February 3, 2016
A $2.8 billion appeal to reach 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies worldwide has been announced by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The appeal comes with a giant share of 25 percent going towards their education.
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January 27, 2016
In West Africa, the managing director for programme development and technical cooperation division of the United Nation International Development Organisation (UNIDO), Philippe Scholtes has stated that the Nigerian rural electrification will receive $2.6 million aimed at promoting small scale hydro-power in rural communities across the country
January 27, 2016
The federal government of Nigeria (FGN) has unveiled a four year roadmap to fast track development in the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector
January 22, 2016
The Federal Government has said it will train Niger Delta youths in agricultural activities so as to empower them and make them more economically productive.
January 22, 2016
PIND is collaborating with ​Wennovation hub on a Youth-Enabled Fish Farming AgriHack in West Africa, supported by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
January 20, 2016
The problem of indoor air pollution caused by burning charcoal for cooking hampers the lives and health of many Nigerians, mainly women and children, who are the most affected victims
January 12, 2016
To contain the spread of Lassa Fever in the state, the Rivers state government has recieved 3,000 units of Ribervirin drugs in capsules and injections from […]
January 8, 2016
Chinese investors who recently paid a courtesy visit to Akwa Ibom state have indicated interest in establishing an integrated state-of- art rice mill in the state as a means of boosting rice production
January 6, 2016
Around 2.3 billion people around the world are living without access to safe and sanitised toilet facilities, so scientists in the UK have designed a new […]
September 17, 2015
On September 1st, The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs’ responsiveness to conflict in the Niger Delta.
August 25, 2015
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.
August 24, 2015
Nigeria is among 16 countries to benefit from a ground breaking research on Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater Reuse. The project is a collaboration between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
