35 Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Owns Nigeria's 2nd Largest Rice Farm.

35 Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Owns Nigeria's 2nd Largest Rice Farm. Nigerians consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption needs sourced from imports. Rotimi Williams, an ambitious 35 year-old Nigerian entrepreneur and rice farmer, is on a quest to change that. Williams, a former journalist, is the owner of Kereksuk Rice Farm, the second largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size. His farm, which is situated in Nasarawa state in northern Nigeria, currently sits on 45,000 hectares and employs more than 600 natives of Nasarawa.

Dangote to employ several graduates in new rice farming initiative.

Dangote to employ several graduates in new rice farming initiative. A multi-million Naira youth farming initiative that will engage teeming unemployed Nigerian graduates in rice farming has been launched by the Dangote Rice Limited in Kogi State. This is even as the company prepares to hit the market with one million metric tons of Dangote rice in 2018. The Dangote Youth Rice Farm project, mainly an out-grower scheme for youth only, was flagged off at the Lower Niger River Basin Authority, Kampe, Ejiba in Yagba West local government area of the state where youth have embarked on rice cultivation over 100 hectares of land. The rice farm project, which was preceded by a special training for the youth farmers on the dynamics of the rice farming, will see the youth cultivating the rice paddy on 100 hectares of land, which will then be bought over by the company for processing.

Google to give $1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy.

Google to give $1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy.Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in nonprofit organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work, the largest philanthropic pledge to date from the Internet giant. The announcement of the national digital skills initiative, made by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Pittsburgh, Pa. Thursday, is a tacit acknowledgment from one of the world's most valuable companies that it bears some responsibility for rapid advances in technology that are radically reshaping industries and eliminating jobs in the U.S. and around the world. Google

TYRES : converting trash to cash.

TYRES : converting trash to cash. Recycle tyre business and poverty eradication. The effect of climatic changes are felt all over the world in varying degrees,with iceberg melting to extreme flooding,drought in other areas and severe hot weather in different regions. 

 The call to save our environment by changing our lifestyle,work style and agricultural practices has been on for a while birthing different initiatives but all with a common goal to save the environment. 

 Old tyres are usually collected and burnt in heaps thus polluting the atmosphere and also causing respiratory problems in man.The burning which releases toxic gases to the atmosphere which contributes to the warming effect of the climate. 

Tyres can be recycled to prevent damage to our health and environment. Tyres can also be recycled using machines to shred tyres and converting tyres into railings/ rubber stacking pallet/ fencing. Opportunities abound in the recycling business see

Knorr remembers the hungry on World Food Day.

Knorr remembers the hungry on World Food Day.Do you know that globally 800 million – – including young Zimbabwean children — are grappling with hunger and go to bed without a meal? Hunger remains an international scourge, but you can make a difference. To mark World Food Day on October 16th this year, join Knorr – Unilever’s largest global food brand – to help feed a child. Help to turn your food posts on social media into a real meal for someone in need. From 12-16 October, each time you share Knorr’s #ShareTheMealZW on Twitter, Facebook and on Instagram, Knorr will donate the equivalent of one meal via the World Food Programme (WFP).

Cryptocurrency is the great African opportunity.

Cryptocurrency is the great African opportunity. Cryptocurrencies are gradually being discovered in Africa.
In countries like South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Nigeria, there is a semblance of digital currencies, primarily bitcoin, taking roots.

 Blockchain or DLT (distributed ledger technology) can be seen as the solution for Africa’s current problems and future growth.

 Bitcoin, based on blockchain, could be the engine for African growth, and could fuel the continent’s great leap forward. 

 It is important to first define a few concepts in the field of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency  is defined as a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange, using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. 

Cryptocurrencies are classified as a subset of digital currencies and are also classified as a subset of alternative currencies and virtual currencies.

  Bitcoin became the first decentralised cryptocurrency in 2009.

The growing importance of renewable power in Africa.

The growing importance of renewable power in Africa.To fuel economic growth and support its growing population, Africa needs power. Renewable energy technologies and distributed infrastructure are playing an increasingly important role in the continent’s energy mix. Around the world, 1.2 billion people live without access to electricity. Half of them are in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa trails the rest of the world in terms of access to electricity by a huge margin. In 2014, less than half the population of the continent had electrical power. Everywhere else, the equivalent figure has now passed 90%. If the region is to continue the strong pace of economic growth it has achieved since the end of the 1990s, better access to energy, especially electrical power, will be essential. The growing importance of renewable power in Africa.