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2. Nigerian Conservation Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) is an environmental non-governmental organization that promotes environmental tourism with the goal of expanding awareness of Nigeria 's natural resources and creating economic incentives. [1] Founded in 1980 by Shafi Edu, the Foundation has since undertaken numerous resource management and ...

3. NGOs in West Africa - Wikipedia

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   In this article, NGOs in West Africa will be divided into three categories: African national NGOs, African international NGOs, and non-African international NGOs. NGOs stand for non-governmental organizations. [1] These organizations are mostly non-profit and mostly work independently from the government, they have specific aims that range from ...

4. Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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   Issa G. Shivji (2007): Silence in NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of NGOs in Africa. Nairobi: Fahamu. Jens Steffek and Kristina Hahn (2010): Evaluating Transnational NGOs: Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation. New York: Palgrave, Macmillan. Yearbook of International Organizations, produced by the Union of International Associations.

5. Sustainable Development Goals and Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   SDGS in Nigeria. Nigeria became a member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 October 1960. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa and has the seventh-highest population in the world. [6] Nigeria gained independence on 1 October 1960. In 2012, Nigeria contributed the fifth largest number of peacekeepers to United Nations peacekeeping ...

6. International non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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   An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope. NGOs are independent of governments and can be seen as two types: advocacy NGOs, which aim to influence governments with a specific ...

7. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Wikipedia

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   Okonjo-Iweala is the founder of Nigeria's first indigenous opinion-research organization, NOI-Polls. [47] She also founded the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (C-SEA), [48] a development research think-tank based in Abuja, and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Brookings Institution. [49]

8. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa - Wikipedia

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   AGRA, formerly known as the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa is an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyse Agriculture Transformation in Africa. AGRA is focused on putting smallholder farmers at the centre of the continent's growing economy by transforming agriculture from a solitary struggle to survive into farming ...

9. West Africa - Wikipedia

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   West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).