PIND & Fund for Peace Documentary on Peacebuilding Honored as Gold & Silver Winners in Four Categories at The Webby’s Inaugural Anthem Awards

(Abuja, Nigeria)/(Washington, D.C.) The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Fund for Peace (FFP) received four of the Webby’s Inaugural Anthem Awards for their “For the Good of All: Three Partners for Peace Stories” peacebuilding documentary in “Humanitarian Action & Services”: Gold Winner for the “Best Strategy, Awareness Category (Not-For-Profit),” Gold…

PIND Trains Abiteye and Utonana Youths in Delta State on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) held a capacity-building training for key youth stakeholders of Abiteye and Utonana both in Warri, Delta State from January 31 to February 1, 2022. The training was in line with the implementation of an intervention aimed at curbing an impending inter-communal crisis threatening the peaceful…

PIND, DMG-Event Roll out Entrepreneurship Training Program for 50 Renewable Energy SMEs in the Niger Delta.

(Warri, Delta State) On December 6, 2021, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and DMG-Events, headquarted in Dubai, UAE commenced a concurrent one-week entrepreneurship training program in Warri, Delta State and Yenegoa, Bayelsa State for 50 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Renewable Energy sector, with similar training scheduled to…

Stakeholders at National Summit Bring Cassava Seed System to the Front Burner

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…

ICYMI: Highlights from the National Cassava Summit

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on November 1, 2021 organised the National Cassava Seed Development Summit in partnership with Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System Phase II (BASICS II) – managed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Other partners included the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Sahel Consulting, Catholic Services (CRS) and the Alliance for Green Revolution (AGRA).

National Cassava Summit: Catalysing and Scaling of Private Sector-led Cassava Seed Development in Nigeria.

NATIONAL CASSAVA SUMMIT CATALYSING AND SCALING OF PRIVATE SECTOR-LED CASSAVA SEED DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. 2021/11/04 16:08:27DATE:Thursday, 04 November, 2021VENUE:Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, FCT. Nigeria has embarked on reforms to transform cassava for food security, wealth creation, and economic prosperity. The reforms are encapsulated in the country’s national policy for agricultural development known as the…

PIND Awards N71M Grant for Youth Employment in Delta State

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…