The Open Source Initiative, Nigeria is a not-for-profit organization set out with the core motive of improving use of technology tools by setting standards, providing on-going training & re-training, engaging in research & technology innovations and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community with the sole aim of achieving economic development.

The OSI is actively involved in Open Source community- building, education, and public advocacy to promote awareness and the importance of non-proprietary software, meet with open source developers and users, and to discuss with executives from the public and private sectors about how Open Source technologies, licenses, and models of development can provide economic and strategic advantages