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Making development projects more responsible
Rural Africa Water Development Project (RAWDP), a Nigerian NGO, is currently promoting the Mor-sand filter in the restive oil rich Niger Delta region. The Mor-sand Filter, an improved adaptation of the...
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Conflict, Displacement, and pro-poor Adaptation
Migration is the default adaptation strategy of the poor. Rising sea levels, more frequent flooding, and droughts could displace millions of people by the middle of the century. And if the predictions...
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Driving adaptation with effective communication tools in Africa
Part 2 of 2 - As efforts to develop and diffuse adaptation mechanisms in Africa and elsewhere grow in momentum, one major constraint has been the failure to develop an effective communication strategy...
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Copenhagen Climate Talks -- Viewed From Nigeria
What do the international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen mean to the many millions of people who will be most affected by global warming? DM2009 winner Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu (with microphone...
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Development Marketplace 2009 winner honored as 'Young Laureate'
Development Marketplace 2009 winner Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu of Nigeria is the recipient of a $50,000 Rolex "Young Laureate Award" newly given to five pioneering social entrepreneurs under the age of 30 from...
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How Do You Do? My Name Is Kola!
Hello Development Marketplace Community! I am writing to introduce myself. I am the manager for a Development Marketplace funded project called “Adding Value to Waste in the Cassava Processing-Goat...
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Scaling Innovation: Development Marketplace & World Bank Collaborate in Nigeria
Now that I’ve introduced myself in my last blog, I want to tell you more about my DM2008 project called “Using cassava wastes to feed goats.” The project has created a new market linking cassava...
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