Philanthropy

The Tony Elumelu Foundation Launches The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund

The preceding month has been such a great one for the Tony Elumelu Foundation. The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund, a non-profit organisation managed by the foundation, was launched recently. This is in addition to celebrating four years of impressive philanthropic

Google Donates 15 Million to Fight Ebola in West Africa

Google is launching a campaign to help fight Ebola by contributing $2 for every dollar people donate to nonprofits organisations such as Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders. In addition, the company is also giving $10 million to support

The Support Our Troops Foundation

  Nigerian troops contribute to the safety and security of our nation, but sometimes in the midst of adversity, their sacrifices and contributions tend to go unnoticed. The Support Our Troops foundation will work in partnership with the Federal Ministry

What if this Happened in Nigeria?

  This video has been on the rise on Youtube since July. Now it has 11.5 million views because people love watching good things. We love watching good things too so we would like to share it with you. Think

Genevieve Pink Ball Foundation Announces its Breast Cancer Awareness Run/Walk/Cycle

  The Genevieve Pink Ball Foundation is happy to announce its run/walk/cycle against breast cancer! The aim of this year’s walk is to have more than 500 people help raise awareness about breast cancer and show support for those affected.

FCMB Collaborates to Support Youth Empowerment Projects

  First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has recently collaborated with Enactus Challenge to organise a youth empowerment programme in Lagos which brought together 35 tertiary institutions nationwide for a national competition. In the past six months, FCMB has supported projects

Richard Branson Coaches Nigerian Entrepreneurs in Mentoring Session

  After winning the Enterprise Challenge, an online competition for Nigerian entrepreneurs aged 18 – 25 which was organized by the British Council and Virgin Atlantic in partnership with Zenith Bank, two of Nigeria’s most promising entrepreneurs had the opportunity

MTN 21 Days of Y’ello Care Concludes Successfully

MTN, the multinational mobile telecommunications company operating in many African, European and Middle Eastern countries just concluded its MTN 21 Days of Y’ello Care which saw the staff and members of the telecommunications company go into the communities where

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria Partners Microsoft for Free Training and Support to Non-Governmental Organizations

Over 70 non-governmental organizations gathered at Hotel Ibis, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, June 5, 2014 for the ICT training, networking and information sharing event for non-governmental organizations tagged ‘MICROSOFT NGO CONNECTION DAY’. This event has held in North Central Nigeria

PIN Gets Grant From Rockefeller Foundation For Expansion

  It has been announced that a grant of $500,000 will be given by the Rockefeller Foundation to Paradigm Initiative Nigeria for the expansion of PIN’s Ajegunle.org project which was launched in 2007 as an intervention project to connect Nigerian

Clean Up Makoko Event to Hold June 2014

    The CleanUp-Makoko Event is set to take place 8:00am on Saturday 14th June, 2014 at Baale of Makoko’s Palace, Ramotu Street, off Olaiya Street, Makoko, Yaba, Lagos. Citizens are called to join the RecyclePoints Team to make

Nigerian Entertainers Back Enough is Enough’s R.S.V.P

Popular Nigerian entertainers such as Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde, Banky W, and Timi Dakolo have thrown their weight behind ‘Enough is Enough Nigeria, EiE, Campaign – RSVP: Register. Select. Vote. Protect’, which is being organised ahead of the 2015 elections at a

Nigerian Humanitarian, Emeka Offor’s Efforts to Eradicate Polio in Nigeria‏

Nigerian Philanthropist and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Chrome Group, a Nigerian oil and gas conglomerate, Emeka Offor has given a sum of $1 million to Rotary’s PolioPlus program, supporting global efforts in eradicating the dreaded disease. Sir Emeka

MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ELLO Care Grand Opening

  June 2nd saw the official opening ceremony of MTN’s 21 days of Y’ELLO Care 2014 which was held at the courtyard, MTN Golden Plaza Building in Ikoyi,Lagos. The 21 Days of Y’ELLO Care is an annual MTN staff world

NGO Claims World Economic Forum for Africa, WEFA, Attract $68 Billion Investments in Nigeria

An Abuja-based non-governmental organisation, Freedom Organisation of Nigeria, FON, yesterday, Monday, May 19, 2014, revealed that the just concluded World Economic Forum for Africa, WEFA, had attracted over $68 billion investments in Nigeria. Frank Ohwofa, the Chairman of the non-governmental

Children’s Day: Creative 5 Hosts Reception for Down Syndrome Children for the Tenth Edition of the Charity Lounge

    Creative 5 is hosting the Down Syndrome Children in collaboration with Budgit as part of plans for the International Children’s Day and Charity Lounge 10.0 at an exclusive reception in Lagos, Nigeria. The Open invitation luncheon holds on

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