmer training, students gain expertise in the pharmaceutical industry — a sector projected to grow by 33 percent over the next five years.
Socioeconomic
Create dollar-earning, remote-capable careers that lift households and strengthen Nigeria's middle class.
Education
Deliver a globally-recognised curriculum at zero cost to qualified graduates in the region.
Technology
Build a durable pipeline of statistical programmers powering pharmaceutical innovation from Nigeria.
Socioeconomic
Place every graduate into paid work with international sponsors and CROs within twelve months of graduation.
Education
Sponsor recurring cohorts and expand facilities beyond Bodija as funding grows.
Technology
Equip students with the tooling, datasets, and connectivity needed to compete anywhere in the world.
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Free Clinical SAS Programmer Training: A Pathway Out of Unemployment
How AFSS delivers globally-recognized statistical programming skills at zero cost to qualified Nigerian graduates.
Why Statistical Programmers Matter in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Statistical programmers sit at the centre of every clinical trial. Here is why the role is projected to grow by 33% over the next five years.
First Cohort Graduation: Eight Students, One New Career Path
On November 23, 2023, AFSS celebrated the graduation of its inaugural class of Clinical SAS Programmers.
In the press · Daily Independent
"NGO trains statistical scientists with over US$36,000 to curb brain drain"
Daily Independent, Nigerian Tribune, The Nation, The Sun, BusinessDay and TVC News covered the Adeniji Foundation's inaugural 2023 graduation — reporting on the 36-week fully-funded programme and the Foundation's response to Nigeria's brain-drain wave. Explore the full press, TV and social archive.
Help us open the doors for the next cohort.
AFSS is currently seeking funds to sponsor the next intake of students. Every contribution — from individual donors to institutional partners — brings the next classroom one seat closer. Each seat costs approximately US$4,500 and unlocks:
- Fully-funded laptop and headset
- 24-hour power and internet at the Bodija facility
- Weekly transportation stipend
- SAS Base certification exam fee ($99)
- Structured micro-internship placement