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Societal Ills Plaguing the Girl Child: Cultural Norms that Serve as Enablers

SCwN Conversations hosted Ini Abimbola -Vice President/Founding Member, Association of Sustainability Professionals of Nigeria (ASPN); Convener, Africa CEO Roundtable & Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility. She is also the Country & Regional Lead (Sub-Saharan Africa) for The CSR Company, a global CSR Network of organizations spanning South East Asia, Europe, the Middle East & Africa.

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Exploring how VFD is Choosing To Challenge gender barriers from a marketplace lens, Theresa Ezeh of VFD Group sat with me to share the Group’s philosophy and approach.

VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge - The Marketplace Lens

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VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge - The Workplace Lens

SCwN partnered with VFD Group – a proprietary investment company that focuses on building positive and socially conscious ecosystems while creating innovative solutions that are accessible to everyday Nigerian citizens and entrepreneurs.

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Episode #14

21st Century Capitalist’s Dilemma: Social Impact or Profitable Value Creation

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift in business norms that stakeholder activism pursues and the imperative of moving from words to actions. With this context, Business leaders the world over are forced to reflect and perhaps make some necessary adjustments, because quite frankly, it’s a stakeholders’ world we operate in.

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Road to Development- Impact Investment Opportunities in Africa

Is Impact Investing the route to closing the development gaps in Africa and if so where are the opportunities? On this episode of SCwN, I engage Meghan Curran, Regional Director, Acumen West Africa. She sets strategy, oversees investing and Academy programs, and leads business development for the organization's work in the region, based in Lagos, Nigeria

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Episode #12

2021: Socio-Economic Outlook for Nigeria

What should we expect for Nigeria's social and economic landscape in 2021? So far, the pandemic has widened social development gaps and the macroeconomic indices are not encouraging....yet we must thrive. What do we need to look out for and harness the opportunities within the chaos? On this episode of SCwN, I engage Tayo Fagbule, Editor at Business Day Nigeria as he shares his perspectives on the topic.

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Episode #11

2020: Awakenings, Recalibration & Social Development

A beautiful way to close SCwN for the year. In conversation with these young vibrant ladies, looking to share their perspectives on the key events in 2020 and the impact on society. #socialconscience #socialchange #socialimpact

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Losing Borders' Control And Integrating

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AfCFTA: Losing Borders and Integrating for Greatness
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Simeon Umukoro is an International trade expert, an economist and a member of the World Economic Association, United Kingdom. His 17 years of professional experience spans two Forbes 500 Companies, developing and facilitating international trade in west Africa, the United Kingdom with the Department for International Trade, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), and the Trade, Investment

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The Role of Entrepreneurship: Diversifying Nigeria's Economy

Entrepreneurial activities have been found all over the world to be capable of making positive impacts on the economy of a nation and the quality of life of the people, which in turn stimulates economic growth and empowerment of the marginalized. Many countries have been able to energize and transform the entrepreneurship sub-sector which has in turn reduced to the barest minimum their unemployment and poverty level.

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The African Dream: Entrepreneurship Stories from Ghana And Zimbabwe

The African Development Bank showed that Africa has the highest entrepreneurship rate in the world. Small and Medium Enterprises are now the biggest formal employers in Sub-Saharan Africa and will undoubtedly be key in creating the 54 million jobs that Africa is expected to create by 2022. While the job creation potential is promising, it is a far cry from the demands - Africa will need 122 million new jobs by 2022.

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Entrepreneurship: A Panacea to Africa’s Development Gaps

The African Development Bank said 22 percent of Africa's working-age population are starting businesses, and this is the highest entrepreneurship rate in the world. Small and Medium Enterprises are now the biggest formal employers in Sub-Saharan Africa and will undoubtedly be key in creating the 54 million jobs that Africa is expected to create by 2022.

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Entrepreneurship Or Employability: Addressing Nigeria’s Youth Unemployment

Discussing Entrepreneurship or Employability as effective ways to address Nigeria's Youth Unemployment with Ms. Detoun Ogwo, a Development and Human Resources Practitioner.

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The Nigerian Youth Renaissance: Birth of the Citizens

Abosede George-Ogan is a tri-sector leader who has worked across the non-profit, private, and public sectors as a development professional. She was one-time, Director, Strategy, Funding, and Stakeholder Management at the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) contributing her quota to job creation in the State. As the Co-founder of ElectHER – a women’s political advancement initiative that seeks to address the under-representation of women in elective office in Nigeria, through behavioral change, communication skills development, and funding mobilization

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Nigerian Police Brutality: What Really Needs To Give?

Prince Adekinte Ademiju Oyekan, PSC - a Law graduate from the University of Wales, United Kingdom. He was the former Chairman of the Task Force on Petroleum Distribution in Rivers State and has served in various States and formations including - Police Mobile Force (PMF), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Divisional Police Officer (DPO).

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Empowering the African Youth: The Case for Mental Independence

A couple of years ago, I recall feeling tired, generally unwell, and a bit cranky – being a hypochondriac, I went to the hospital and all my tests came back fine, so I was asked to just get some rest. A few days after, I still didn’t feel 100%, so I went back again, and the doctor confirmed for the umpteenth time that there was nothing wrong with me physiologically. But this time, she proceeded to ask me a few questions about my lifestyle, work etcetera, and then she made me complete a short form that was meant to help assess my state of mind albeit at a high level.

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NIGERIA 60 Years Later: The Youth & The Promise of Tomorrow

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation celebrated its 60th independence anniversary yesterday and ironically, its average population age is 18.2 thus boasting of a youthful population that promises huge dividends. Nigeria is 60, average age is 18 – A substantial number of African countries today are only between 43 to 60 years old post-independence, but the average age of leaders is 80 while the average population age is 19. 

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Social Conscience with Nasa

Africa is rising they say, but Africa must rise with its people; There is no Africa without its people... how then do we harness Africa's wealth in people... through Social Change and Development. Social Conscience with 'Nasa commits to Aspiration 6 of the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Global Development Goals. We advocate social change and development that will inspire the transformation that keeps Africa rising.

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