Stakeholders at National Summit Bring Cassava Seed System to the Front Burner (Abuja, Nigeria). Today, stakeholders from the private and public sector including researchers are gathering in Abuja—Nigeria’s capital – for a national summit to discuss and seek ways to improve cassava seed system with a view to transforming the root crop into a…
Speech by (Chief (Dr) Alfred Dixon at the Second National Cassava Summit Theme: Catalyzing and Scaling Private Sector-Led Cassava Seed Development Venue: Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Abuja: Date: 04 November 2021 Protocols Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me to stand on existing protocols. It gladdens my heart to be in your midst today to present…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) welcomed a new executive director, Tunji Idowu, in July, 2021. He worked alongside the incumbent executive director, Dara Akala up until December, 2021 when Mr. Akala retired.
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) 25, Jimmy Carter Crescent, Asokoro Abuja. Contact: Chichi Nnoham-Onyejekwe, Knowledge & Communications Manager chichi@pindfoundation.org 08172064628 _____________________________________________________________________________________ PIND Awards N71M Grant for Youth Employment in Delta State On 30 September 2021, The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND in a grant award…
As part of PIND’s commitment to improving access to renewable energy in the Niger Delta, PIND on 20 May, 2021, signed a partnership agreement with DMG Events; an international exhibitions and publishing company, headquartered in Dubai, UAE with expanded business operations in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Singapore, Canada, South Africa, and the UK.
The party tents are dismantled, and the crowd dispersed but the celebrations continue for the people of the Warri Kingdom on the coronation of the new Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Atuwase III. On 28 August, 2021, the PIND team lead by our Executive Director – Designate, Tunji Idowu paid a courtesy visit to…
Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, together with research partner Frontier Design, announce a new study that analyzes 10 years of partnership-building and investment by Chevron and USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) through the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region.
Report Findings Include USD 27.7 Million in Additional Income for Farmers and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (Washington, D.C.) / (Nigeria) The Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI) released the NDPI 2020 Annual Report, which highlights the PIND (Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta) 2020 Annual Report, outlining the peacebuilding…
Funded by Ford Foundation and implemented between September 2017 and March 2021 in two phases, the 2-year project was piloted in three States – Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers – and in emerging sectors of agriculture, construction, finished leather, ICT, and renewable energy that showed great potential for youth employment according to the labor market assessment conducted in the States.
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) convened a high-level stakeholders roundtable in Asaba on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to address constraints of inadequate arable land for agriculture in the Niger Delta.