STARTUPPER OF THE YEAR BY TOTAL CHALLENGE 2016 Edition

Total, a leading international oil and gas company has announced it is accepting applications for its “Startupper of The Year” challenge.

West Africa Food Markets Challenge Fund: For Profit Organizations to Invest in Business Models that will Strengthen Trade for Staple Foods

Deadline: 27 November 2015

West Africa Food Markets Programme (WAFM) is currently inviting applications for Challenge Fund that aims to invest in business models that will strengthen national and regional trade for targeted staple foods: maize, millet, sorghum and cassava. Businesses or companies are invited to bid based on rules that are set and publicized.

AmplifyChange Opportunity Grant: Supporting New Ideas of Young People

Deadline:  31 December 2017

AmplifyChange is inviting applicants for its “Opportunity Grant” in order to support groups try out new ideas, implement their plans or make the most of circumstances where there may be a good chance to bring about some sort of positive change.

USAID’s Let Girls Learn Initiative Call for Concept Notes

Deadline: 30 November 2015

The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Broad Agency Announcement for Let Girls Learn Initiative seeks opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, testing, and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-effective interventions to address adolescent girls’ education.

Capital Markets for Development

Ending extreme poverty and building shared prosperity across the developing world are noble goals; but they are also expensive, requiring financing on a scale far greater than what governments in developing countries, their donors, and local financial institutions are able to provide.

Shell Ideas360: Develop Ideas to Tackle the Pressures on the World’s Food, Water and Energy Resources

Deadline: 15 December 2015

The Shell International Limited is seeking applications for Shell Ideas360 recruitment competition, in order to develop game-changing ideas for tackling energy, water and food issues.

Participants entering this global ideas competition could win the exciting opportunity to explore the world on a National Geographic Adventure. Even the simplest of ideas have the power to transform lives and positively impact society.

Xenophobia: South Africa’s Hatred For Blacks And What Nigeria Must Do

In the wake of xenophobic attacks against nationals of other African countries living in South Africa which have led to multiple deaths and physical assaults, a lot of African countries whose citizens including those from Nigeria are victims of the mindless scourge have risen to protect their citizens and continued to condemn the act in strong terms. UGBOJA FELIX OJONUGWA writes

Ace Roots vs. Orijin: Renewed Drive to Win Consumer Loyalty

After many encounters and bloodless wars, Nigerian Breweries and its main rival in the market, Guinness, are back in the boxing ring as they intensify efforts to push Ace Roots and Orijin respectively, Raheem Akingbolu reports.

Nigeria’s Code of Corporate Governance Ready

The steering committee constituted by the federal government to develop a National Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) for the country has finalised work on the draft document.