BDSP Certification Training

BDSP Accreditation sets a standard benchmark by providing the leading mark of quality for the delivery of Business Development Services to the MSME sector. The certification could then be used by professionals with high growth potential, Banks and Financial Institutions, Individual Business Development Service Providers, Government agencies, BMO and beyond as a guarantee of standards.…

SWS 17 Invitation: Managing Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Collaboration in Implementing Development Projects: Experience of PIND

The SCALE Webinar Series (SWS) is pleased to announce the topic of this month’s webinar: ‘Managing Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Collaboration in Implementing Development Projects: Experience of PIND’ Development Projects are becoming increasingly complex in terms of implementation as more funders and implementers are seeing that they cannot go it alone to make the desired impact…

Understanding and implementing Cocoa Traceability systems – Perspectives from the Nigerian Cocoa Sustainability sector

Invitation to Participate in the quarterly Cocoa sustainability webinar on the  23rd of November, 2022. We write to cordially invite you to participate in the quarterly cocoa sustainability webinar, scheduled for 23 rd of November, 2022. The central theme of this edition is, “Implementing cocoa sustainability systems in Nigeria”. This webinar edition is being organized…

Nigeria Roundtable Series: Building On Success For A Holistic Niger Delta Security Framework In 2021

The last five years have seen improvements in the Niger Delta’s security landscape that government, civil society, and development agencies can further build upon to promote resilience and lasting security. However, violence in the region persists, with ongoing cultist and communal clashes, as well as other forms of criminality and violence. In addition, new issues, including COVID-19 and volatility in…

Characteristics of the Nigerian Cocoa Industry – FACTSHEET

Within 5 years, the cocoa industry in the Niger Delta will be characterized by improved linkages and communicaons between smallholder farmers and the processors and exporters, with common mutual incenves. The industry will have a strong supporng services providers delivering the inputs, extension, and technologies that smallholder farmers need to upgrade leading to increasing producvity…