GAIN
5 Oct
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) have announced the launch of the third edition of the GAIN Entrepreneurship Masterclass for Women in Nigeria.
4 Oct
No fewer than 50,000 smallholder farmers from Kano and Kaduna states are to benefit from a productivity enhancement initiative being powered by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to boost food production and reduce economic losses in the country. The farmers, carefully selected under the DEcent LIVelihoods initiative of the DELIVER Nigeria project, will…
2 Oct
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in partnership with the East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR), has launched the DELIVER Project aimed at transforming the livelihoods of smallholder vegetable farmers in Kaduna and Kano states. The initiative funded by the Dutch government through the Accelerating Resilient Food Systems…
10 Sep
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss-based foundation, launched in 2002 at the UN General Assembly to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition, is calling on women and youth-led agribusinesses, farmers associations, and cooperatives to apply for its Microgrant Funding Opportunity.
2 Sep
The African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank) has tasked entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The continental bank stated this at the 2024 Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-African Trade. The masterclass, which was organised by the Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) in partnership with AfreximBank, witnessed the training…
5 Aug 2024
The importance of data for evidence-based policy-making and targeted interventions to address malnutrition and promote healthy diets has been highlighted by the Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Nigeria, Michael Ojo.
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