The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) participated in the launch of Serendib Capital’s new offices in Port Harcourt and Warri on the 30th & 31st of July, 2024. The event marks a significant milestone in their partnership aimed at fostering environmental sustainability and socio-economic development in the Niger Delta. As part…
On August 27, 2024, the PIND Foundation held a key Dialogue and Experience Sharing Forum as part of its Bridges Project. The event focused on advancing Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, emphasizing the role of Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs). Bringing together HCDT representatives, civil society organizations, government officials, and oil and gas industry…
On June 8, 2024, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) actively participated in the inaugural Delta State Poultry Summit organized by the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Delta State Chapter. Held at the PTI Conference Center Main Hall in Effurun, Delta State, the event brought together various stakeholders, including poultry farmers,…
PIND reaffirmed its dedication to youth development at the 2024 YP-Akure event, where over 200 young professionals received mentorship and career guidance. Executive Director Tunji Idowu emphasized the importance of personal branding and showcased PIND’s Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) program, which provides skills training and job opportunities in the Niger Delta.
PIND Foundation participated in the 16th US-Africa Business Summit from May 6th – 8th, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. PIND’s participation aimed to highlight its initiatives and strengthen partnerships for socio-economic growth in the Niger Delta. Teslim Giwa, PIND’s Access to Energy Manager, spoke on a panel about scaling energy access in Africa. At the same…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) participated in the Lagos State Employment Summit 3.0 on July 3, 2024. The event, organized by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, and Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, was themed “Job Creation: Uniting For Impact: Create, Collaborate, Change.”
PIND on November 1, 2021 organised the National Cassava Seed Development Summit: Catalysing and Scaling Private Sector-Led Cassava Seed Development in Nigeria.
The report on naira devaluation and its impact on agricultural value chains in the Niger Delta released by the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Market Development (MADE) Program. It provides key policy insights and recommends actions for government and the private sector to…
The PIND-GroFin Access to Finance Seminar provided suitable financing solutions to viable small and medium enterprises
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) signed a partnership agreement on May 24, 2017, to advance economic development, peacebuilding and regional integration in the Niger Delta region.
We held a second International Women’s Day event at Honni Hills Hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on March 29, with the theme “Women Be Bold for Change in Community Development and Peacebuilding”. This event provided women an opportunity to network while sharing strategies on how to amplify their voices in community, state and regional level…
The 2017 theme for International Women’s Day is #BeBoldforChange, so we held an event titled “Women Be Bold for Change: Adopt Improved Agricultural Technologies. We used the occassion of this Day to gather women from across the region and address cultural barriers women face in the adoption of improve technologies for agricultural production, as well…
The media has a role to play in raising public awareness on development, stability and growth in the region. This is why our Capacity and Peace building teams in collaborated with the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) to organize a 3-day training on ‘Conflict and Gender Sensitive Reporting’ for River State-based members of Nigeria…
The media for Development Unit Conducted a 5 day training on the use of videography, photography and social media as tools for communication and advocacy
PIND’s Appropriate Technology-Enabled Development (ATED) team went to monitor the construction of chorkor ovens, clean burning stoves that allow fish smokers to produce more smoked fish in less time, in Fishtown in Keffes River Development Community in Bayelsa State. The chorkor oven is an appropriate technology – an AT – because it is made from…
The Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center was launched at the premises of PIND’s Economic Development Center (EDC) in Warri, Delta State, on July 8th, 2015. PIND will use the ATED Centre to raise awareness on the challenges that climate change poses for the Niger Delta. This building will respond to the need for a…
The Stakeholders’ Forum on 2015 Elections brought together 102 public and private sector stakeholders – including security agents and traditional and youth leaders – to share findings from its multi-sector consultations on what can be done in order to mitigate the potential for violence in the Niger Delta. The Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG)…
Ahead of the launch of the Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center, PIND arranged for a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Economic Development Center in Warri, Delta State, with participants comprising key public, private and civil society actors working in on issues concerning renewable energy and climate change in the Niger Delta. Participants present at the…
On February 3 – 7, 2014, Executive Vice-President of Chevron Corporation Ms. Rhonda Zygocki visited PIND’s Economic Development Center in Warri and head office in Abuja</a> as part of her official visit to Nigeria. She was also taken on a tour of one of PIND project sites in Warri, Delta State. This trip proved to…
Nice photos… PIND going places
Pictures rekindle and refresh our past activities in the development world.
Quite interesting to read about and view activities with a wide spectrum of agro-achievement in a once troubled region- the Niger Delta.
while i applaud the strides made by PIND Foundation over the years, i must also invite them to look deep into the region to see how to inculcate best practice to enhance cash flow activities (market) in the textile industry.
Ok, Met with Dr Chime today at the #act4sdgs today at Port Harcourt Nice Presentation and Intro