Sahara Foundation Graduates Inaugural Cohort of the Sahara Impact Fund- “The Resilient Cohort”
In October 2020, Sahara Foundation conceptualized the Sahara Impact Fund (“SIF”)- a strategic partnership between Sahara Foundation, Ford Foundation, LEAP Africa and Impact Investment Foundation created to support the generation of innovative solutions which will increase access to clean energy, promote sustainable environments all targeted at accelerating attainment of the SDGs in a manner […]
Sahara Foundation STEAMERs Program
Sahara Foundation in partnership with STEM café conceptualized the “catch them young and curious” Sahara STEAMERs programme in 2021. The Sahara STEAMERs Programme is a school-based science and innovation Fellowship for secondary school students in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda. The programme aims to raise 150 smart technologists with creative confidence, deep understanding of embedded systems, […]
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGIA CONSERVATION
In the face of climate changes, we must ensue some form of adaptive resistance which seeks to preserve, as much as possible, the historical structure, composition, and function of the ecosystem. One of the primary resistance strategies is to ‘identify and preserve’ areas known as ‘Climate change Refugia’. A Refugia (refugium- singular) is an area […]
COLOUR CODES OF RECYCLING
Did you know that recycling and waste bins have different colours for a reason? Ahh, I see you didn’t! So you’re just like us years ago. The red, green and blue coloured bins you see, are not just because the manufacturer wanted them colourful. Each colour signifies a specific function in the world of recycling, […]
WASTE SEGREGATION AS KEY FOR EFFECTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
Let’s be honest, a majority of us are guilty of poor waste disposal habits. Everything goes into one bin. And if we’re ‘environmental conscious enough’ or so to speak, then we let the waste management trucks pick them up; else it’s most likely going to end up in at the river side or the local […]
REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE IN SIMPLE WAYS
In the past years, the world has experienced an increase in global warming, the North Pole is melting and disasters due to these, have started occurring. It is well known that climate change and global warming is majorly due to release of carbon monoxide and fossil fuels into the atmosphere. While it’s almost impossible to […]
UNICEF SUPPORTING CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION ACCESS IN NIGERIA
As children, we were taught the basic importance of water. For cooking, washing, bathing and house choresWhile emphasis is laid on the use and need for clean water, it should also be made on the dangers and effects of unclean water and poor sanitation practices, which leads to contamination of water. Majority of diseases and […]
Sahara Technical Regenerator Program (STRP)
On June 12, Sahara Foundation announced the launch of the inaugural edition of the Sahara Technical Regenerator Program (STRP) -a partnership between Sahara Foundation, Energy Training Center (IG handle: etc_connect) and Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN; IG handle: reanigeriaofficial). This program is aimed at promoting youth capacity in Lagos, Edo and Rivers, giving […]
SDG 7: Affordable, Clean Energy
As the global population continues to rise, there is increased demand for access to cheap energy. Dependence on fossil fuels to meet this demand has led to an increased emission of greenhouse gases, which has created adverse and drastic changes to our climate. It is to this cause, that there has been a recent drive […]
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Do we remember that TV jingles “… to make the world a better place… Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”? Was it just a jingle for you, or did you ever try to understand and implement it? The waste hierarchy is the order of priority of actions to be taken in order to reduce the amount of […]