Startup Funding Available via the UNICEF Venture Fund for FemTech Solutions
The UNICEF Venture Fund is inviting applications from startups delivering solutions to improve women’s and girl’s socioeconomic conditions. It particularly wants to hear from ventures that are leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve challenges in healthcare and service delivery that primarily or disproportionately affect females. Read more about Opportunities Under this program, up to $100,000 […]
$100,000 Funding For Blockchain Startups On Offer From The UNICEF Innovation Fund
The UNICEF Venture Fund wants to invest up to $100,000 in blockchain startups from across the world. It’s calling on early-stage companies in this niche to apply for this funding opportunity. Read more about Opportunities This potential investment from the UNICEF Innovation Fund seeks to support blockchain solutions that are designed to solve problems in […]
Apply For The UNICEF Mediathon 2021 For Young Creatives
If you are a creative between the ages of 15 and 22, and you would like to learn from some of the world’s top content creators and connect with other creatives like yourself, UNICEF is offering you the opportunity to do so. Read more about Opportunities Applications are now open for the UNICEF Mediathon […]
Up To $100,000 Investment Available In The UNICEF Innovation Fund Program 2021
The UNICEF Innovation Fund is seeking startups using Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Data Science to build solutions that enable greater access to personalized education and better healthcare. It is offering up to $100,000 in equity-free investments for startups that met this criterion. Read more about Opportunities This fund is inspired by […]
International Day Of Education
Aside from being a human right, education is a public good and responsibility. Sadly, 258 million children and youth around the globe still lack access to education, 617 million children and adolescents can neither read nor do basic math. The situation in sub-Saharan Africa is disturbing as less than 40% of girls in the […]
International Day Of The Girl Child
Globally, 1 in 4 girls that are between 15-19 years of age is neither employed, receiving education or training. This figure can only be compared to 1 in 10 boys of the same age. Projections suggest that by 2021, about 435 million women and girls will be surviving on less than $1.90 daily, while […]
World Teachers’ Day 2020
The World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5 to commemorate the anniversary of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. Since its first celebration on October 5, 1994, the World Teachers’ Day has continued to celebrate the contributions of educators throughout the globe. The Recommendation which served as the motivation […]
App Of The Week: uLesson
According to UNICEF, about 10.5 million children are out of school. Moreover, a large percentage of those in school do not have access to quality education. This is a problem that can be solved strategically given the wide range of opportunities technology has to offer in our world. Read more about App of the Week […]
International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty
It is no hidden fact that poverty is a great threat to the national growth and development of countries across the globe. One might not be out of place to express shock at the fact that in a world characterized by technological advancement, and unprecedented economic growth, people still live in extreme poverty. Needless to […]
September 10th – World Suicide Prevention Day
According to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), every day about 3,000 persons around the world commit suicide. This tragedy is no respecter of person, place, religion or skin color — anyone can be a victim of suicide. In Nigeria, the suicide rate has been on the rise in recent years. There are […]
Immunization Campaign in Nigeria Mobilizes a Nation for Child Survival
The man with the megaphone calls for mothers and fathers to bring their children for vaccinations. The message is a tinny monotone, repetitive, not unlike a call to prayer. This town announcer is 62-year-old Saleh Karamami, who shares his surname with the village. He makes his rounds, hustling the villagers out of bed. He grabs […]
Trafficked into Labour, a Young Girl Tries to Regain What She’s Lost
Blessing’s story is short, and it has many holes, simply because she doesn’t remember much of her life – at least the part before she came to Lagos, West Africa’s biggest metropolis. Years ago, she left her native Ghana with an aunt who was headed for neighbouring Nigeria. The aunt promised Blessing’s parents that the […]
EU Donates €14.25 Million to Nigeria for Water and Sanitation
The European Union (EU) has donated €14.25 million to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Nigeria through UNICEF. Mr Kanan Nadar, the UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Chief made this known in an interview withe the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. Nadar said that the amount was allocated to the sector as part […]
Polio Survivors Strive for a Polio-free Nigeria
Karima Usman is 38 years old. Today, she struggles to peddle her tricycle with her hands as she navigates the rain-lashed bylanes of Yamma-II ward of the Katsina Local Government Area (LGA) in this northern Nigerian state. Ms. Usman contracted polio when she was 3 years old. Usually, riding the tricycle is not so taxing. […]
GAVI Alliance Donates US$ 21 million To Nigeria to Improve Vaccine Supply Chains
The GAVI Alliance has approved US$ 21 million to help improve vaccine supply chains in Nigeria as part of a partnership aimed at scaling up routine immunisation. The funds will be used by Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency to procure vital equipment for storing vaccines and to improve data collection, both of which […]
Community-Based Treatment for Malnutrition Earns Praise in Northern Nigeria
Nigeria’s rates of childhood stunting and wasting are among the highest in the world, particularly in the north, where the country reaches into the Sahel region. In many cases these conditions can be life threatening if not treated properly. In 2009, in collaboration with the Nigerian Government, UNICEF started a pilot project based on research […]