ACT Foundation is seeking NGOs, CBOS, INGOS duly registered to implement social development initiatives or programs within their respective countries to apply for the ACT Foundation 2019 Grant Cycle. Thematic Areas Health: ACT Foundation is avid about contributing to the development of a healthy and productive nation. They believe that if individuals live healthy lives then…
read moreAware of the great need to prepare university graduates for successful entry into the world of work, Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) has partnered with African Capital Alliance Foundation (ACA Foundation) and the Lagos Business School(LBS) for another session of the Venture in Management Program (ViMP). Designed as a one-week intensive mini-MBA session, ViMP introduces 50 selected members of the National Youth Service Corps to…
read more…to train over 50 CSOs and NGO practitioners on fundamentals of organising effective digital fund-raising activities. Lagos, 30 October 2018 - The 8th Civil Society Organisation Professionalism, Effectiveness and Therapy (CSO-CPET) workshop biannually organised by CSR-in-Action’s College of Sustainable Citizenship, in partnership with Access Bank Plc, is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 6 November 2018…
read moreSome words somehow end up being buzzwords or eventually turns out being used as industry- jargons. Either the word has devolved into a meaningless cliché, or it has real conceptual heft. So is the word; “Sustainability” which is also always being used interchangeably with Sustainable Development. “Green” (or, even worse, “going green”) falls squarely into…
read moreThe federal government has been urged to implement structural reforms in order to build a strong and sustainable foundation for economic growth. In a special report titled: “An Economic Agenda for a New Government,” Afrinvest (W.A) Limited, a leading investment banking group, said double-digit growth, which is required for sustained employment creation and poverty eradication…
read moreSamsung Heavy Industries (SHIN) recently raised the bar in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by partnering Vision Care, an agency of the United Nations to support eye surgery for 102 Nigerians. Under the programme, 102 patients with cataracts and at risk of blindness have successfully recovered their eye sights. SHIN has also raised the bar in…
read moreMeadow Hall Foundation (MHF) is the non-profit arm of Meadow Hall Group. MHF supports students, teachers, schools, and communities through partnership with individuals, public and private organisations to implement sustainable initiatives, projects and programmes such as School Adoption Programme, Meadow Hall Teacher Centres, Free Teacher Professional Development Training for Private and Public School Teachers, Educator’s…
read moreThe MINDS Scholarship Programme for Leadership Development in Africa was successfully launched in 2017, bringing to realisation our vision of developing young leaders who have a continent-wide development mindset and leaders who can facilitate greater cooperation between African countries. The Scholarship Programme enables African students to study in an African country other than their home country and…
read moreIn contemporary time, democracy has turned out to be the most supported political tool for development and social change, which has attained near global acclaim and admiration by many world leaders. Although it is contestable, the reasons for this vary. First, democracy has gained acceptability as a form of government based on equity and justice.…
read moreA few weeks ago, the good people of Advance Fee Fraud (Yahoo Yahoo) and the negative impact it has had on Nigeria’s international image. The topic got me thinking about Advance Fee Fraud generally. Like me, many residents of Lagos will have at some point crossed paths with a big boy (sometimes girl) who was rumoured…
read moreThe Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria, which is an institution committed to the development and promotion of corporate governance, has held its 2018 conference. It is themed, ‘Towards Sustainable Development: the Role of the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance’. At the conference, the corporate governance code was the subject of discussion, with all the speakers…
read moreA Nigerian, Ugenyi Igbokwe, alongside others from four African groups, has emerged a winner in the recent Atoms Empowering Africa Youth Video Competition that focused on nuclear energy. Organisers of the competition announced that Igbokwe stood out as the ‘Special Decision Winner’ with his video entitled, ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. The competition, which was organised by…
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