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COVID-19: Business Unusual in an Evolving Socio-Economy
- March 30, 2020
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
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Given the globally evolving critical health situation over the past couple of months which has been described as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it has become clear that the world is facing an unprecedented challenge. As at the time of writing this, official records estimate that there have been 487,452 coronavirus cases globally, of which 22,027 have died and another 117,582
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Partnering for Sustainable Growth in Africa’s Extractive Industries
- February 19, 2020
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
The management of the extractive sector (oil, gas and minerals) is a major challenge and opportunity, especially for majority of the developing countries in Africa. Despite having the potential to drive growth, bring about development and reduce poverty, the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources has often solely been a source of wealth creation for elites
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The Teach for Nigeria Fellowship 2020
- February 19, 2020
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Opportunities
The Teach For Nigeria Fellowship program is a 2 year full-time paid commitment that is designed to build a movement of leaders who will work towards eliminating educational inequity in Nigeria. As a Fellow, you will set targets and work towards ambitious goals that will put your students on a different life path. The experience
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Bonny Island: A Case of Bittersweet Development
- August 25, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
Bonny Island is a relatively isolated town in the Niger Delta that has been heavily influenced environmentally, economically and socially by the oil and gas companies that operate in the area. Studying the impact that these companies have made on Bonny Island would be useful in highlighting how other companies can also extend socio-economic benefits
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Revenue for Nigeria Beyond Crude Oil
- August 15, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: News
Nigeria must stop relying on crude oil earnings as the revenue it generates from the commodity is not economically sustainable, a former United Nations Permanent Representative and Under Secretary-General to the world body, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as well as heads of other agencies have said. Speaking on the sidelines of the 2018 Leadership Impact and
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Electronic Voting: Journey Towards a Sustainable Future
- July 28, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
The Nigeria 2019 general elections slated to select the leader of a nation with over 180million people is around the corner. Everyone is clamouring to get their voters’ card in hope to vote-in the candidate of their choice. However, is the of use of ballot papers during the election sustainable? On the day of elections,
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The Need for Healthcare Development in Nigeria
- July 14, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
Nigeria’s healthcare system has been lowly ranked on two major global healthcare surveys in the last 3 years. The World Health Organisation recently analysed the world’s health systems amongst the 191-member states. Nigeria ranked 187 out of 190 countries ahead of only the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Myanmar using performance indicators
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Tankers of Woe: Curbing the Menace of Tanker Accidents
- July 7, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
The firefighter said he had the foreboding that the fire incident would be massively catastrophic. He saw from their office in Alausa, Ikeja as thick black smoke billowed and spiraled skywards forming an impenetrable smog over the entire area. He immediately alerted his colleagues and off they raced to Otedola bridge to put out the
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Oil Theft is a National Emergency
- June 30, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
Standing on the banks of a river in the Niger Delta region, inhaling the acrid smell of benzine oozing from the befouled waters on a windy morning or a calm evening, the sight of young agile men and women with bodies glimmering of sweat and black sludge busy berthing their canoes to offload yellow containers
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Social Licence to Operate: A Solution for Community Crises with Oil Companies
- March 2, 2018
- Posted by: CSR-in-Action
- Category: Insights
Globally, resistance from local communities threatens the growth of extractive and energy sectors such as oil and gas and mining. For instance, over the past decade, Nigeria has witnessed drastic reduction in crude oil outputs, not mainly because of oil price volatility in the international market, but due to resistance from host communities in the
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