PIND’s Economic Development Program drives inclusive and sustainable growth in the Niger Delta by tackling structural barriers that limit productivity, employment, and enterprise development.
Through four interconnected projects—Market Systems Development (MSD), Youth Employment Pathways (YEP), Access to Energy (A2E), and Access to Finance—the program empowers smallholder farmers, entrepreneurs, youth, and off-grid communities with the tools they need to generate income, expand businesses, and create lasting economic impact.
By aligning interventions with real-world challenges and leveraging strong local partnerships, the program helps build resilient markets, skilled workforces, sustainable energy access, and financial inclusion across the region.
2010 TILL DATE
Farmers and microenterprises reached with improved practices and market linkages across agricultural value chains
Youth trained in market-relevant vocational skills across 5 Niger Delta states, with many successfully placed in jobs or launching businesses
Saved by communities in energy costs through PIND-supported renewable energy solutions
In loans facilitated for 2,113 farmers, including 870 women, through Sombreiro Kapital (SK), with a sustainable 5% default rate
In loan requests processed for clusters of farmers and MSMEs across the region
Households and businesses powered through solar mini-grids, providing clean energy, jobs, and new business opportunities.
PIND envisions a Niger Delta where:
By building economic systems that are inclusive, efficient, and locally led, the program is laying the foundation for a more prosperous and peaceful Niger Delta—where opportunity is not the exception, but the norm.
Through PIND’s support, the ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has achieved a very appreciable milestone in developing the Niger Delter Regional peacebuilding strategy, a regional security framework. PIND’s unwavering commitment to the development of the Niger Delta region has positively impacted the lives of countless indiividuals and communities. PIND’s work aligns with the mandate of the Ministry to improve the living condition of Niger Deltans in general. Hence, the Ministry will continue to collaborate with the foundation to improve situation in the region.
Girls to Women Research and Development Centre Ondo State
Through PIND’s support, the ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has achieved a very appreciable milestone in developing the Niger Delter Regional peacebuilding strategy, a regional security framework. PIND’s unwavering commitment to the development of the Niger Delta region has positively impacted the lives of countless indiividuals and communities. PIND’s work aligns with the mandate of the Ministry to improve the living condition of Niger Deltans in general. Hence, the Ministry will continue to collaborate with the foundation to improve situation in the region.
Director, Planning Research & Statistics Ministry of niger delta affairs
Through PIND’s support, the ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has achieved a very appreciable milestone in developing the Niger Delter Regional peacebuilding strategy, a regional security framework. PIND’s unwavering commitment to the development of the Niger Delta region has positively impacted the lives of countless indiividuals and communities. PIND’s work aligns with the mandate of the Ministry to improve the living condition of Niger Deltans in general. Hence, the Ministry will continue to collaborate with the foundation to improve situation in the region.
Director, Planning Research & Statistics Ministry of niger delta affairs
Through PIND’s support, the ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has achieved a very appreciable milestone in developing the Niger Delter Regional peacebuilding strategy, a regional security framework. PIND’s unwavering commitment to the development of the Niger Delta region has positively impacted the lives of countless indiividuals and communities. PIND’s work aligns with the mandate of the Ministry to improve the living condition of Niger Deltans in general. Hence, the Ministry will continue to collaborate with the foundation to improve situation in the region.
Director, Planning Research & Statistics Ministry of niger delta affairs
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