By Ese Emerhi, PIND’s Advocacy Manager  In early August, I visited Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, CEO and co-founder of Wecyclers in Lagos to learn more about […]
Meet Ifeyani!! Ifeanyi is a talented professional with skills and experience ranging from systems design, renewable energy, installation/maintenance, business development, project management, GIS-based rural electrification planning, policies/strategy formulation, and conflict resolution
No doubt the Nigerian tech ecosystem is on its way to becoming one to contend with on the African continent with a growing number of tech hubs across the country, funding from local and international venture capitalists, stunning innovations by young men and women and hundreds of tech driven start-ups on the horizon, with Lagos receiving almost all the attention.
No doubt the Nigerian tech ecosystem is on its way to becoming one to contend with on the African continent with a growing number of tech hubs across the country, funding from local and international venture capitalists, stunning innovations by young men and women and hundreds of tech driven start-ups on the horizon, with Lagos receiving almost all the attention.
Incubators are very relevant in Africa – and are working. Given a combined engineering and business background, the natural allure of being a founder existed for us at the Wennovation Hub, but we instead took the path of being facilitators – “a factory of start-ups†as we liked to say when the dream was launched on that dreadful spring day of February 2011. We did so because we saw an ecosystem problem: the lack of innovation institutions across Africa.
To improve palm fruit harvesting in the region, PIND introduced the Mechanical Adjustable Harvester and succeeded in engendering interest in production of the machine for Nigeria. This video shows how the MAH can be used
Founded in 2004, Stakeholders Democracy Network works with and supports many local partner organisations and communities in the Niger Delta on issues such as oil spill response and compensation, mediating inter-communal conflicts, addressing local energy needs, promoting good governance through budget transparency and accountability in service delivery, resource governance and environmental sustainability
NDPI Program Manager Eniola Mafe and PIND Market Development Program Manager James Elekwachi share their insights about market systems development programming in a new DAI video
The Niger Delta Civic Engagement Forum, co-sponsored by both USAID and PIND, with a sub-theme of Increasing Participatory Citizen-led Inclusive Economic Growth in the Niger Delta, was on held on Thursday, July 9th in Port Harcourt.
PIND Foundation officially opened the Appropriate Technology Enabled Demonstration Center (ATED) on Wednesday, July 8th. PIND plans to use the ATED Center as a live R&D lab where we'll source, test, and promote ATs that'll improve quality of life and efficiency of production in the Niger Delta
As part of its mission to provide technologies that reduce energy consumption, recycle waste and provide alternatives to the grid and traditional power sources in the Niger Delta region, the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND)
By Jeniffer Nkem- Eneanya The Global Shapers Community (GSC) is a network of hubs founded and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, […]