Renewable Energy company and USADF Grantee – Darway Coast has signed a Performance-Based Grant (PBG) agreement under the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) Solar Hybrid Mini-grid component – with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria. By this grant, Darway Coast will connect 1000 households, MSMEs and Public facilities in Obite Community in Etche LGA in Rivers State.
An estimated 690 million people went hungry in 2019. That figure went up by 10 million from 2018, and by nearly 60 million in five years. In Nigeria in April 2020, food inflation had risen to 15% compared to 14.7% in December 2019. With rising food prices, inter alia, there’s an indication that COVID-19 is likely to hamper the attainment of food security in Nigeria which will in turn affect the realization of the SDG Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. SDG Goal 2 aims to ensure that “everyone everywhere has enough good-quality food to lead a healthy life.”
October 15 every year is international Day of Rural Women. With this year’s theme as: “Building Rural Women’s Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19”, the day is set aside to recognize that women bear a disproportionate burden of multi-dimensional poverty, and also elevate the critical role and contribution of rural women – in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security for their families and communities, and eradicating rural poverty.
Date of Issue of Request: September 09, 2020
Deadline for Offers: October 02, 2020
Description: Call for Proposals for Agri-SMEs’ Participation in Online Agribusiness Investment Deal Making Workshop
For: Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity (FTF)
1. This week, we join Feed The Future in celebrating its annual #FeedTheFuture week to: commemorate 10 years of working to #EndHunger; launch its annual Progress Snapshot highlighting global results and stories of people who are #CultivatingHope; and discuss the decade ahead and what needs to happen to strengthen food systems around the world.
One of the best safeguards against coronavirus is handwashing, especially with running water. However, a disturbing challenge is the declining percentage of Nigerians who get their water supply through piped networks – this has plunged from 31 per cent in 1990 to less than 7 per cent in 2017. In Jigawa State, the case is not any different. According to WaterAid, constant water supply is considered a luxury and the shortage of piped water is a long-standing problem in the state, where “Outbreaks of water-borne diseases are very common.”
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), one in six young people is out of work while those still working have experienced a drop in hours by an average of 23% – thanks to the global pandemic. With a quarter of the world’s workforce made up of young people, and about 400 million young people currently missing employment opportunities, there has been a reported rise in the number of young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). According to the UN, the number of NEET grew from 259 million in 2016 to 267 million in 2019, with an expectation that it would hit 273 million in 2021.
A development expert and Executive Director of Diamond Development Initiatives, Mr Adamu Garba, has said that the organization is currently facilitating the provision of globally competitive and sought-after skills to young people in Lagos State to enable them actualize their dreams and contribute to the development of the country. Tagged: ‘USADF-LSETF Employability Program’, Mr Garba noted that the project was a collaboration between the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), aimed at providing industry- and trade-relevant skills to 15,000 youth in Lagos State over the next five years – equipping them to take advantage of employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.
#MandelaDay2020
Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated on 18 July every year. It is Mandela’s birthday (he was born on 18 July 1918). It is a day set aside to pay tribute to an extraordinary global advocate for equality, dignity, and solidarity.
This year, the theme is: “Take Action, Inspire Change”, highlighting the importance of working together, from governments to citizens, to build a peaceful, sustainable, and equitable world.
Dr Saeed Jumah is a beneficiary of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) grant. He provides dental services and awareness to his community in Kano State. Prior to Covid-19 and the promotion of physical distancing guidelines that ensued, a normal day for Dr Jumah would have been one-on-one consultations, procedures like dental extractions, root canal treatments, etc. – with each case treated as it comes. With the increasing rate of infection in Kano State, Dr Jumah has adjusted operations in line with global guidelines and preventative protocol.
