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Western, Northern & Central Africa

Read news, articles, case studies and guidance, tagged as the region of Western, Northern & Central Africa.

ENABLE in Nigeria
Is a genuinely sustainable, locally-led, politically-smart approach to economic governance and Business Environment Reform possible? Case StudyFacilitationPolicyWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Is a genuinely sustainable, locally-led, politically-smart approach to economic governance and Business Environment Reform possible?

This paper examines what it means to be genuinely sustainable, locally-led, and politically-smart, drawing on the successes and failures of the…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre04/01/2018
Community Journalism networks - voices from the village
Community Journalism networks – voices from the village ArticleFacilitationMediaWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Community Journalism networks – voices from the village

Community Journalism networks as a method of enhancing news and programming on commercial radio in Africa Africa’s small private radio…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre14/12/2017
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National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity Case StudyFacilitationPolicyWestern, Northern & Central Africa

National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity

In the past 2 years, the Nigerian economy has suffered from significant slump in the price of oil on the…
David Elliott
David Elliott15/11/2017
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Market systems development in education? An experimental case from Nigeria ArticleEducationMSD in New SectorsWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Market systems development in education? An experimental case from Nigeria

Ben Taylor, Sarah Barlow & Roger Cunningham Originally published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance Vol. 27 No. 1, March 2016 Education…
Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor01/03/2016
Propcom fertiliser
Education and lasting access to fertiliser: How Nigerian smallholders and businesses are prospering together AgricultureCase StudyFacilitationWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Education and lasting access to fertiliser: How Nigerian smallholders and businesses are prospering together

Propcom Mai-karfi, Nigeria, August 2014 A case study exploring the DFID-funded Propcom initiative’s efforts to increase smallholder farmers’ access to…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/08/2014
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Working with mass media to improve policy advocacy in Nigeria ArticleFacilitationMediaWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Working with mass media to improve policy advocacy in Nigeria

DFID, May 2013 Enable is a DFID funded programme applying market systems thinking to the challenge of improving the business…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/05/2013
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Working with BMOs to improve policy advocacy in Nigeria Case StudyFacilitationPolicyWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Working with BMOs to improve policy advocacy in Nigeria

DFID, January 2013 Enable is a DFID funded programme applying market systems thinking to the challenge of improving the business…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/01/2013
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Scoping Report: Support to low fee private sector education in Lagos, Nigeria Case StudyEducationMSD in New SectorsWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Scoping Report: Support to low fee private sector education in Lagos, Nigeria

DFID, November 2011 This scoping report serves as the basis for a new DFID programme to support low fee private…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/11/2011
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Making Tractor Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria AgricultureCase StudyFacilitationWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Making Tractor Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria

PrOpCom Nigeria, October 2011 This case study details the experience of the PrOpCom programme in developing the market for commercially-provided…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/10/2011
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Making Fertiliser Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria AgricultureCase StudyFacilitationWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Making Fertiliser Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria

PrOpCom Nigeria, September 2011 The case study documents the programme’s engagement with large fertiliser companies to improve their commercial marketing…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20/09/2011
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