Women are considered bankable investors and usually have a higher credit repayment rate. PIND’s partnership with ETIN Power provided grant support towards establishing their business case. This further paved the way for the company to access an innovative equipment lease facility required to finance their project in Edo State. In addition, ETIN power also benefited…
PIND 2022 Q4 PROGRESS REPORT Oct – Dec 2022 PIND’s goal is to identify, catalyze and leverage opportunities, jobs and incomes for our target beneficiaries. In these roles, we robustly engage in identifying multi stakeholder partners, and then act as a catalyst for establishing an enabling environment for socio-economic growth in the Niger Delta region.…
Governorship Candidates signing Peace Pact On Sunday, January 29, 2023, five (5) Governorship Candidates in Akwa Ibom State signed the 2023 Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Peace Pact under the Election Violence Prevention & Mitigation (e-VIP) Project to publicly signify their commitment to run a violence-free election and peaceful government in the 2023 Elections. …
As part of their contribution to expanding and improving cocoa production in Nigeria, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), on November 8, 2022, onboarded and certified 14 cocoa seed nursery operators at CRIN’s headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State. PIND’s Executive Director, Tunji Idowu,…
PIND 2022 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT July – Sep 2022 This report highlights the achievements of PIND’s program interventions in the Niger Delta from July – September 2022 (Quarter 3, 2022), and provides relevant information about program management, lessons learned, and plans for the next quarter. The report demonstrates how PIND is driving change to ensure…
Invitation to Participate in the quarterly Cocoa sustainability webinar on the 23rd of November, 2022. We write to cordially invite you to participate in the quarterly cocoa sustainability webinar, scheduled for 23 rd of November, 2022. The central theme of this edition is, “Implementing cocoa sustainability systems in Nigeria”. This webinar edition is being organized…
PIND’s Executive Director, Tunji Idowu, was recently interviewed by Devex on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77). Below is an excerpt: The Niger Delta is the prime location for investment in sustainable development initiatives, but too many are put off by the area’s reputation, said Tunji Idowu, executive director of Partnership…
Youth unemployment is one of the most significant development challenges facing governments and development partners in Nigeria today. The country suffers from a “labor market trifecta” of jobless growth, an expanding population, and unemployable youth. Despite decades of reasonably steady economic growth, the Nigerian economy has not generated the jobs required to sustain its large…
This study aimed to ascertain how PIND, through its Peacebuilding (PB) Program has impacted in contribung to a more peaceful, secure and safe environment that enables economic development in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. It also provides data for one of the key metrics of PIND’s Peacebuilding Program: a measure of the “populaon that feel safe…
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, visited IG Hub, one of PIND’s implementing partners on the Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) project in Aba, Abia State. IG Hub is currently training PIND-supported youth on information communication technology (ICT). The governor met with PIND’s YEP Manager, Patrick Ekpe, and IG…