Peace Education and Practice Network (@thepepnet)

What Peace Education and Practice Network (@thepepnet) does

Peace Education and Practice Network (PEPNET) is a Nigerian nonprofit organisation founded in November 2018 by Moses Abolade and formally registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC No. 156980) in March 2021. Headquartered in Mpape, Abuja, with a 14-person team, PEPNET operates as a peace education systems institution that designs and delivers structured curricula, training programmes, and community engagement platforms across Nigeria and selectively into East Africa (notably Korogocho, Kenya). Its work targets youth, secondary and tertiary schools, community-based organisations, government institutions, and development practitioners.

PEPNET's portfolio is organised around five interconnected platforms — Peace Education for Schools Platform (covering PESS, PEHIP, and Back to School for Peace), PEPNET Peace Academy, Community Engagement Platform (Peace Lovers Connect, PEPNET Community Connect, Community Cleaning for Peace Programme), Narrative and Media Platform (Peace Zone Media, GACE Dialogue), and Capacity Building Platform (PEMAT). Underlying content products include PETMANUAL (published 2023), the PESS Manual and Handbook (2024), and Peacetol. Flagship convenings include PEPCON Africa (annual conference launched 2023) and the PEMAT Leaders Fellowship Programme (2026). Strategic partners include GPPAC West Africa (co-funded by the EU), NILDS, IPCR, Peace Catalyst International, and the World Citizen Peace Ambassador Centre; the founder personally holds consultant roles with PCI and World Citizen Peace.

PEPNET's business model blends four revenue streams: (1) publication sales through an e-commerce storefront at ₦15,000–₦17,000 per item, (2) membership contributions via Full and Organisational Membership tiers (with Community Membership free), (3) training and programme fees through the Peace Academy and PEMAT Leaders Programme, and (4) donations, sponsorships, and grants — the last being the dominant funding source, exemplified by the GPPAC West Africa CLIMPSE Micro Grant co-funded by the European Union. To date PEPNET has implemented 80+ programmes, trained 7,000+ direct beneficiaries, facilitated 100+ trainings, and reached 1.5M+ people through media and advocacy.

Name

Peace Education and Practice Network (@thepepnet)

Legal name

Peace Education and Practice Network

Website

https://thepepnet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PEPNET is a Nigerian nonprofit delivering peace education, conflict transformation training, and civic engagement programming to youth, schools, communities, and government actors in Nigeria and East Africa through school curricula, training academies, publications, and grassroots community platforms.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Education Partnerships for Equity, Inclusion & Gender (EDADALAF)

Keywords

• Peace education
• Conflict transformation
• Civic engagement training
• Peacebuilding capacity building
• Community peacebuilding services

Headquarters

HQ city

Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Publication Sales: Sale of peace education publications including PETMANUAL, Peacetol, PESS Handbook, and PESS Manual through the organization's e-commerce store. One-time purchases at price points of ₦15,000-₦17,000 per item.
2. Membership Contributions: Full Membership attracts an annual membership contribution. Community Membership is free. Organisational Membership available for schools, institutions, and CSOs.
3. Donations and Grants: PEPNET accepts donations, sponsorships, grants, and other forms of support. The organization receives funding from development partners including the CLIMPSE Micro Grant from GPPAC West Africa, co-funded by the European Union.
4. Training and Programme Fees: Revenue generated from training programmes, capacity building initiatives, and professional development offerings through the Peace Academy and PEMAT Leaders Programme.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

PEPNET is a nonprofit peace education organization that designs and delivers peace education curricula, training programmes, publications, community platforms, and dialogue initiatives for schools, communities, institutions, and governance stakeholders in Nigeria and across Africa. Its offerings translate peacebuilding concepts into practical learning products such as PESS, PEMAT, PEHIP, PETMANUAL, Peace Academy, Peace Clubs, and PepCon Africa.

Product overview

PEPNET operates as a peace education ecosystem with interconnected platforms and products designed to advance peace learning, leadership development, civic engagement, and community resilience. The core portfolio includes five main platforms: Peace Education for Schools Platform (covering PESS, PEHIP, and Back to School for Peace), PEPNET Peace Academy (education and training hub), Community Engagement Platform (featuring Peace Lovers Connect, PEPNET Community Connect, and CCPP), Narrative and Media Platform (Peace Zone and GACE Dialogue), and Capacity Building Platform (PETMANUAL and PEMAT). Supporting publications include PETMANUAL, PESS Manual, PESS Handbook, and PEACETOL. Notable initiatives include VOICE Nigeria, PEMAT Leaders Fellowship Programme, and the Climate Peace Circle CLIMPSE Project. The organization hosts PEPCON Africa as its flagship annual conference. This integrated ecosystem approach connects grassroots engagement with institutional partnerships to move peacebuilding beyond awareness into sustained practice, behavioral transformation, and systems-level impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PETMANUAL A peace education resource manual that supports structured curriculum delivery for schools and educators implementing peace education within their institutions.
• PESS Manual An implementation manual for the Peace Education in Schools and Society (PESS) programme, designed for educators and programme facilitators.
• PESS Handbook A handbook accompanying the Peace Education in Schools and Society programme, providing practical guidance for practitioners and learners.
• PEACETOL A peace education publication that supports the organization's peacebuilding and civic engagement content library.
• PESS (Peace Education in Schools and Society) Programme A structured peace education programme designed to be integrated into schools and communities, providing learners with peacebuilding knowledge and skills.
• PEMAT (Peace Education Maturity Assessment Tool) An assessment tool designed to measure the maturity and progress of peace education implementation within schools, institutions, and communities.
• PEHIP (Peace Education and Humanity Improvement Programme) A foundational peace education programme that introduces participants to peacebuilding concepts and prepares them for more advanced peace education engagement.
• PepCon Africa Conference A continental peace education conference organised by PEPNET that brings together peacebuilders, educators, and stakeholders from across Africa for learning and networking.
• Peace Clubs (PLC) Community-based peace clubs that provide sustained peace education engagement and practical peacebuilding activities for youth and community members.
• Community Conversations for Peace (PCC) A structured community dialogue methodology that supports grassroots peacebuilding and conflict transformation at the community level.
• CCPP (Community Change and Peace Project) A community-based initiative that supports local peacebuilding and social change through structured community engagement.
• GACE Dialogue A structured dialogue programme designed to engage governance actors, including election management bodies and security agencies, in peacebuilding and conflict transformation.
• VOICE Nigeria A youth civic engagement platform that mobilizes young Nigerians for peacebuilding, civic participation, and community action.
• CLIMPSE Project A project that addresses the intersection of climate, peace, and community resilience, supporting communities in adapting to climate-related peace and security challenges.
• PEPNET Membership Programme A membership programme that offers paid annual memberships and free community memberships, providing access to resources, community engagement, and PEPNET's peace education ecosystem.
• Peace Academy An online learning platform that delivers peace education courses and content to learners engaged with PEPNET's peacebuilding ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80 peacebuilding, education, governance, and community development programmes implemented since 2018
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• GPPAC West Africa (Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2026GPPAC West Africa is a key strategic partner providing the CLIMPSE Micro Grant for the Climate Peace Circle (CPC) CLIMPSE Project. The project focuses on strengthening community-led climate, peace, and security action in Mpape, Abuja. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union and represents a core initiative for PEPNET's climate peace agenda.
• NILDS (National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2026Strategic engagement with NILDS to explore partnership on the VOICE Nigeria (Voices for Opportunities, Inclusion, Civic Engagement and Empowerment in Nigeria) Initiative. NILDS is a government institute strengthening legislative capacity and democratic governance. The partnership aims to bridge the gap between young people and democratic institutions.
• IPCR (Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Listed as a strategic partner on the PEPNET homepage. IPCR is an Nigerian institute focused on peace and conflict resolution research and practice.
• Peace Catalyst International (PCI)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026International peacebuilding organization. Moses Abolade serves as a Peacebuilding Consultant with PCI, supporting programme development, partnership building, training, and peacebuilding initiatives.
• World Citizen Peace Ambassador CentresecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026International organization. Moses Abolade serves as a Peacebuilding Consultant, supporting cross-organizational peacebuilding initiatives.
• World Citizen PeaceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Listed as a strategic partner on the PEPNET homepage.
• Abdulsalami Abubakar Institute for Peace and Strategic StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for training approximately 50 teachers in Niger State on peace education. The institute provides institutional support and expertise for delivering peace education training using PEPNET's PESS curriculum and resources.
• Korogocho Community (Kenya)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Cross-border partnership involving peace education training for approximately 20 teachers and volunteers in Korogocho, Kenya, demonstrating PEPNET's regional expansion beyond Nigeria.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• International Alert: International Alert is a leading global peacebuilding NGO working on security, conflict transformation, and governance. It is comparable to PEPNET's focus on peace education, dialogue, and governance engagement, though operating with much larger institutional capacity and global reach.
• Mercy Corps Nigeria: Mercy Corps is a major international humanitarian and development organisation with significant Nigeria operations spanning peace and governance programming. It is comparable to PEPNET's peace, governance, and community resilience focus, though Mercy Corps operates at vastly greater scale and budget across the country.
• Search for Common Ground: Search for Common Ground is one of the world's largest dedicated peacebuilding NGOs, operating in dozens of countries including Nigeria. It is comparable to PEPNET in mission (transforming conflict through education, training, and community engagement) but operates at global scale with vastly larger resources.
• Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC): GPPAC is a global network of peacebuilding organisations and the parent of GPPAC West Africa, which currently funds PEPNET through the EU-co-funded CLIMPSE Micro Grant. It is comparable to PEPNET's peacebuilding and conflict prevention mission at the network/incumbent level, though operating globally with member organisations rather than direct programmes.

Direct peers

• Peace Direct: Peace Direct is a peacebuilding NGO that supports local peacebuilders and partners with grassroots peace organisations globally. It is comparable to PEPNET as a peace education and capacity-building nonprofit and is also a likely strategic partner/reference point for similar community-led peacebuilders.
• West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP): WANEP is the leading regional peacebuilding NGO network in West Africa, operating across multiple countries with national chapters. It is comparable to PEPNET as a West Africa-focused nonprofit advancing peacebuilding practice, conflict transformation, and civil society capacity — but at a far larger and more established scale.
• Peace Catalyst International: Peace Catalyst International is a US-based peacebuilding organisation working internationally on relational, religious, and community peacebuilding. It is comparable to PEPNET because the founder Moses Abolade serves as a Peacebuilding Consultant with PCI, indicating programmatic and methodological alignment.
• Conciliation Resources: Conciliation Resources is an international NGO working on peacebuilding and conflict transformation through dialogue, mediation, and education programmes. It is comparable to PEPNET's peace education, dialogue, and conflict transformation practice, though with deeper experience in specific conflict regions.

Regional players

• African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD): ACCORD is an African conflict resolution institution based in South Africa that delivers peace education, training, and mediation across the continent. It is comparable to PEPNET's training, mediation, and capacity-building portfolio, but is primarily Southern Africa-focused.
• Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR): IPCR is a Nigerian federal government institute dedicated to peace and conflict resolution research and practice. It is already a listed strategic partner of PEPNET and is directly comparable as a Nigeria-based institution advancing peace education and conflict resolution — but as a government body with mandated national remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles6 records

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