Even before the global COVID-19 pandemic broke out, food insecurity was a serious concern throughout sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 239 million people in the region were undernourished as of 2018. Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, these chronic food crises have been driven by a variety of...
The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation, with support from Brian Rusch and Jason Perry, is happy to announce and welcome Nominations for its 4th Young Business Leaders Awards (YBL), to support young entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Now in its 4th year, the Young Business Leaders (YBL) Award to support young Nigerian entrepreneurs with an integrated package of...
The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation, in partnership with the African Youth Union Commission (AYUC) is pleased to announce results of the Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want 2019 Essay Writing Competition for young people studying in Universities across Africa. A total of 79 Entries were received from 15 Countries. After a very thorough assessment of...
The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation hosted The Entrepreneurship University 2.0 from January 23- 26, 2020 at the CRUDAN Guest House, Sabon Barki, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Thirty (30) Participants from Six (6) States (Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, FCT-Abuja participated in the Training. Resource Persons/Trainers included Mr. Viktor...
We are pleased to announced that, today, January 17, 2020, The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation has signed a Partnership Agreement with The Lili Centre to promote international cooperation, Social Integration and Inclusion, Intercultural Education, Learning and Capacity Building.
On Sunday, November 24, 2019, The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation, along with 7 other distinguished individuals and organizations were honoured and presented with the 2019 Humanitarian Service Award, at the Conference Hall of the Medical and Health Workers Union, Longwa Phase 3, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The 2019 Humanitarian Service Award...
At the invitation of the British Council, The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation was fully represented at the 2019 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from October 21- 25, 2019, by Richard Catheral, the Foundation's Director of International Partnerships and Dr. Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, the Foundation's President. The...
SUBMISSION PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED. WE ARE NO LONGER RECEIVING NEW ESSAYS FOR THIS COMPETITION.
The 1st West Africa Peace Dialogue was held at the 400-Capacity Auditorium of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra, from September 20-21, 2019. The Peace Dialogue was organized by the Ghana-based Africa Centre for Peacebuilding, a URI Cooperation Circle (CC), in partnership with The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation, Global Educators for...