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Enovatelab launches Shenovate Initiative to support girls, women with business, digital skills
Press Release EnovateLab is excited to announce the launch of Shenovate, a new initiative focused on empowering girls and women between the ages of 18 and 25 to develop digital and business skills and help them advance their growth by supporting their careers through mentorship and funding. The…
Read More »Covid-19: NFNV-Nigeria’s roundtable underscores women’s financial inclusion, economic recovery
The Nigeria chapter of New Faces New Voices (NFNV), last week, hosted the preliminary edition of its national roundtables on women’s financial inclusion and economic recovery, post Covid-19, in conjunction with the Graça Machel Trust (GMT) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). By Adam Alqali The national…
Read More »Day SFH launched IntegratE 2.0 Project in Kano
IntegratE 2.0, a four-year project co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Merck for Mothers (MSD), which seeks to advance the quality of Family Planning (FP) services provided by Community Pharmacists (CPs) and Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) across 11 Nigerian states, was launched, Thursday in…
Read More »NFNV-Nigeria holds national roundtable on women financial inclusion, economic recovery
As an outcome of the recent convening of high-level Expert Group of African Women Leaders (ELG) in the finance sector by the Graça Machel Trust (GMT), New Faces, New Voices (NFNV-Nigeria) is convening a national roundtable to critically assess the financial and economic ecosystem in women’s path to business recovery,…
Read More »Being vaccinated against Covid-19 opens doors
Collected By Carême Kouamé JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 21st February 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Covid-19 pandemic has undermined economies and dramatically changed the way we work, disrupting labour markets both across the continent and globally. What the pandemic has done is push both organisations and consumers to adopt new behaviours…
Read More »NWEE Summit: Addressing Covid-19-induced setbacks for Northern women entrepreneurs
The Nigeria chapter of the New Faces New Voices (NFNV Nigeria) last week hosted the maiden edition of its Northern Women Economic Empowerment (NWEE) Summit: in Kano, themed: “Empowering women entrepreneurs: A panacea for poverty reduction and job creation in North-West Nigeria” By Stephen Enoch The one-day summit…
Read More »SAA-KSADP: Towards sustainable development of crop value chains in Kano
Thanks to Sasakawa’s partnership with the Kano State Government through the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), farmers across the state are benefitting from various forms of transformative interventions across the entire value-chains of selected crops, from production and agro-processing to value addition through marketing Forty-year-old Muktar Garba is a…
Read More »The pains of living with memory loss
Dementia, better known as memory loss, leads to psychological impairments like difficulty in communicating and reasoning as well as handling of complex tasks By Adam Alqali Although she was already displaying mild symptoms of memory loss, it was after the demise of her eldest daughter over…
Read More »NFNV- Nigeria’s Northern women economic summit holds 28th November
The Nigeria chapter of New Faces, New Voices (NFNV Nigeria) is set to hold its first-ever Northern Women Economic Empowerment Summit on the 28th of November 2021 in Kano, focused on exploring the prospects of job creation while seeking solutions to economic setbacks for women-owned businesses in North-Western Nigeria. …
Read More »Physiological Society of Nigeria holds 39th conference in Kano
The 39th National Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of Physiological Society of Nigeria (PSN) is currently underway at the Bayero University in Kano. The conference themed ‘Application of Molecular Biology in Physiology Education’ explores the roles of molecular physiology in advancing medical education. By Stephen Enoch PSN…
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OP-ED | Protectionism Will Not Protect Against Pandemics, By Winnie Byanyima & Michael Marmot
The global health system has substantially reduced infectious disease rates and health inequalities. Yet, …
