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Lagos State Employment Trust Fund - - Catering and Food Safety Professionals Training London Professional Training Centre (LPTC) is a reputable Nigerian registered organisation delivering UK accredited training, Vocational courses, continuing professional development programmes and employment support services. The company provides continuing professional development (CPD) courses and qualifications for different professionals from different industries and sectors with major focus on Healthcare, Education, Business, Vocational and Technical.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund - - CVL Skill Development Program The main goal of this project is to provide adequate and relevant training and job placement for young people living in Lagos State. This will combat unemployment through youth entrepreneurship and skills acquisition in Technology which includes Computer Studies, Catering, Hotel Management, Electrical Engineering, Refrigerator/ Air Conditional and Automobile
Kubacha Ginger Farmers Cooperative Society Enterprise Expansion Project The project funds will be used to procure ginger production and processing equipment, construct a storage facility, and fund field work and post-harvest activities.
Protergia Mini-Grid Project Sector: Solar.Summary: With the support of USADF, Protergia will deploy a solar-powered mini-grid to distribute and sell electricity to residents of Idanre Local Government Area, Ondo State. The mini-grid will principally target commercial entities and small businesses like barbers, tailors and pharmacies.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)- Energy Efficient Stoves For Rural Households To end energy poverty in rural households by providing clean cooking solutions. Promote behavioral shifts from 3-stone open fires to efficient, culturally-designed stoves fueled by wood, biogas, ethanol or solar
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) - - Preventive: Healthcare Customer Service & Quality Management Training Project 2 Preventative Health Managers Limited (PHM) will train a minimum of 240 youth aged 18 to 25 in healthcare administration. Successful trainees will be prepared to work as the client interface between hospitals and healthcare institutions such as health insurance companies and laboratories.
Lagos State Employment Trust (LSETF)- Honeytreat Trade Academy Skills Project 2 The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)- Honeytreat Trade Academy Skills Project 2 will address youth unemployment in Lagos by improving job skills and employment outcomes in a variety of sector
GVE Off-Grid Electrification Follow-On Project The project comprises of the implementation of a 1MW PV solar hybrid power solution with 1.2MWhrs of lithium-ion storage and 1MW of diesel backup genset. It also includes the enhancement of the existing distribution network and installation of smart prepaid meters to all the clients. Upon completion, GVE will oversee the billing, collection, and energy management of the clients in the cluster
ACOB Lighting Technology Mini Grid Project ACOB is installing a solar-powered mini-grid in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. ACOBs model intends to provide electricity services to households at night, while also maximizing electricity availability for productive use during the day, targeting commercial, residential and public users.
Diamond Development Initiatives (DDI) Diamond Development Initiatives Partner Agreement
African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE)-Powerstove Project Powerstove Energy's proposal is to provide a multi-purpose smokeless stove system designed to reduce gas costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as generate up to 50 kilowatts of electricity to power appliances and household lighting systems. The project will be located in Abuja, Nigeria.
Solmenz Engineering Solar Mini-Grid Project Sector: Solar Summary: Solmenz is installing a 25-kilowatt solar-powered mini-grid and agro-processing center in rural Paiko Local Government Area of Niger State. This will enable the community to better process and preserve their harvest.
Kagarko Dairy Producers Enterprise Expansion Project Kagarko Dairy Producers Cooperative Society (KDPCS) is a registered cooperative society located in Maganda Village, a rural community in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The 279 members are low-income Fulani pastoralists engaged in dairy production. KDPCS sells raw milk to the Kaduna Federation of Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MILCOPAL), a milk processing organization in Northern Nigeria. MILCOPAL wants to buy more raw milk from KDPCS to meet local demand for processed milk, but KDPCS lacks the capacity to provide MILCOPAL enough raw milk. To capitalize on this market opportunity, KDPCS needs to improve on the quality and quantity of its milk, install better infrastructure and cooling system, procure more livestock and improve on its skills.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - PDL Women Craft Center Our primary products will include handmade fabrics specially designed and produced by women, hand painted T shirts and throw pillows, fabric wall plaques, fabrics, digital fabric design, arts and craft. , Our primary purpose is to train and empower women with self-sustainable design skills so that they can be financial empowered to contribute to the total wellbeing of their family. , The finished product will be sold to fashion and textile designers in Nigeria who are constantly searching for bespoke fabrics that will make their work distinct. The price (or is it the cost) of the finished product will range between $10 and $40 depending on the type of design.,
All On- Sendavis Solar Mini-grid Project Sendavis proposed to build a 40kw Solar Mini grid power plant and distribute the generated electricy to the Okwa 2 community households and SME Agricultural businesses. The community is isolated and located in a forest reserve where the government does not permit felling of trees. As a result, connection to the national grid is not feasible. The nearest national grid connection to this community is approximately 40km. The goal of the project is to provide electricity of a rural community of 289 households (approximately 1757 people including 386 men and 670 women).
Acadmey for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - MOBILE FINANCIAL LITERACY, SAVING & INVESTING APP The project seeks to set up a family-friendly mobile application which provides users with the tools and resources to improve financial literacy among African populations, young and old. The application will be tailored to family units (especially women and children) and address family finance topics.
Teabreakers Capacity Building Project The CDC, a provider of social services to children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, recently began a catering service for ASD youth.
Tahama Rice Processing Capacity Building Project Tahama Fadama Rice Farmers is a value added OAG with rice milling. It is a women's group with the vast majority women members.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) | 8thGear Digital Skills Training 8thGear Partners Limited is a tech-driven capacity development and enterprise support provider. The company is focused on the Nigeria youth with a view to up-skilling them for entry level job placements and enterprise development support for youths and their growing businesses.
A4&T Power Mini-grid Project Sector: Solar Summary: A4&T is installing a solar mini-grid in riverine Ondo State of the Niger Delta region. Female fish sellers who currently rely on smoking their fish and shrimp due to lack of cold storage will have access to solar-powered dryers.
Ekumi Palm Oil Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperative's internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical palm oil production and establish a small palm oil processing facility.
Sorghum Expansion Project DAG is a company that produces sorghum seeds and supplies them to farmers on credit who then sell harvested sorghum back to the company.
Ginphed Agro-Processing Biogas Project Bio-digester to convert animal manure into biogas for electricity generation.
Lagos State Employment Trust (LSETF): Leapworld Support Training Project The purpose of this Project is to provide skills training and create employment opportunities in the business support sector ((digital marketing, sales, and office administration) for youth in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Adekunle - Dahrah Global Limited Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Center Grant, West Africa
Kangire Yamma Women Groundnut Oil Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperatives internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical groundnut oil production and establish a small modern groundnut oil processing facility.
Lagos State Employment Trust (LSETF)- LoftyInc Digital Literacy Project Loftyinc Allied partners Limited is proposing to deliver digital skills training unemployed Lagos state residents by leveraging her partners across the various spectrum of services required to deliver the program outcome . The company plans to use its strategic partnerships with Microsoft, VMWare and IBM to deliver digital skills training in the following areas: Cloud computing, virtualization, cybersecurity, robotics, coding and blockchain technology. Loftyinc Allied Partners Limited intends to adopt a three-pronged approach for all beneficiaries: Training, job placement and entrepreneurship support. The company plans to have the training in steams. Three streams per year; Fifty students per stream; twelve weeks per stream.
Kebbi - MatanFada Fakai Multi-Purpose Groundnut Production and Processing Sector: Groundnuts Beneficiaries: 200 (112 women) Description: There is a growing market opportunities for MFMCG groundnut production in Zuru emirate characterised by a limited supply of groundnut oil in the market as production is mostly at the household and small-scale industrial. This shortfall is also owing to ban on imported vegetable oil and recent closure of borders to smuggling and insecurity in the country. MFMCG seek to increase production of groundnut oil to meet the local needs of Zuru and 3 surrounding LGs in the emirate.
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) - Entrepreneurship Program FY2024 Year #2 Diamond Development Initiatives will act as the point of contact with the selected entrepreneurs of the USADF partnership with the Tony Elumelu Foundation to support Entrepreneurs Validation, Confirmation, Surveys Deployment, Reporting and project implementation of selected entrepreneurs and Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.
Lagos State Employment Trust (LSETF)-Regi Fit Garment Making Training Project 2 Regi Fit Limited seeks to address youth under- and unemployment by training 210 youths creatives in fashion design skills.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Ifeanyi Chikeluba The company intends to deploy a business management software solution uniquely designed as a tool to help local business traders record, track, and monitor the operations and performance of their business seamlessly from anywhere.
YALI - Smids Animation Studios LTD Nigerias booming film industry relies on animation work from overseas. Damiis tackling the skills gap by training and mentoring young people to be professional animators. Her animation school will fill some of the market demand and help employ youth in this growing; well-paying field.
Narayi Bayan Dutse Groundnut oil Mill Capacity Building Project Narayi Bayan Dutse Blessed Cooperative Society is a cooperative society that will undergo trainings for management and agronomy, as well as purchase equipment, to product groundnut oil profitably and sustainably.
Nigerian Association of the Blind, Kaduna Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to improve financial and business management activities, production and quality control training, equipment and materials for a braille-material workshop, and sales and marketing, including rent of a showroom.
Youth - RLC - School 360 School360 is a complete e-learning and school administration platform built for schools. It ensures convenient and improved learning without borders. With School360, school teachers can create computer based tests, and course content in concordance with their curriculum. The system grades automatically with respect to the matched answers (as provided by the teacher), computes, analyzes and prints students' results immediately.
Lagos State Employment Trust (LSETF)- OSC College of Fashion Project This grant is part of a co-funding partnership between USADF and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). This particular grant goes to OSC College of Fashion for training, developing, and producing
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)- Vicfold Recyclers This 2020 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) grant goes towards a social enterprise engaged in transforming waste to value through recycling while also empowering unemployed women and youth in Ni
All On- NITEO Microgrid Systems Project Installation of a microgrid system to generate power from PV Solar Array which would be sited in target community
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)-AMTIS Skills Place Garment Construction Training Amtis Skills Place (Amtis) is a vocational training centre situated in Lagos, Nigeria. It was established in 2015 to bridge the increasing gap between the school curriculum and skills acquisition. Amtis has trained over 2,000 students in fashion design, automobile maintenance, makeup artistry, photography in secondary schools in Lagos and Abuja. The proposed project will train 80 youth in garment making and will place at least 50% in paid internships upon completion of the program.
Ihe Onye-Buobi Cassava Processing Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperative's internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical cassava and garriproduction and establish a small garriprocessing facility.
All On - Powerstove Solar Homes Systems Project POEL designs and manufacture efficient clean cookstoves that self-generate electricity and also sells and distributes PAYGo SHS where the company recruit and train women as last mile distributors of the dual charging option (Solar and Power Stove) Yellow Box/Pack PAYGO SHS that lower initial product acquisition costs, and allows users to prepay for energy days of their choice in no fixed repayment plan according to their level of income. The PAYGo SHS Yellow Box/Pack and Powerstove will provide 24hours uninterrupted electricity supply and efficient clean cookstoves that saves users up to $300 yearly.
Deloria Agro Processing Cassava Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperatives internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical cassava and garriproduction and establish a small garriprocessing facility.
Pure Souls Autism Capacity Building Project Pure Souls Learning Foundation (PSLF or Foundation) was established and duly incorporated in Nigeria on January 4, 2005 under the companies and Allied Matters Act 1990, with registration number RC 614916. The Foundation has a four-member Board of Trustees and a five-member management team. The primary reasons for establishing the foundation are to provide support and care for children with autism; to create awareness of autistic disorders and their management; to organize seminars and forums on autistic disorders, care and management; and to provide scholarships for indigent autistic children., , Pure Souls Learning Foundation has plans to establish a skills acquisition center to train the adolescents in the Foundations school in their areas of strength, which include tailoring, and to equip them with skills to earn an income in the future. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the camps in Lagos will also be trained at the skills acquisition center and will subsequently be employed at the center to serve as trainers for the children. The Foundation, however, lacks the organizational and financial management capacity and needs additional resources and equipment to establish and operate the center effectively.,
United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperatives internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical catfish production and establish a small catfish production facility.
Zaria Leather Workers Enterprise Expansion Project Zaria Leather Workers Enterprise Expansion Project
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Program FY2023 Year #1 Region #1 Diamond Development Initiatives will act as the point of contact with the selected entrepreneurs of the USADF partnership with the Tony Elumelu Foundation to support project implementation of selected entrepreneurs and Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund - - EKL Production Assistants Training Entertainment Konzult Limited is a multi-media company established in 2012. EKL proposes to train 80 students in media (film and television) and will place 50% of trainees in internships in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) | Jimreid Consulting Agent Banking Training Jimreid Consulting proposes training 310 youths between the ages of 18-35 years, particularly women (targeting 60%) within the time frame of 6 (six) months and turn them to financial service agents.
Sab-Zuro Ginger Farmers Capacity Building Project Sab-Zuro Ginger Farmers Cooperative Society has sixty low-income ginger farmer members in Kaduna State.
OLG Heath Foundation and Autism Centre Capacity Building Project OLG Health Foundation provides medical care for children and adolescents with autism and promotes awareness of autism in the Niger Delta.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)- Universal Learn Direct Academia (ULDA) This grant is part of a co-funding partnership between USADF and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). This particular grant goes to ULDA to conduct trainings on construction skills such as mason
Health Facilities Solar Electrification Project The goal is to provide solar energy power to private hospitals in Nigeria to ensure healthcare resilience.The project will provide solar energy power to private hospitals in peri-urban locations at a subsidized price with a payment schedule to stimulate healthcare recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. There will be a private hospital need assessment and power audit to determine the solar power installation, payment and monitoring.
Yeyock Sab-Zuro Women Ginger Enterprise Expansion Project The project funds will be used to enable SGFCS to expand operations by acquiring a tractor;installing ginger powder production machinery; establish a revolving loan fund; and constructing a warehouse and retail outlet.
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)- Leapworld Service Support Training Leapworld Limited is a multi-sectorial competency development, consulting, empowerment, capacity building, human resource development, training, and business management group. The objective of the project is to train one hundred and fifty (150) youths aged 18-35 years particularly for that resident in Lagos State, on relevant business management skills required in the general workspace.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Mothers Delivery Kit Mothers Deliver Kits user and content expansion program. Under this project, the content of the kit will be expanded to include Misoprostol while the users of the kit will be expanded to include users in North Eastern Nigeria previously under wide Boko Haram Terrorist group attack. The group has been significantly eradicated now with minor skirmishes occurring mainly around Borno State
Ikot Ekpene Women Cassava Processing Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperatives internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical cassava and garriproduction and establish a small garriprocessing facility.
WOFAN Rice Production and Processing Enterprise Expansion Project Sector: rice.Beneficiaries: 2,400 smallholder farmers .Summary: The project will build WOFANs technical skills especially in bulking and collective marketing, provide working capital for purchase of farm inputs and farmers produce.
African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE)-The Smile Shop Project The Smile Shop's proposed project will focus on providing access to quality, affordable dental services, and modern oral hygiene accessories. The project hopes to improve community dental awareness through rural dental outreach, radio programs, and school visits. The project will be located in Kano, Nigeria.
Makarfi Widows Groundnut Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to develop the cooperatives internal capacity in business management; financial management and technical groundnut oil production and establish a small modern groundnut oil processing facility.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)- Eyesphere Global Enterprise Limited- Ecofriendl This 2019/20 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) grant is going to a youth entrepreneur to increase access to prescription eyeglasses by making low cost frames from recycled plastic.
All On- Solarworld Standalone Solar Power and Biogas Plant System 2020 All-On Grantee will use a $25k FAA as part of its overall project budget to deploy a hybrid of standalone solar power and biogas plant system with solar/biogas powered palm oil processing equipment and solar powered bore hole in the community. This is to provide the farmers in the neighborhood with efficient Palm oil processing services and clean water supply at affordable prices at these facilities.
iKabin Solar Kiosks Project The amount of the award is $50,000 in grant funds, and the purpose is to install two "i-Kabin" solar kiosks, in Ikotun and mainland Lagos, to provide electricity charging services to 1,000 customers via "i-Packs."
Lagos State Employment Trust Fund - - Jenniez School of African Interior Design 2 Jenniez is an interior design organization and vocational training center proposing to train 400 youth and place them in internships over a 2 year grant term.
Kushe Milk Producers Enterprise Expansion Project Kushe Milk Producers Cooperative Society (KMPCS) is a registered cooperative society located in Kushe Village, a rural community in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The 261 members are low-income Fulani pastoralists engaged in dairy production. KMPCS sells raw milk to the Kaduna Federation of Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MILCOPAL), a milk processing organization in Northern Nigeria. MILCOPAL wants to buy more raw milk from KMPCS to meet local demand for processed milk, but KMPCS lacks the capacity to provide MILCOPAL with enough raw milk. To capitalize on this market opportunity, KMPCS needs to improve on the quality and quantity of its milk, install better infrastructure and cooling system, procure more livestock and improve on its skills.
Young African Leaders Initiative - Courage Agbonlahor Kasa Farms is building a multi-stakeholder collaboration with smallholder farmers, agric insurance corporations and development financial institutions (CBN) under the anchor borrowers program to establish structure and efficiency of the cassava value chain.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Recyclepoints- Waste Recycling Recycle Points has developed a POINT-BASED incentive model with which they collect recyclables directly from post-consumers (with special interest to low income households as they most vulnerable to the effects of poor waste management e.g. flood and disease outbreak) before the recyclable waste gets comingled with other perishable waste. In turn, they allocate POINTS according to the volume of waste collected, the POINTS when accrued can be used to redeem a range of household items; as small as diapers and as big as flat screen television and cash.