Good Deeds in Nigeria/Africa

• Female scientists help smallholder women farmers increase income : Women comprise the majority of farmers in many rural African communities, but their farming operations are carried out menially with few or no innovations, so they incur a lot of losses and earn very little. Due to religious and socio-cultural dictates, many of the rural societies where these women live frown on close interaction between men and women who are not family members. As a result, male scientists have had difficulties getting rural women to adopt new technologies.
• ‘We plan to turn street beggars to shoemakers’ : With a population of over 160 million, Nigeria is no doubt a choice market for a shoe manufacturer. However, fierce competition from foreign-made shoes and several other challenges make the market a challenging terrain. But in spite of these, Edet Iniobong, after 25 years of manufacturing shoes and other leather works in Nigeria, says the shoemaking industry has even greater potential

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