USAID announced it will partner with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch a new initiative that will help protect consumers and increase competition in countries across Africa. This initiative will strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks and the institutional capacity to ensure that the benefits of the digital economy are not undermined by anti-competitive, unfair,…
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) re-established its external advisory committee, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). The Committee’s new membership is comprised of internationally recognized leaders representing a broad range of sectors who will support the Agency’s mission and goals by advising on key development challenges and priorities. The Committee will be…
The Sahel is one of the poorest and most environmentally degraded regions of our planet. It is also considered one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change, as temperatures there increase one and a half times faster than in the rest of the world. This vulnerability is made worse by the region’s high…
The African Small Business Catalyst, a collaboration within the U.S. government, is open for applications from innovative small businesses focused on development in select countries in Africa WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) today jointly announced the launch of the African Small Business Catalyst (ASBC), a business accelerator…
LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited was recently awarded the sum of a N592,204,667 co-investment grant by the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) to launch “Project Sparrow,” an initiative developed to reduce the risk of local and global investments in selected agribusiness and agritech companies in Nigeria to help them achieve higher productivity,…
The USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience activity, through Mercy Corps Nigeria, has signed partnership agreements with 14 private sector and civil society organisations to facilitate the recovery of the Northeast Nigeria business environment. The initiative aims to improve the resilience and livelihood of smallholder farmers and microenterprise owners. Market structures in parts of…
