70% of land worldwide is not legally documented and in Africa. Terms of agreement on land sales and ownership rights are very complicated, often leaving inheritances mismanaged especially for the women whose husbands leave these properties for. My grandma was the first wife of my grandfather who I have been told had a lot of […]
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To ask me to write on Young People and the way they are responding to environmental issues (in Nigeria) is to actually put me “in my zones”, this is what we are doing right now with SustyVibes; the learning journey has been simply amazing and I will share some of the things I am personally learning.
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1. We are sensible. Really, sustainability work in Nigeria is getting global recognition and our votes can support them to win a large chunk of $250,000 to expand their recycling venture into many parts of Nigeria. It makes sense to be the hype man for this competition – have you voted? Click here to
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Tony joy is an idea executionist, social innovator, waste to solutions expert and a counselor on human and emotional problems. She is a graduate of English from Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy. She is one of Nigeria’s leading social entrepreneurs with close to two years of experience in NGO management and entrepreneurship. She is a pace setter
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On March 9th, 2017, the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign released its first virtual reality film, titled “Under the Net.” The film, named Best VR Documentary by the Cinequest Film and VR Festival, is available for download on the Discovery VR app and viewing on Samsung Gear VR headsets and Google Cardboard. The film
“In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, Caravans no longer went through the land And travelers used the block roads The towns of Israel stood abandoned; Deborah – they stood empty until you came Came like a mother in Israel” People read the bible for several reasons, for some,
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In 2013, Snapchat was offered US$4 billion by Google to be acquired. They turned it down. It is expected that in March 2017, Snapchat will go public giving it a possible valuation of US$40 billion. What has happened to society when we place such an immense value on a smartphone application that is essentially famous
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The last and final day of the Social Good Summit was nothing short of amazing, no surprises here, we had the vice president of United States in our midst, I also got into the main auditorium! (bye DML) Below, I have outlined summaries of the sessions I followed carefully. Introducing the Inaugural class of UN
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I recently interviewed Dr David Nabarro after meeting him at the UNGA 2016. As the world counts down to the Paris Agreement coming into force in the next two days and also the Cop22 event in few days, my chat with Dr David Nabarro is timely as it sheds more light on his office’s plan
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Attending the Social Good Summit and the entire experience of travelling to New York for sustainability work was truly inspiring for me. I kept adding #JesusDidIt to my pictures because I had no idea that everything would eventually work out for my good. Day 1 of Social Good had me as the very first registrant
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