USAID supports Nigeria’s development goals with $26.5 million

The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) has added yet another development assistance of $26.5 million to Nigeria to support in achieving the development goals both governments outlined in the bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement, signed 2015. Of the new funding, $25 million is meant to strengthen good governance by supporting state governments’ efforts […]

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U.K., U.S. increases spending on Nigeria’s election in 6-year to $60m

United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), yesterday, signed an agreement to increase their funding for Nigeria’s elections till 2020, bringing their total commitment to Nigeria to $60 million. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the British High Commission Press and Public Affairs […]

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20,000 farmers in Kaduna to benefit from USAID, Nestle partnership

No fewer than 20,000 soybean and maize farmers in Kaduna Sate will benefit from “Feed the Future Nigeria and Nestlé Maize Quality Improvement Partnership (M-QIP)”. This is a new partnership programme between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Nestlé Nigeria PLC, Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) and VEGA Member Cultivating New Frontiers […]

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African Development Bank (AfDB) Headquarters Source: Reuters

AfDB presses for $135 billion loan to MSMEs

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on financial credit providers to increase lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa to 135 billion U.S. dollars. A statement issued by Mr Emeka Anuforo, the Communications Officer of the Bank, in Abuja on Wednesday said that increasing affordable loans would promote the growth of […]

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