Mirza Ghulam Qadir Shaheed I.T Research Lab & Centre
Established in 2021 under the guidance of the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) — bridging the IT gap across Africa.
Register as a VolunteerMGQS operates under the Markaz (UK) IT team, with its central office in the UK. It runs a twofold mission: an IT research lab that builds practical software solutions for the schools and hospitals run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community across Africa, and world-standard IT training serving both Ahmadi and non-Ahmadi members of the wider community — delivered in part through a global network of volunteer experts based in the UK, Europe, Canada, and the USA.
An IT research lab that builds practical software solutions for the schools and hospitals run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community across Africa.
World-standard training in a range of IT fields for Ahmadi and non-Ahmadi members of the wider community, delivered in part through volunteers from the UK, Europe, Canada, and USA.
Since May 2022
Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Networking
Since May 2023
Software Development
Since May 2025
Software Development, Network Administration, Web Development
Newest center
Under constructionSeparately, the Markaz IT team is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and developing the local IT resources of the schools and hospitals run under the Nusrat Jehan scheme across Africa. MGQS builds the local IT talent that keeps those systems running sustainably.
On the instruction of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya USA supports MGQS by: