Attending a major Food Fair recently, what was really striking was the sheer diversity of products and produce on offer. Equally gratifying was the fact that many of the participating vendors had taken the transformative step of creating a business out of a hobby or side hustle. It has also become increasingly clear that the traditional retail value chain is undergoing a fundamental change due to the growing power and scale of the peer-to peer (P2P) economy in which small b

It seems just like yesterday when as a new democratic era birthed in Nigeria in 1999, we decided to launch a nonprofit company, Development Initiatives Network (or DIN for short), with the aim of supporting and helping to realize the hopes and aspirations for a more open and prosperous society. ​ From the outset, our mission of working across sectors has been deliberate and purposeful and it has remained an integral feature of our work. ​ We strongly believe that the public i