Publications

Technical Director – Program Management and Sustainability at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS is a global leader in agricultural livelihoods programming, and promotes resilience building in impoverished, disaster-affected, and climate change-impacted…

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Green Bonds: Is Nigeria Leading in Sustainable Development?

In our recent article, we brought to you Nigeria’s good performance with the the recent exit from recession. Interestingly, this aligns with the concept of Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing (SRI) which integrates environmental and social concerns into development or investment decisions for positive societal impacts. At the “One Planet” summit in Paris - led…

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The Third Skin of Humans and it’s Effect on Human Health and Well-being

Cities are considered as the habitat for large intellectual species called humans. These ecosystems comprise of sub structural units referred to as buildings. Buildings are usually referred to as the third skin, it acts as an interface between the human body (including our skin and clothing) and the environment. All three layers serve as a…

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Access Bank Leads in Various CSR Awards

CBN’s Nigeria Sustainable Banking Awards Access Bank PLC has received top honours at the inaugural Nigeria Sustainable Banking Awards convened by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in recognition of its outstanding success and leadership in Nigeria’s sustainable development. Access Bank emerged the first place winner across all four categories during the award presentation which…

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Chinese Firm Aids Nigerian Rural Community

Fetching water freely from a public tap constructed adjacent to her house on Monday, Rita Okoye who lives in Kwali, a rural community situated near Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, has felt much relieved compared to her searching all-day for water to complete her daily chores in the past. Pregnant with her sixth child, Okoye,…

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Shippers Council Advocates ‘Blue Economy’ to Boost Revenue

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has urged agencies in the maritime industry to promote what it calls the blue economy to earn huge revenue  for the country. Its Executive Secretary, Mr Hassan Bello, stated that the country has abundant marine resources which would raise the standard of living, if tapped. The council, he said, was…

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Darwin Initiative: scoping projects

Scoping projects are small grants intended to help applicants who are new to the case study - Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia (PDF, 214KB, 2 pages) . How to apply You should first read: Darwin Initiative Round 24: Flexi-grant user guide (PDF, 329KB, 8 pages) Once you have read the guidance you should then complete the scoping projects online application. Apply online for Darwin…

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The Clean Energy Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 2nd February 2018 All On is launching the Clean Energy Innovation Challenge, in partnership with Co-Creation Hub to facilitate increased access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy sources for low-income households, small and medium scale enterprises, and communities. All On works with partners to increase access to commercial energy products and services for under-served…

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2018: The Nigeria We Want

What does the future really hold for Nigeria in 2018, seeing that the nation has wandered in the development wilderness for 57 years in search of the path to the promised land of economic vitality flowing with jobs, infrastructure, good living standard, flourishing SMEs and an environment devoid of pollution. Considering the recent economic recession…

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The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health and the Environment

Author ~ Funmi Akindejoye "What is the economic value of the world's ecosystem services to human beings?” This question was asked by Constanza and his colleagues in a seminal paper in 1997. Constanza estimated the value of the world's ecosystem as ranging between US $ 16-54 trillion (1012) per year, with an average of US…

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12th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting

Author ~ Dami Vera-Cruz “Investigative reporting is the bone structure without which the journalistic body collapses.” – Alma Guillermoprieto. Lagos, Saturday, 09 December, 2017 – Investigative journalism/reporting plays a vital role in any democracy. This should most times call the powerful to account, and expose corruption, give the public a ‘heads up" about certain people…

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CSR-in-Action Celebrates 7th Anniversary, Focuses on Good Citizenship

CSR-in-Action, Nigeria’s foremost sustainability consultancy has drawn attention to the importance of good citizenship and contribution of the private sector to sustainable development and national building as it marks its 7th anniversary. A conglomerate of 3 sustainability-focused businesses, CSR-in-Action has championed the cause of sustainable development in Nigeria over the past seven years. The company…

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