Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

September 7, 2015

Ojemai farms to invest in Sugar cane plantation in Edo

The management of Ojemai Farms Limited has concluded plans to invest in sugarcane production by establishing a sugarcane farm and sugar refining factory in Owan East local government area of the state. This is part of its expansionist policy in the agricultural sector.
September 4, 2015

Akwa Ibom Government to Set Up 10 Sports Academies

As part of efforts to reduce indolence among the youths and in response to the resolution to empower youths in the state, the Akwa Ibom state Executive Council has approved the establishment of 10 sports academies proposed by the state government.
September 3, 2015

September 2015 Member Spotlight: Ifeanyi Orajaka

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
September 2, 2015

SEEFOR/FADAMA Empowers 2,783 Farmers with N45.75m in Edo

In a bid to empower small-scale farmers so as to increase their income and create empowerment to our teaming population, FADAMA 111 project in collaboration with the Edo State office of State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR), has disbursed N19,653,400 million to 70 user groups made up of 914 beneficiaries in the state.
August 27, 2015

The State Of Niger Delta’s Tech Ecosystem

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.
August 27, 2015

The State Of Niger Delta’s Tech Ecosystem

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.
August 25, 2015

How startup incubators in Africa contribute to entrepreneurial success

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 to benefit from $47m UNESCO water study

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).