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OP-ED: African society’s subjugation of women hindering sustainable development on the continent, By Laetitia Mugerwa
Growing up in a society where being a woman means one must (on daily basis) fight to free themselves of men’s desires and unfair patriarchal decisions is traumatic and sad! Thus, there are painful struggles associated with being an African woman and trying to fit into a society ‘s definition…
Read More »PHOTONEWS: Launch of CISLAC Global office US and the SDG shadow report at the UN General Assembly 72
Sights and scenes from the launch of CISLAC Global office US and the launch of the SDG shadow report at the UN General Assembly 72
Read More »VIDEO: 2017 #KnowYourGoals Youth Roundtable on SDGs by African Newspage
A short video-photo documentary of the 2017 #KnowYourGoals Youth Roundtable on the SDGs by African Newspage held at the American Corner, Kano-Nigeria
Read More »TechnoServe: Improving rice and tomato farmers’ livelihood in Nigeria
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…
Read More »NFNV Nigeria partners UPS on empowering West African women cross-border traders
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.”…
Read More »INTERVIEW: “40% of Tomatoes produced in Nigeria lost during post-harvest” – Ann Oden
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…
Read More »Onyinye Edeh: “Lack of societal value for girl-child’s education, gender stereotyping relegating girls”
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…
Read More »I-CARE: 10 years of caring for Nigerian women, youth and vulnerable groups
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,…
Read More »“Awareness creation critical for the success of SDGs in Africa”
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
Read More »#Skill4girl4life: dRPC hosts experience sharing event for secondary schools principals
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…
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Major Highlights of 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings
Amid growing global economic fragmentation and geopolitical volatility, the 32nd Annual Meetings of the …
