Keeping It Real (KIR) Foundation has a vision to raise innovative leaders committed to lifelong learning and community service. The Foundation was founded in 2010 and […]
The Global Shapers Community (GSC) is a network of hubs founded and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities. The GSC is a constituent of the World Economic Forum.
PIND is the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta. It aims to achieve peace and prosperity among local communities by bringing together people concerned with sustainable development in the region, sharing information and insights, and encouraging innovative partnerships to support equitable economic growth.
The Focus Hub is openings its doors to startups across the Niger Delta from the 1st of October, 2015. The space which is located on Psychiatric road will admit a number of Niger-Delta based startups into its incubator program. You can apply to join the incubator program regardless of the stage you are whether early stage or growth stage.
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