Rivers State Conflict Tracker April – May 2016
PIND’s Partners for Peace in collaboration with our partners Fund for Peace document the trends of conflict and tensions in each Niger Delta state, including recommendations for improving the situation going forward. Download full report below
Report of the Mid-term Lookback on PIND Foundation and Peer Review
This report describes the background, process, and results of a look-back and Peer Review of the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI) conducted after nearly three years of its initial five year phase of implementation (August 2010 – June 2013). It summarizes the key information shared with the peer review and look-back team in a three […]
PIND Foundation Partners with Cross Rivers State on Agriculture, Youth Development and Peace Building
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) signed a partnership agreement with Cross Rivers State Government on Saturday, April 30, to advance and facilitate sustainable development of Cross Rivers State.
Youth Leadership Capacity Building Project – Changing Niger Delta Youths
“With this program, I have now seen the possibility of purposeful leadership in the Niger Delta in particular and Nigeria in general […]
MADE Annual Review 2016
April 2016 – March 2017 has been the third year of implementation of Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE) Programme by the service provider Development Alternatives International (DAI). The Programme has made good progress in scaling up its activities from the previous year and has started some new interventions as planned. MADE consolidated its […]
Bringing Fish Farming to the 21st Century
PIND through its Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) program is partnering with Lagos-based ICT innovation center Wennovation Hub, as well as e-TriLabs and Woelab (ICT innovation centres in Benin and Togo respectively) on the Youth-Enabled Fish Farming AgriHack (YEFFA) project, which aims to support ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture by youth. Also dubbed AgriHack […]
Rise in Cult Violence and Insecurity in Rivers State
Reports of cult violence have increased sharply in the Niger Delta since the beginning of 2014. This has been particularly salient in Rivers State, where the violence has been spread over a wide geographic region. DOWNLOAD
Preventing Election Violence in Bayelsa
Transition of gubernatorial power has historically been fraught with violence in Bayelsa. Now, in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 5th December 2015 for the Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections, and there are signs that conflict issues are emerging once again. This report details analysis of the situation in Bayelsa State based on […]
PIND Q2 April – June 2015 Progress Report
This quarter, PIND’s Business Linkages recorded a milestone in its work to improve support markets for small businesses and the capacity of small businesses with whom we work. We also worked with local partners to secure funding for the deployment of 1,200 biosand filters to the Dodo River Community in Bayelsa State, and began work […]
Scoping Study of the Niger Delta Electricity Value Chain
The goals of this study are to inform future potential NDPI and PIND programming in the Niger Delta power sector through investigating, analyzing, and drawing conclusions on the sector’s fundamental dynamics in relation to the national grid and formal privatization context, off grid solutions, and self-generation. Where might there be opportunities for new approaches, business […]
