





TAF Africa, in its commitment to promoting disability inclusion, held a town hall meeting held on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Oshimili South Local Government Area. The event took place at the Professor Chike Edozien Secretariat and brought together disability advocates, government officials, and community leaders to discuss practical ways of ensuring that PWDs are not left behind in governance and development. In the interactive session, PWDs openly shared the challenges they face in accessing opportunities and participating fully in society. While acknowledging these concerns, Dr. Andrew Adaji, representing TAF Africa, explained that the organization operates with limited funding and cannot directly solve all the issues raised. However, he assured participants that their complaints would be documented and taken to the appropriate authorities for necessary action. Participants at the meeting welcomed the initiative, describing it as a vital step towards bridging the gap between PWDs and government institutions. Stakeholders also called for sustained advocacy to ensure that inclusion remains at the heart of Delta State’s development agenda.
TAF Africa recently concluded the Quarterly Stakeholder Meetings on Disability Inclusion in Delta State.
TAF Africa recently concluded the second round of advocacy visits across key ministries and stakeholders in Rivers State under the project “Enhancing Disability-Inclusive Governance in Rivers State (2025–2026), funded by the Disability Rights Fund (DRF). The visits engaged the Ministry of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation, Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Transportation, Head of Civil Service Commission and Council of Traditional Rulers as well as other relevant stakeholders. The advocacy team, including representatives of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), highlighted the need for: Establishing disability desk offices and appointing disability desk officers. Implementing inclusive policies and programs, including the domestication of the Disability Act. Improving accessibility of public buildings and services. Ensuring PWD employment and inclusive education policies. The ministries expressed commitment to collaborate with TAF Africa and integrate disability inclusion into their programs. This initiative reflects TAF Africa’s vision for a Nigeria where no one is left behind, ensuring the rights, dignity, and participation of all citizens, including persons with disabilities. https://youtu.be/p7sg3O-awuU
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) Job Title: RFQ: Procurement of Assistive Devices to Targeted Persons with Disabilities Location: Delta State Submission Deadline: 5th September 2025 TAF Africa is an independent non-governmental/not-for-profit organisation originally established to promote health, socio-economic rights, well-being, and empowerment of persons with albinism. The organisation has since evolved to become a focus organisation that advocates for the recognition and respect of the rights, socio-economic and political inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in Nigeria and around the World. The foundation contributes to legislative and policy action that promotes the rights of Persons with Disabilities, and effective mainstreaming of disability. TAF Africa kindly requests your quotation for the procurement of the following assistive devices: S/N ASSISTIVE DEVICE QUANTITY 1 Prosthesis 1 2 Oticon Hearing Aid 1 3 Hearing Aids 5 4 Armpit Crutches 5 5 Elbow Crutches 6 6 Crutches 7 7 Walking Stick 1 8 Wheelchair 21 9 Cane Guide 3 How To Apply: All Quotations should be sent to procurements@tafafrica.co with the subject line “Procurement: Assistive Device.” Submissions must include: An official invoice. Valid Certificate of Registration (Certificate of Incorporation) Tax identification number (TIN) Note: TAF Africa will deduct and remit Withholding Tax to the relevant tax authority. Deadline for submission: 5th September 2025. Terms and Conditions This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is not, and shall not be considered, an offer by TAF Africa. All submissions must be received on or before the deadline indicated above. Late submissions will not be considered. Incomplete or unresponsive submissions will be rejected. Quotations shall be quoted in NGN (Nigerian Naira) Any award made will be subject to TAF Africa’s contractual terms and conditions and contingent upon the availability of donor funding. TAF Africa reserves the right to accept or reject any submission or cancel the solicitation process at any time without liability to the submitting party. TAF Africa reserves the right to accept all or part of a submission. All information provided by TAF Africa in this RFQ is offered in good faith. Items are subject to change, and all participating vendors will be notified accordingly. TAF Africa is not responsible for any use of the information provided or for any resulting claims. TAF Africa reserves the right to require the selected vendor(s) to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). All costs incurred by the vendor in preparing and submitting a response are solely the responsibility of the vendor. All submitted documents will become the property of TAF Africa, subject to confidentiality claims clearly marked by the vendor. TAF Africa may select and award contracts to multiple vendors as deemed necessary.
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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to