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Empowering Africa’s Women Through Green Skills for a Sustainable Future Across Africa, women represent a powerful yet often underutilized force in the fight against climate change. Despite their critical role in agriculture, household energy use, and water management, women have historically faced limited access to land, finance, education, and platforms for decision-making. This has excluded many from […]

Global Youth Hold the Key to Food Security and Climate Resilience, Says New UN Report A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has delivered a powerful message to world leaders: young people are essential to the future of food systems, climate action, and global economic growth—but unlocking their potential will require

Unlocking Nigeria’s Future: How Supporting Youth in Agriculture Could Generate ₦60 Trillion Annually A recent political economy analysis by ActionAid Nigeria has uncovered a staggering opportunity for national growth: Nigeria could be losing up to ₦60 trillion every year due to insufficient support for youth involvement in the agriculture sector. This revelation was shared by Mr. Azubike Nwokoye, Food and

Nigeria’s Silent Struggle: How Climate Change Is Drying Up Farms and Futures in the North In the quiet, rural village of Kwalkwalawa in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria, 62-year-old Umaru Muazu surveys his parched farmland. After more than two decades of growing millet and maize, what’s left is a cracked field and a murky puddle—the remnants of a once-reliable river. “I

Oando Foundation (OF), an independent charity organisation established by Oando Plc (Nigeria’s leading energy company), to support the Federal Government in achieving its Universal Basic Education (UBE) goal, has disclosed that it has earmarked over N1 billion to execute its 2025 Foundational Learning Improvement Programme (LEARNOVATE-FLIP) projects in various Nigerian schools across the country in

Almost four decades after Nigeria dispensed with a cocoa-industry regulatory board in 1986, a new executive bill is working its way to the legislature to create a replacement. By the time it was scrapped, the cocoa marketing board, which fixed prices and regulated other industry practices, was so hated by farmers that it was seen