By Tunji Idowu In exploring the dynamic landscape of global funding, grants, and impact investing, a comprehensive view emerges that emphasizes the critical need for collaboration and innovative approaches. The traditional models of grants and the increasingly emerging trends in impact investing are key players in addressing social and environmental challenges, aligning with the values…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has, since the third quarter of 2017, implemented the Niger Delta Youth Employments Pathways Project (NDYEP) which aims to address some of the workforce development challenges that hinder marginalized youth from entry into the labour force and opportunities for decent work. The pilot phase of…
The MSD project is organizing a 3-Day online workshop via zoom. This workshop targets Business Support Providers (BSPs) for MSMEs. During the workshop training, Business Support Providers will be trained on: 1. Building Sustainable Business Development Center 2. BDS Structure, Systems and Business Processes 3. Tools and Solutions for BSPs and MSMEs (Hands on). If…
In May 2022, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) assessed the impact of multiple taxation and illegal levies on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Niger Delta region. The report highlighted the burden of multiple taxation on small businesses, the significant challenges it poses, and its impact on the…
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,…
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…
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…
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An assessment at the end of the training showed that about 80% of the Peace Monitors sent in properly drafted incident reports which effectively captured the incident narrative, location of the incident, parties involved, gender and the time of occurrence.