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“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…
Read More »KECCoH-dRPC: Improving women and girls’ access to quality healthcare in Kano Emirate
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…
Read More »International Day of the Girl Child: NGO trains girls on menstrual health
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…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: Linking agricultural sector with key sectors of the Nigerian economy
“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…
Read More »#KnowYourGoals: African Newspage hosts youth roundtable on SDGs
African Newspage will Thursday host an awareness roundtable discussion for community youth activists and students from campuses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Kano, Nigeria African Newspage, a digital newspaper focused on exclusively reporting sustainable development issues in Nigeria and across Africa, is organizing the one-day roundtable…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: Fish and Aquaculture: From importation to local breeding, self-sufficiency in Nigeria
“Very soon, we are not going to give quota for fish importation. We want everybody to set up their fish farms, employ our people and create jobs for our people. When we came last two years, Nigeria was producing about 700,000 tonnes of fish but this has increased to about…
Read More »Olufunso Owasanoye: “Children’s education is a basic right, should be free and compulsory!”
Olufunso Owasanoye is the executive director of Human Development Initiatives (HDI), a Lagos-based nonprofit working to enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of basic education at the grassroots in Nigeria The Human Development Initiatives (HDI) is implementing a project aimed at enhancing effectiveness and accessibility of basic education at the…
Read More »Forestry and Agro-Proccessing Sectors Key in Growing the Economy
According to Magwanishe, the forestry sector is amongst the most labour-intensive and further demands rural based operations JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 5, 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Bulenani Magwanishe says the agro-processing and forestry sectors are key in growing the economy and create sustainable…
Read More »Humanity Foundation Platform (HFP) hosts fundraising event on child education
The Humanity Foundation Platform (HFP) has Saturday held a fundraising event in Kano to support their education scholarship program tagged: “sponsor a child program.” As a charity, HPF offers legal aid services, education scholarship for less privileged children up to secondary school level as well as empowerment programs for women…
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KACIG: Advancing a Whole-of-Society Approach to Strengthening Governance in Kano
The Kano Coalition for Climate Action and Inclusive Governance (KACIG) is charting a new …
