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Nin just jumped on board with Croatia's tree-planting tourism thing, where they're trying to cut down on car travel emissions while making the whole country look more eco-friendly. The Croatian National Tourist Board is basically funding local spots to plant trees, and Nin already had that...

Hvar hotels just finished another killer season, and they're dropping cash on upgrades for the main spot in their lineup. Hotel Amfora is getting refreshed rooms, updated bathrooms, and a whole new lobby, plus bar situation. The vibe will lean into warm cream and brown colors with some modern...

Synergix Africa wrapped up its first webinar series for young Nigerian entrepreneurs with a big celebration in Abuja. The program ran for several weeks online through WhatsApp, Google Classroom, and Google Meet, where participants learned about validation, branding, finance, compliance, and...

Transafam Power dropped their first-ever senior citizen wellness program in the Okoloma-Afam community over in Rivers State, and they hooked up more than 30 elderly folks with medical checkups plus care packages. The power company CEO, Vincent Ozoude, said the event will happen every year since...

Finance pros told the government they need to shake things up before 2026 hits because inflation keeps eating the naira alive, and the country leans on oil way harder than it should. ICAN Lagelu chair Omokemi Oladipo said at their awards dinner that policy tweaks plus backing local businesses...

Davidorlah Farms CEO Segun Alabi told people at the National Assembly that the country burns through roughly 10 billion dollars every year on wasted crops after harvest. He said somewhere between 30 and 50 percent of what farmers grow just rots because of sketchy storage, busted roads, and weak...

Rural Electrification Agency boss Abba Aliyu snagged a public sector CEO award at the Nigerian NewsDirect anniversary event in Lagos, and he said the recognition belongs to regular people whose lives changed because of power access. The agency has been rolling out programs like DARES and the...

First City Monument Bank grabbed the best SME-focused bank trophy from the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria after controlling 24 percent of the industry's 1.8 trillion naira small business loans last year. Managing director Yemisi Edun said the bank wants to keep hooking up...

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company kicked off their free smart meter giveaway under two programs called MAF Tranche B and DISREP Phase 1. The company plans to drop 33,450 meters through MAF for people on Band A feeders and another 22,104 through DISREP for both A and B bands. Angela...

MTN Nigeria handed out 5 million naira checks to 20 startups that went through their 12-week cloud accelerator thing, and the telco basically said risk aversion keeps holding back the ecosystem. Chief strategy guy Babalola Oyeleye pushed for more teamwork between development groups and founders...

The Nigerian Society of Engineers just opened its 93rd branch in the Lekki Peninsula area because tons of engineers live and work around there. Abiodun Adelokun got tapped as chairman, and he said the group wants to focus on professional development plus making an impact on the community...

Lagos dropped a fortified rice brand called Eko Rice that's packed with iron, zinc, and a bunch of B vitamins after setting up a blending machine at their mill. Agriculture adviser Oluwarotimi Fashola said the state is one of the few mills in the country that can actually fortify rice with...

ICP HUB Nigeria content strategist Mana Lamja says tech people and students need to check out Caffeine AI because it lets them build websites and apps without hiring devs or dropping cash on hosting. The no-code platform launched last year by Dfinity Foundation, and users just describe what they...

Scientists at Ahmadu Bello University's agricultural research arm cooked up sorghum varieties that help farmers dodge security problems in the north. Professor Ado Yusuf said the new plants only grow about one meter tall instead of the usual two meters, and that makes it harder for criminals to...

Nigeria kicked off bidding for 50 oil and gas blocks after President Bola Tinubu signed off on the licensing round. The petroleum regulator said the acreage covers onshore spots, shallow water zones, and deep-water areas across different basins, and the whole thing aims to pull in fresh cash...

The National Agricultural Development Fund teamed up with Leadway Assurance and Verdure Climate to roll out insurance products and climate financing for small farmers. NADF exec Mohammed Ibrahim said index-based coverage and pay-at-harvest options should help investors feel better about backing...

Kenyan lawyer Patrick Lumumba told experts at the Africa Energy Summit in Rivers State that the continent needs a real plan for clean power, and he pointed out that some African countries are already ditching fuel-powered vehicles. He said dams are drying up and messing with electricity...

The feds are pushing to grab a piece of the air cargo market that could hit over 12 billion dollars in five years, and they want Nigeria to become the main shipping hub for West and Central Africa. Federal Airports Authority boss Olubunmi Kuku said the government set up a new cargo development...

Housing minister Ahmed Musa Dangiwa told state governments they need to set aside one to three percent of their yearly budgets for land administration and getting titles sorted out. He said proper land governance is the best way to hit a trillion-dollar economy, and he laid this out at the 30th...

Oxfam Nigeria's country director, John Makina, said the group pulled in 15.5 billion naira for local climate projects and got people into climate-smart gigs like beekeeping and making briquettes. The five-year Power of Voices program wrapped up with some documentary launch showing what they...