The United States supports the holistic approach being taken by Ghana, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Togo to address threats of violent extremism and instability, combining security, development, and peacebuilding The United States and Ghana enjoy a strong bilateral relationship…
LAWMA NOMINATED FOR THE GREENVETAFRICA PROJECT
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been nominated as one of the four African partners in the GreenVETAfrica project, according to a release from the authority. GreenVETAfrica project is an Erasmus+ project funded, by the European Commission, seeking to integrate…
DAI Magister advises Equator Energy in IBL Energy and STOA majority stake acquisition
DAI Magister has announced its latest successful deal, advising Equator Energy Ltd (Equator Energy), as IBL Energy Holdings Ltd (IBL Energy) and STOA signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in East Africa’s leading commercial and industrial solar operator,…
Wild Africa Fund unveils Nigeria’s first wildlife show for kids
Wild Africa Fund has launched a new wildlife-focused television series, Dr Mark Animal TV Show, for kids between ages seven and 14. This is contained in a statement by Wild Africa Fund Nigeria’s Representative, Mr Festus Iyorah, on Saturday in…
Provide safe water for underserved communities, WaterAid charges stakeholders
WaterAid Nigeria has appealed to the government and the Organised Private Sector to provide access to safe drinking water to underserved communities in the country. The Country Director, WaterAid Nigeria, Evelyn Mere, made the appeal on Wednesday in a goodwill…
Wild Africa Fund partners Laycon to raise awareness on illegal bushmeat trade.
Wild Africa Fund has partnered Laycon Cares Foundation (LCF) and its client, Laycon, to raise awareness on illegal bushmeat trade in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Festus Iyorah, Nigeria Representative Wild Africa Fund on Friday…
Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa
By Marine Olivesi Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the last school year.…
LWC, NIMechE, mark world water day with SDG 6 Essay Competition
winning students go home with laptops and gifts participating schools get monetary support To mark the International Water Day, the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) in collaboration with the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, earlier today, held the grand finale of…
Global leaders say Africa can achieve water security by 2030, present three pathways supported by action plan
The three proposed pathways outline how to unlock and scale an unprecedented pipeline of investable water projects through greater risk sharing between public and private finance Achieving water security and sustainable sanitation for all in Africa is possible by 2030…
Net Zero: Group lists measures to achieve 2060 targets
Fabian Ekeruche The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), GCA Capital Partners and Climate Advisers Network (Berlin) have listed 11 key measures for Nigeria to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, an internationally recognised scholar stated this…
