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Did You Know? You Can Insure Your Farm Products With The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation

You can insure yourself against the loss of your house, cars, or health. But what about your farm, if you’re a farmer- can you insure that too?  You can, thanks to the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation  (NAIC), the government-backed institution

Ending Plastic Pollution in Nigeria

Environmental pollution is one of the problems facing our country, Nigeria. The country is occupied by millions of peoples whose daily activities directly or indirectly threaten the environment. Pollution is one of the negative consequences of man’s interaction with his

Adeola Sowemimo is the First Nigerian Female Pilot to Fly a Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Adeola Sowemimo is one of a growing number of Nigerian female pilots breaking through to the frontlines of what is still a male dominated profession. Just recently, she became the toast of the media and positive spirited Nigerians when news

ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Debt Relief, 2006

Nigeria, home to one in five Africans and with over 100 million people as of 2006, was once Africa’s most indebted nation. However, on 21st April 2006, as part of a chain of strategies deployed by experts to get some

Did You Know? Nigeria is the Largest Producer of Fresh Tomatoes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Seasonal foods are foods that are harvested at a particular time of the year. This is usually the time when the produce is the cheapest and the freshest in the market. Now, you may not have considered this but every

Farmcrowdy Closes on Additional Seed Funding of $1 Million

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to invest in agriculture, today announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1 million. This follows on from the company’s initial investments of $1 million in

VisionScape and a Cleaner Lagos: A Case of Policy Somersault

Everyone now knows that the widely  touted #CleanLagos mantra which gained much ground in 2018 was just a PR ruse to give credence to the below par job the company has been doing since they took over the management of

International Wildlife Day

One beautiful part of tourism is taking time out from our world to have a peek at Nature. We long to see animals in their habitat and how they interact. It reminds us of how special the world is. That

Akwa Ibom Has Launched Its State-Owned Airline

Portions of the Nigerian skies could be graced by a new state-owned airline, with the recent launch of Ibom Air this week. An announcement by the Akwa Ibom state government has confirmed that it has taken delivery of two aircraft

Nigeria Decides 2019: Key Concerns from the World of Business and Economics

By now, you’ve already decided who your preferred candidates are for the public offices to be contested at the polls this weekend. You’ve weighed the options, thought through their proposals, and figured which ones merit your votes. Or maybe you’ve

Top 5 Energy Saving Tips

Do you use a prepaid meter or are your electricity bills are estimated by an electric distribution company? Electricity bills, being a recurrent cost, is one that many people will want to save on. Reduction in energy consumption means you’ll

FarmCrowdy Named Agritech Company of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards 2018

Nigerian startup Farmcrowdy has recently added two more awards to its growing haul of accolades. The company was named agritech platform of the year at the 2018 edition of the Nigeria Technology Awards, which held on Saturday, November 1. Its

How FarmCrowdy Became Nigeria’s Top Agritech Startup

The vast majority of Nigeria’s 38 million farmers grow crops and rear livestock and poultry on a relatively small scale. For them, the seasonal nature of agriculture is a big constraint. Revenues come in at specific periods of the year,

Did You Know? Lagos Computer Village Is West Africa’s Largest ICT Hub

Computer Village is a gadgets market and repair hub spread across streets in the Otigba axis of Ikeja, Lagos. This trade district is tucked in between some of the city’s popular destinations. There’s the Muritala International Airport, which lies to

Disruptive Africa Innovation Growth Workshop

Technology, environment and the media largely influence value perception, and this value is used by the consumers/employers to decide whether or not to purchase your products and services. 5 years down the line will your customers still want your products/services

Investment Lessons From The Rise of Modern Farm Franchises in Nigeria

Any country with a population of over 170 million inhabitants should be a viable market for small businesses and thousands of franchises! Sadly, this assumption does not necessarily hold true in Nigeria, due to some factors. On face value, franchising

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