Sahara Impact Plus Talkshow: Episode 1
Earn Money for Your Waste with Sahara Group Foundation’s Go-Recycling Initiative
Go-Recycling, a joint initiative by Sahara Group Foundation, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), IBILE OIL&GAS, and Wecyclers, continues to expand its reach with the launch of its newest hub in Apapa-Iganmu LCDA while offering cash incentives to Lagos residents in exchange for recyclable waste materials. This project aims to promote sustainable environmental practices across […]
Leveraging COP28 Conversations to Advance the African Agenda
By Ejiro Gray. Director, Sahara Group Foundation. “Global inequality persists; climate impacts are unfairly distributed. Even with unconditional nationally determined contributions we are facing 2.9 degrees centigrade warming. Developing countries face a staggering adaptation finance gap, 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows. The next decade will shape our future.” These are the words […]
Welcome to Lagos – SIPA 2023 Fellows
Sahara STEAMers programme; empowering Africa’s next generation of innovators
Introducing our 2023 Sahara Impact Fund Recipients
World Teacher’s Day 2023
CELEBRATING UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN (UI) @ 75: THE GUARDIAN’S SPECIAL FOCUS ON DISTINCTIVE ALUMNI
How my life, worldview were shaped at UI, by Ejiro Gray Ms Ejiro Gray, the Director, Governance and Sustainability of Sahara Group attended the University of Ibadan between 1998 and 2004 to study Law. However, for her, the institution was not just about gaining admission to study a course there, she was born and raised on […]
STEAMing Ahead: How the Sahara STEAMers Programme is Helping to Foster Creativity and Critical Thinking in African Classrooms
In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on the need to incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education into classrooms worldwide. According to research by Brookings, it is a workforce skilled in STEAM that will enable Africa to overcome crippling development challenges including climate change, food insecurity, inequality, and poverty. The […]
Skilling Teachers, Trainers and Youths for a Transformative Future
In a world where two-thirds of youth in developing countries are not fulfilling their economic potential, and 70% of an estimated 200 million Nigerians are in the youth category, the issue of skills development cannot and must not be taken lightly. Before the advent of social media, skills acquisition took on various forms both informal […]