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The Youth Entrepreneurship and Women’s Empowerment Project in Northern Nigeria aims to increase the contributions by entrepreneurs (ENs) and small-scale businesses (SSBs), particularly those run by women and youth, to support Nigeria’s economic growth.
Azumi is a 35-year-old businesswoman with four children and has never been to school. She has been processing peanuts into oil for the past...
Kaltume is a rice and peanut processor and a primary school teacher who lives in Katagum, Bauchi State, Nigeria. She...
MEDA’s Women and Youth (WAY) project in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria is witnessing the growing impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss firsthand. Annual precipitation...
Kaltume Hassan is a mother of seven and a small entrepreneur in the rice processing industry of Bauchi, Nigeria. Kaltume...
Julie is a 14-year-old girl from Dass Local Government Area (LGA) in Bauchi State, Nigeria whose mother works in the...
Financial products that are designed for women’s business goals can strengthen women led businesses and benefit the larger community. Yet,...
In Nigeria, certain socio-cultural beliefs prevent girls from developing their potential. These beliefs contribute to higher rates of poverty, illiteracy,...
The soybean is a versatile crop that can be used to make many foods: Soy Jollof rice, Soy milk, Soy...
Naja is a fourteen-year-old girl from Durum, a community located in the Bauchi Local Government Area (LGA) of Nigeria. To...
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