The umbrella organization for Nigeria’s private sector has asked the federal government for a tax holiday and other alleviating measures to help relieve the sector of the distress brought by the global COVID-19 outbreak. Implications of the ongoing pandemic on the private sector could be severe enough to...
The increasing awareness of investment strategies adopting the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), as a criteria is one of the biggest trends currently in the investment industry. Financial investors want their resources invested in a way and manner that is sustainable as this is the...
Yearly, Andrew Watson reviews big themes in Sustainability and business - in other words, how organizations tackle environmental, social issues as well as opportunities. According to him, a changing climate is and will always be the top story, the context behind everything (at least in the near future)....
We’re in the midst of a building boom. Commercial floor space is projected to grow by 40.5 percent by 2050. And once built, buildings stick around for a while: About half of all existing buildings were constructed before 1980. That means the way we build today — the type...
In Partnership with Facebook, UNODC, Andela Holds Second Hackathon4Justice: Pan-African startup Andela last weekend held the second edition of its Hackathon4Justice, an initiative that brings together students from Universities across Nigeria with the purpose of building prototype solutions that can help tackle crime, uphold justice...
Shipping Industry Needs $1 Trillion to 'Go Green': The commitment made by the United Nation's Shipping Agency to reduce total GHG emissions from shipping by an average carbon intensity (carbon dioxide per tonne-mile) by 40% in 2030 and 70% by 2050, compared with 2008 also...
UN Child Rights' Committee Urged To Call for The Shut Down Of Gikondo Center Owing To The Abusive Detention Of Street Children: The treatment of children in Gikondo violates the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of...
First off, Happy International Day of Education! January 24, a day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to honour education and its importance to the development of man and sustainable development. Education has been enshrined in the root of both personal and community developments. Its primary aim is...
