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New sources of development funding for Nigerian CSOs in a post-USAID world

Prior to USAID’s exit from the Nigerian development and humanitarian programming space in January 2025, the Mission was the country’s largest international development funder, outstripping all other...

On development funding for Nigerian CSOs in post-USAID world

Prior to the exit of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from the Nigerian development and humanitarian programming space in January 2025, the Mission was the country’s...

Nigerian NGOs after USAID

On 20th January 2025, the American government issued Executive Order 14169 (EO 14169), which effectively ended 65 years of USAID’s assistance to Nigeria, rolled out in 1961 with grants to...

International Day of Education: Dangote’s donation as a financing model in Nigeria, By Judith-Ann Walker

The International Day of Education has been celebrated globally on 24th January each year since 2019. The Day focuses on the importance of inclusive, quality and lifelong learning for all...

New US Government and European Union Development Assistance Policy directions – implications for Nigerian CSOs

The year of 2021 marked an important shift in development assistance policies for both the US government and the European Union. In this year both USAID and EU announced a...

One Humanitarian, One Poverty Reduction, One Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation held its inaugural National Council in Calabar, the Cross River Capital, between 27-29th January, where Commissioners of 36 states...

Five things I learned about Poverty Reduction in China from a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, and two unanswered questions that I left with

My 25 years of experience studying poverty reduction programs in Nigeria started in 2000 as an expert on the gender and poverty reduction team of the EU funding and DRN...

World NGO Day – Reviewing Nigerian NGOs’ Contribution to the Economy, By Judith-Ann Walker

As the world marks World NGO Day on 27th February, rebasing of the Nigerian economy to include NGOs is a progressive move. For the first time, in 2025, the contribution...