Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

December 8, 2015

[STORIFY] NDLink Twitter chat on #ElectricityNG with @dolarpo

NDLink and PIND co-hosted a twitter chat on Nigeria's power sector. We hoped that via the chat, we could help raise awareness to some of the problems bedeviling the power sector in Nigeria as well as continue discussion on the power issues raised during the infrastructure panel at #NDDF2015.
December 7, 2015

Intels Trains 300 Semi-literate Women in Garment Making

Intels Logistics through Orlean Invest Africa Limited and its women empowerment project scheme (WEPS) has engaged more than 300 semi-literate and literate community women in garment making in line with the Federal government’s policy on the development of Nigerian Content.
December 7, 2015

November 2015 member spotlight – Blessing Timidi Digha

Blessing Timidi Digha volunteers her time as the Community Mobilization and Advocacy Officer at Girl Child Development and Support Initiative, a non-governmental, not for profit organization that advocates and work towards the advancement and development of the Nigerian Girl Child
December 7, 2015

SMEDAN to partner with Cross River government on job creation

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has announced plans to partner with the Cross River state government to create jobs. This was disclosed by the Director-General of SMEDAN, Alhaji Bature Umar Masari, while speaking to a delegation of the government of Cross River state led by the Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr. Chris Njah Mbu-Ogar, who visited him in Abuja
November 30, 2015

Bayelsa P4P taking the lead in mitigating election related violence

Recently Bayelsa State Partners for Peace received funding from the Fund for Peace/United States Institute of Peace to implement a program aimed at mitigating election related violence in the State Gubernatorial Elections
November 30, 2015

Bayelsa Peace Pact

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November 30, 2015

Improving Access to Clean Water: Uduak Affia’s story

PIND trained Uduak Affia’s Lazarus Care Mission International in July. She has since led her team to establish a biosand filter production facility in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, established links with UNICEF’s WASH team in Akwa Ibom State and is actively promoting the biosand filter in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. Learn more about how she’s making an impact in water access in the Niger Delta.
November 27, 2015

NGO provides free Medicare to over 500 in Bayelsa

A non-governmental organisation, Niger Delta Care Incorporated, has offered free Medicare to over 500 patients in Bayelsa State.
November 25, 2015

STORIFY: Niger Delta Development Forum #NDDF2015 (Day 2)

Day 2 of the Niger Delta Development Forum was on November 18, 2015. After a very full and productive first day, participants piled back into the main conference room at the Best Western Hotel to continue conversations around sustainable development for the region.
November 24, 2015

STORIFY : Niger Delta Development Forum, Asaba, Delta state #NDDF2015 (Day 1)

The 4th Annual Niger Delta Development Forum with a theme of "Collaborative Efforts for Stimulating Investments and Inclusive Economic Growth in the Niger Delta" was held on November 17 - 18, 2015 in Delta state's capital city, Asaba.
November 23, 2015

Business and Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) map out a global vision for a better world. They set out ambitious goals and targets for people, prosperity, planet and […]
November 23, 2015

Okowa to N-Delta govts: Harness your resources for region’s devt

lfeanyi Okowa of Delta State has challenged governments of Niger Delta states to harness the region’s natural resources for sustainable growth and development. Speaking in Asaba during a 2-day Niger Delta Development Forum, NDDF, Okowa stressed the need for collaborative efforts towards speedy growth of the region.