The Academy possesses a wealth of experienced faculty with passion and a commitment to excellence that clearly sets it apart from its contemporaries. In its 29 years of existence, the Corporation has developed a repertoire of expertise by exposing its staff to capacity development activities locally and overseas. The Academy is now strongly positioned to avail sister institutions skills needed to pursue and achieve their mandate. It is my expectation that the Academy shall soon become a center of excellence and a model DIS training institute in Africa by addressing the skill needs of sister agencies in the IADI Africa Sub-region and foster individual and organizational effectiveness by developing and offering programs in support of the Corporation’s mandate.