African Leadership University (ALU) is proud to partner with the Graça Machel Trust and the Mandela Institute of Development Studies (MINDS) to launch the Mandela Centennial Scholarship Programme, a landmark scholarship that will celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the greatest African leaders of the last century – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, fondly known as Madiba. President Mandela firmly believed in…
read moreIn our mind’s eye, the Africa we see, is that continent which has long empowered the global economy. Inversely, the real Africa today is largely engrossed with poverty, resulting from depleted natural resources as well as irresponsible business models and political systems that have inflicted economic woes on the continent. In our previous article, we…
read moreAuthor ~ Ebuka Onunaiwu We may have learnt in the past that corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability is good for business and that it positively affects the core functions of a business from reputation to marketing, sales, employee engagement, employee productivity and morale, investors perception and decisions, human resources and many other aspects of…
read moreA Nigerian man living in one of the world’s most polluted cities has been hailed for “leading by example” and cleaning up his community in the face of government inaction. Chris Junior Anaekwe, 28, drew the applause of the internet for leading a group of local teenagers in tackling rubbish in their neighbourhood in Onitsha,…
read moreThe Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2018/2019 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award for: i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco,Algeria, Serbia, Hungary,Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey,Cuba, Romania, Ukraine, Japan,Macedonia; and ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those…
read moreAs the saying goes: ‘necessity is the mother of innovation’. This justifies the fact that, many countries have experienced several breakthrough in innovation during crisis such as natural disaster, epidemic, war amongst others. These crises triggered the invention of technologies and ideas that leapfrogged some countries to their current developed state. But in Africa, a…
read moreAuthor ~ Funmi Akindejoye The death of three missionary nurses in the town of Lassa in Borno State, Nigeria, after caring for an infected obstetrical patient in 1969, led to the discovery of the virus in Nigeria. Lassa fever (LF) is a zoonotic disease that is spread to people through contact with items or food…
read moreAn indigenous oil company operating in Rivers State, BelemaOil Producing Limited, has awarded scholarships worth more than N100 million to 374 indigent students of its host communities. The scholarship, which was in three categories- postgraduate, undergraduate and post-primary- is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility policy, under the NNPC/BelemaOil Joint Venture (JV). Out of…
read moreAbout the Competition The 2018 Africa Energy Innovation Competition is set to accelerate the development of early-stage energy firms across Africa. Across Africa, the main energy challenge is to rapidly deliver modern energy services to millions of households and businesses using sustainable and affordable energy technologies. This competition challenges early-stage energy entrepreneurs from Africa to…
read moreOne of the interesting business transformation in recent times is the shift from shareholder consciousness to stakeholder consciousness, competition to collaboration, and from profit greed to shared value. With the new shift, firms are now building long-term profitability and existence that is hinged on cohesion across key stakeholders. Such relationship is possible through ‘stakeholder engagement’…
read moreAuthor ~ Ebuka Onunaiwu In our previous review of “default rate was a mere 0.17%. Usually, a down payment of 30% is made on mortgages, which is 5% higher than that of Nigeria. However, interest rate on mortgage in China is about 6%, almost 4 times lesser than Nigeria’s. It is important to recall that…
read moreNigeria lost N1.74trillion to the absence of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) in 2013, according to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). NEITI in a media statement, signed by Director, Communications & Advocacy, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, on Sunday, commended the National Assembly for the passage of PIGB, NEITI saying the sector had…
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