Following invitation by the State Government, we attended the Imo State Business summit on April 27, 2018, at the Imo State Trade and Investment Center in New Owerri. The event also served as the official launch of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Policy in the State.
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To commemorate the 2018 World Water Day Celebration, the Foundation partnered with Rotary Clubs of Districts 9141 and 9142 of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Procter & Gamble (P&G) International on March 22, 2018, for a public enlightenment event hosted at the Universal Primary Education (UPE) Model Primary School and Township Primary School, Ovom, Yenagoa,…
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On March 23 – 24, we were on a panel at the 9th Annual Harvard Development Conference held at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, to discuss innovative business models for delivering energy to underserved communities and ways of influencing government policies toward energy efficiency in the continent. The African Development Conference (ADC) has over the…
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From Left to Right: Ene Obi, ActionAid Nigeria's Country Director, Professor Joy Ezeilo, Executive Director of Women's Aid Collective and Bose Eitokpah, PIND's Capacity Building Manager at the 62nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. We attended the 62nd session of Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW62) which…
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March 8, 2018. We were at Ugborodo and Ago-Nla Communities in Escravos, located in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, to demonstrate the Chorkor Oven to fish farmers in the communities Chorkor Oven is an appropriate technology that is very efficient for smoking fish, with a capacity to smoke up to 250kg of…
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March 16, 2018. On this day in Delta State, we participated in a meeting that marked the start of the Delta State Agricultural Policy Development to discuss viable policies for agricultural development in the State. The policy will be launched on March 22, 2018. The meeting was attended by Strengthening Advocacy for Civic Engagement (SACE),…
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Rivers State Partners for Peace (P4P) hosted a 2019 election scenarios simulation exercise for peace actors in the State on March 16, 2018. The peace actors who attended the exercise learned conflict mitigation approaches for different possible scenarios that may come up during Nigeria’s general elections in 2019. This is part of PIND’s peace building…
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As part of efforts to improve the income of farmers in the Niger Delta, PIND facilitated a Nigeria Agricultural Enterprise Curriculum (NAEC) and Technical Training for cassava farmers in Adofure Community in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State on March 20, 2018. The training focused on equipping farmers with knowledge on record keeping,…
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PIND is facilitating a Nigeria Agricultural Enterprise Curriculum (NAEC) training for farmers in Qua Odukpani in Cross River State. The training which started yesterday (March 28, 2018), is designed to improve the business skills of farmers so that they can keep records, plan their cash flow processes and farming activity for increased income. PIND had…
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PIND’s Partnership and Engagement Manager, Sylvester Okoh (Middle), joined the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Emmanuel Tibi (on Sylvester’s left in white), and the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Delta State, Austin Chikeze (in brown on Sylvester’s right), to inaugurate the committee which will be charting viable policies for agricultural development in…
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