reports that investment in research that are capable of yielding sustainable solutions to environmental challenges, as well as diminishing natural resources, are critical levers of growth.
Interestingly, Nigerian women are enterprising, industrious, and creative. They keep stamping these impressive values on key segments of the economy. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers , a global professional services firm, 41 per cent of micro-businesses operating in the country are owned by women.
Private businesses such as Olam Agri in Nigeria, are rising to support the government’s effort in tackling the twin issues of women empowerment and environmental sustainability. The business is driving the attainment of the Federal Government’s top economic development agenda through the Seeds for The Future Foundation , its corporate social investment vehicle.
As a follow-up to the successful training of the ICES women training, Olam Agri launched a baking academy early in 2023, in the country’s largest city, Kano. The academy is currently helping women in that region to build and learn baking skills. These learning engagements are expected to yield good incomes for the women’s households when put to commercial use. It is a fine way to deepen women’s empowerment.
A report compiled by Energy Procedia, from a research work carried out in Indonesia established further that palm kernel biofuel improves public health status by decreasing the level of pollution in the air. It reduces the level of solid waste lying around. It reduces the cost of energy by cutting the rate of dependence on the more expensive and scarce fossil fuels. It also reduces the depletion of natural resource as well as mitigate climate change.