March 2024

34 Local Creative Entrepreneurs Shortlisted for Big Opportunity!

34 South African cultural and creative entrepreneurs have been shortlisted for a big break in the world of business thanks to the Création Africa programme! A ground-breaking initiative for creative entrepreneurs launched by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs in 2023, the call for the 2024 school of applicants went out to hopeful […]

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MAMA’s Alliance NGOs Turn The Tide On Poor Reading With Understanding Statistics

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, the flagship study of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), found that 81% of South African grade 4 pupils are unable to read with understanding. South Africa was bottom of the list out of the 57 countries surveyed. The PIRLS study observed

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Gambia is Moving Closer to Repealing a Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

A bill seeking to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Gambia has been sent to a parliamentary committee for further scrutiny before it returns to the legislative floor for a third reading. Members of the West African country’s parliament voted 42 to 4 in favor of the consideration. Introduced earlier this month by lawmaker Almammeh

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Arise Monalisa Foundation, One Percent International To Enhance The Livelihood Of Women

Arise Monalisa Foundation, One Percent International To Enhance The Livelihood Of Women ….. To Mark International Women Day in Grand Style As part of her efforts to enhance the livelihood of women and give them a meaningful living standard, Nollywood actress and producer Monalisa Chinda through her humanitarian organization, Arise Monalisa Foundation has concluded arrangements

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The Fatal Consequences of Nigeria’s Economic Crisis

Nigeria is battling historically high levels of general inflation and soaring food prices, stemming from the battered value of the naira and the drastic increase in fuel prices that took effect shortly after President Bola Tinubu took office. Now, individuals and households need more money to afford basic food items, in an economy that has greatly reduced

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Biotechnology: NGO Advocates For More Investment On GMO Foods

Hadiza Ndadama  A non-governmental organization, Citizens Advocacy for Social & Economic Rights CASER has advocated for increased government funding for Genetically mortified (GMO) foods.The Executive Director of CASER, Barr. Frank Tietie while briefing journalists in Abuja Nigeria’s capital stressed on the importance of Genetically modified foods towards achieving the country’s food security.His briefing came at

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NGO urges NBMA to foster communication with communities

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja A Non-governmental Organization, Climate and Sustainable Development Network, CSDevNet has urges the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA to promote conversations within communities on the importance of generated modified organisms, GMOS. The Admin and Finance Officer, CSDEVNET, Umoru Ameh said this during an advocacy visit to the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA

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Indomie, NGOs partner to alleviate hunger in Nigeria

*Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles, collaborates with the Kokun Foundation Food Bank to distribute cartons of Indomie Noodles to thousands of vulnerable Nigerian consumers Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect As part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles, has collaborated with the Kokun Foundation

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NGO Partners OXFAM On Community Leaders/Govt Engagement Strategies Training

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Connected Development (CODE), in partnership with OXFAM, has trained some community leaders on strategies to engage with the government, to derive maximum benefits from the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), as it affects host communities. The communities, drawn from four states of Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta and Rivers,

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