We caught up with Winifred Buya Mukonzo, the Founder and Director of Empower HER Initiative. Empower Her Initiative is an initiative that mentors women and girls to become agents of social and economic change. It also provides a platform for GBV victims to share ideas on how to prevent and tackle it, teach entrepreneurial skills to […]
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We celebrate Christmas for about two months every year. From the first of November until the thirty-first of December, there’s a whiff of Christmas cheer at every store, every school… all public areas. Traditionally, on the twenty-fifth of December, families, friends and loved one’s exchange presents to celebrate Christmas. If you are as bad at giving
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Combating climate change is inevitable and one of the tools we are using today is Climate Financing. This is a blend of public and private funds sourced from multilateral or bilateral agencies and examples include Africa Risk Capacity and the Green Climate Fund. Through Climate Finance projects ranging from Sunshine Schools in China to the
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African countries must work closely together when implementing national climate action plans under the Paris Climate Change Agreement and mobilize climate finance, whilst better integrating climate action into sustainable development planning. This was the key conclusion of ministers and key delegates who convened for the Africa Carbon Forum which ended Friday in Cotonou, Benin. Over 600 practitioners,
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This phenomenon is largely true for every aspect of our development. One major area the Federal Government in Nigeria seem to be paying lip service is in the area of our environment. The promise to clean up the Niger Delta region which was made amidst so much fanfare early in the year is still not fulfilled. We
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Paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has celebrated a “decade of excellence” in sustainability achievements, which have placed the firm well on-track to supersede its 2020 target to slash emissions by a quarter. Smurfit Kappa has achieved a 22.9% reduction in its specific paper production fossil CO2 emissions from a 2005 baseline, according to the FTSE
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Today is November 17th, 2016; 1 month and 8 days to Christmas. The sun is still shinning like it did in February when I interviewed Nigeria’s Minister for Environment, Amina J. Mohammed—whom my twin sister and I fondly call Mama—to complain about the heat and discuss what we can do about it. I may have
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For many children across slum communities in Lagos, the boredom of this long holiday has been punctured with ripples of exciting activities. This is courtesy of a non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), a child’s rights and welfare organisation. CEE-HOPE is currently running major holiday classes aka Summer Schools
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