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TechnoServe is an international nonprofit that promotes business solutions to poverty across 29 countries of the developing world including Africa by linking people to information, capital and markets TechnoServe’s mission is working with enterprising men and women in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. The nonprofit…

The Nigeria chapter of the Pan African nonprofit New Faces New Voices (NFNV) is exploring partnership opportunities with the United Parcel Service (UPS), the US-headquartered global logistics company, in respect of the second and third phases of their project focused on “Raising Voices for Cross Border Traders in West Africa.”…

Ann Oden is Nigeria country director of PYXERA Global which is implementing Rockefeller Foundation’s YieldWise project working to strengthen the tomato value-chain in Nigeria and across the Mango and Maize value chains in Kenya and Tanzania, respectively   The YieldWise project is aimed at reducing post-harvest lost for Nigerian Tomato…

 Onyinye Edeh is the founder of Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI) which works to empower Nigerian adolescent girls and young women through education, mentorship, and life skills development Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI) envisions a world where every girl and woman feels supported and empowered to reach their…

The I-Care Women and Youth Initiative (ICWYI) came into being in 2007 as a pet project which has grown into a fully incorporated non-partisan and non-religious NGO with a Board of Trustees and a Management Team, supporting women, children as well as vulnerable groups in the areas of health, education,…

Ijeoma Obiajunwa-Ajiamah, a 2016 YALI fellow, is the CEO at Markengee Touchinglives International, a nonprofit working around awareness creation and advocacy for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria and across Africa

The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) Saturday hosted an experience sharing event for principals of secondary schools in Kano, Nigeria, in respect of how they were promoting entrepreneurship among girls in their schools   The event was part of dRPC’s Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education…

In his bid to ensure his subjects particularly women and girls have access to quality healthcare services, the Emir of Kano, HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II (in 2016) established the Kano Emirate Council Committee on Health (KECCoH).     The idea of KECCoH first came about in 2014, in the aftermath…

To mark the 2017 International Day of the Girl Child celebrated every year on October 11, a non-profit called Project Forward Everyone on Wednesday hosted a workshop on menstrual health hygiene and self-esteem for adolescent girls from public secondary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. The International Day of the Girl Child…

“The success of the new policy [APP] will be driven by the levels of engagement of market place participants, farmers, states, investors, financial institutions, and communities. Other stakeholders from research laboratories to the Nigeria Customs Service to donors will also play vital roles.’’ – Chief Audu Ogbeh, Honourable Minister of…