Hannah Anthony Image: An African woman, holding her baby at home. Blessing Kalu, a Nigerian woman with a 2.1 in accounting and a mother of three, desired to build a corporate career and contribute meaningfully to her family’s finances, even if just little. Instead, she became a stay-at-home mom, caring for her newborn and two…
Michael Dibie Cassava is one of the most important crops in Nigeria, playing a dominant role in the rural economy in the agro-ecological zones and is increasingly gaining importance in all parts of Nigeria. According to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, report 2004), Benue and Kogi state in the North Central Zone are the largest producers of cassava. Cross River, Akwa…
Yahuza Bawage It was a cold morning in Jos, the Plateau state capital in Central Nigeria. Abdulmalik Magwe Bello, along with other young men, stood in line, waiting for their buckets to be filled with boiling water from a large pot in one of the houses in their Rikkos neighborhood. Bello was in a rush…
Hannah Anthony Image: An African woman, holding her baby at home. Blessing Kalu, a Nigerian woman with a 2.1 in accounting and a mother of three, desired to build a corporate career and contribute meaningfully to her family’s finances, even if just little. Instead, she became a stay-at-home mom, caring for her newborn and two…
Michael Dibie Cassava is one of the most important crops in Nigeria, playing a dominant role in the rural economy in the agro-ecological zones and is increasingly gaining importance in all parts of Nigeria. According to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, report 2004), Benue and Kogi state in the North Central Zone are the largest producers of cassava. Cross River, Akwa…
Yahuza Bawage It was a cold morning in Jos, the Plateau state capital in Central Nigeria. Abdulmalik Magwe Bello, along with other young men, stood in line, waiting for their buckets to be filled with boiling water from a large pot in one of the houses in their Rikkos neighborhood. Bello was in a rush…
