66 Niger Delta Youth Awarded Grants for Business Start-Ups
As part of its commitment to reducing poverty and reducing youth unemployment in the Niger Delta, the Foundation for Partnerships Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), is holding a special ceremony to disburse grants to the 66 winners of its Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) project’s Start-Up Business Challenge Fund. The event will hold on Tuesday, […]
PIND Holds Awareness Creation Workshops On The Petroleum Industry Act In 5 States
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is holding Awareness Creation Workshops on the Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) aspect of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in five Niger Delta states which started on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The workshops will be in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, and Rivers States. Each […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: June 18-24, 2023
This weekly update spotlights organized criminal violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on gun violence and targeted killings in Imo State. Gun violence and targeted killing of residents including government security personnel are major drivers of insecurity in Imo State. According to data (see map above), gun violence and targeted killings caused over […]
Start-up Business Challenge Fund Grant Signing
In 2021, Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) started the scale-up of the NDYEP project in Delta State. In the first phase, 631 youths completed vocational skills training in various sectors, including Integrated Agriculture, Building Construction, ICT, and Services. The project further worked with a Business Development Service provider to train […]
The Bridges Project: Effective Implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)
The Bridges Project is a collaborative intervention by The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Ford Foundation to effectively implement Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act 2021(PIA). The main goal of this project is to support and complement the regulatory proposals of the PIA while ensuring the participation of all stakeholders, particularly […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: June 11-17, 2023
This weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on kidnapping for ransom in Cross River State. According to data (see map above), more than 60 kidnapping incidents and over 25 related fatalities were reported in Cross River State between January 2020 and April 2023. Recent incidents show that kidnapping for […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: June 04-10, 2023
This edition of the weekly update spotlights child trafficking in the Niger Delta with a focus on illegal breeding and selling of babies. According to data (see map above), over 200 child trafficking incidents were reported in the Niger Delta between January 2021 and March 2023. Recent data shows the prevalence of child trafficking in […]
Niger Delta Regional Peacebuilding Strategy Implementation Town Hall Meetings
Conflict and security dynamics in the Niger Delta region continue to change and historical tensions and a proliferation of armed groups (militant, criminal, and ethno-sectarian) are key to these changes. Conflict issues in the region include communal tensions, political competition, organized criminality, and resource-based conflicts and so on. While current conflict mitigation approaches show some […]
PIND attends Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) 2023
On the 18th – 19th of May, 2023, the PIND Executive Director, Tunji Idowu, attended the Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) 2023 at Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Conference Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The fair’s theme was “The Oil and Gas Industry- Catalyst and Fuel for the Industrialization of Nigeria.” The […]
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. […]
