This quarter, we signed a partnership agreement with Cross River State Government where we will provide support on agriculture, peacebuilding and youth development as part of the state’s 50-year growth strategy. We also worked with Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency (WECA) to train young people from all 18 of the state’s local government areas on…
The focus of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Forum 2016 is ‘Pledge for Parity’. Pledge for Parity simply means a conscious effort to ensure fairness and equality in accessing particularly the means of livelihood, political decision-making structures, social and economic infrastructure in homes, communities and in the society at large. It is important to know…
This quarter, PIND continued to deepen its relationship with private actors in its market development programs […]
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.
“With this program, I have now seen the possibility of purposeful leadership in the Niger Delta in particular and Nigeria in general […]
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…
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
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…
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…
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…