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Yearly Archives: 2021

Great Green Wall receives over $10bn to regreen the Sahel

The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) has received at least $10 billion in new funding. The funding will...

AfDB supports Great Green Wall with $6.5bn

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it will support the Great Green Wall initiative with $6.5 billion over the next five years. President...

Zambian president calls for technology to harvest rainwater

Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday, January 11, 2021 called on technocrats in the water sector to come up with technologies that will help...

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3m – Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and...

Group says oil palm industry deserves more attention for greater productivity

The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) says the oil palm industry deserves more attention for increased productivity. National President of the association, Mr...

Abia Nzelu: How to tackle Nigeria’s second wave of cervical cancer

The whole world is currently grappling with the second surge of COVID-19 infection. This pandemic destabilised year 2020, affecting over 85 million people and...

Nigerian group named among ‘visionaries’ for Food System Vision Prize

After being mentioned as one of the finalists for the Food System Vision Prize in August 2020. the Rockefeller Foundation has named Darkpore Media...

As 127th Party, Italy is first to join Minamata Convention in 2021

On Tuesday, January 5, the Government of Italy deposited its instrument of ratification, thereby becoming the 127th Party to the Minamata Convention and the...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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