From 1997 to May 2026, WAIFEM made a total of 1049 capacity building interventions in pursuit of its mandate. Of these events, 941 or 89.7 percent represents knowledge and skills upgrading through training courses / workshop / seminars while 108 or 10.3 percent represents missions (needs assessment and follow-up) and other capacity building-related activities, such as progress review meetings and impact assessment surveys/studies. A total of 29,612 participants benefited from the programme.
Of the total 29,612 participants that benefited from the programmes executed, Nigeria accounted for 10,589 or 35.8 percent, Ghana 5,921 or 20.0 percent, and The Gambia 4,382 or 14.8 percent. The number of participants from Sierra Leone was 4,111 or 13.9 percent of the attendees; socio-political situation in Liberia adversely influenced its low participation rate of 3,184 or 10.8 percent of the total. Non-regional participants began to take advantage of the existence of the Institute with them accounting for 1425 attendees or 4.8 percent (See Graphs and Table below for additional details).