NIPC committed to making Nigeria preferred investment destination

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) has expressed its commitment to ensure that Nigeria becomes a preferred investment destination of choice for investors.

Its Executive Secretary, Mrs Saratu Umar, said this at the NIPC stakeholders’ engagement forum with state Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) yesterday in Abuja.

‘Shea market creates economic opportunity for women’

The Co-founder, Shea Integrated Global Foundation (SIGF), Priscilla Nwosu, has said the shea market creates opportunities for women to thrive.

Nwosu stated this at a briefing on the Conservation and Livelihood Improvement of Women Through Shea Tree Value-Chain Development Project.

Firm unveils app to tackle climate change

A Nigeria-based energy firm, Eden Lotus Power, has announced the launch of a new carbon offsetting app, Eden Zero, that would help users reduce activities that affect the environment.

The firm, in a statement, said Eden Zero was designed to make sustainable action accessible for everyone, by providing users with an easy way to measure and track their carbon footprint and actively reduce it through offsets.

Obelix raises N100m for SMEs

A crowdfunding intermediary, Obelix, has raised N100 million from 9,324 registered small-ticket retail investors in the country, the company said in a statement yesterday.

Obelix, a subsidiary of Alternative Finance Limited, said the fund would be invested in three promising pre-selected Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.

FG Sensitises Stakeholders On Hibiscus Export Compliance Agreement

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe, has said with the lifting of the ban on the exportation of hibiscus flower to Mexico, Nigeria will benefit a lot considering the huge investment in the sector’s value chain and foreign exchange earnings.

200 Female Entrepreneurs Compete in MTN Grant Contest

Two hundred Nigerian female entrepreneurs have been selected to pitch their sustainable business ideas to receive N2 million grants each, in the ongoing Y’ellopreneur initiative by MTN Foundation.

CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” 2023 (€5,000 prize)

Deadline: June 15, 2023

Applications for the CMCC Climate Change Communication Award 2023 are now open. The CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” aims to showcase and promote the most creative and impactful initiatives that: