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3RD – 5TH SEPTEMBER 2024: INVESTJIGAWA, STARLINK GLOBAL AND IDEALS LIMITED, CONDUCT JOINT SITE INSPECTION AT MAIGATARI EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE AND POTENTIAL SITES FOR SESAME PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION

On September 3, 2024, the InvestJigawa team, led by Secretary/Legal Adviser Dr. Zakiyyu Muhammad, conducted a joint site inspection and community engagement with representatives of Starlink Global & Ideal Limited. Starlink, a leading agricultural exporter in Nigeria, plans to establish an organic sesame seed farming and processing facility in the Maigatari area, which is expected to create job opportunities and contribute to the sustainability of the local economy. The investors toured the Maigatari Export Processing Zone to assess the [...]

INVESTJIGAWA HOSTS MEETING WITH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AND BANK OF INDUSTRY (BOI) TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CREDIT

On August 12th, 2024, InvestJigawa facilitated an essential meeting between BOI and representatives of key business associations including; Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and Jigawa Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines, and Agriculture. There were also individual businesses like Wide Range global resources limited, Maje Art and General printing, Sambo Hospital Ltd, Dutse Agric Enterprise, Albarka Clinics, Bizi Pay, Tiziana Nig. Ltd, Hasina Confectionery, Hanan Hangout and Golden Brown [...]

INVESTJIGAWA HOSTS A TWO-DAY MEETING TO HARMONISE THE STATE’S LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT FRAMEWORK (LARF) AND FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE LAND-INTENSIVE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE (FRILIA)

On 20th and 21st August 2024 InvestJigawa, under the leadership of Furera Isma Jumare, hosted a two-day meeting to harmonise Jigawa State’s Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework (LARF) and the Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land Intensive Investment in Agriculture (FRILIA). The meeting was led by Umar Muhammad, who under then DFID’s GEM# programme was party to the development of the LARF. It also brought together representatives from relevant MDAs; Ministry of Land, Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning, Ministry [...]

CELEBRATING PROFESSOR YAMUNA AMINU KANI

The Federal University Dutse Governing Council has approved the promotion of Dr. Yamuna to the rank of Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. For Professor Yamuna, this is the first of many firsts: She is the first female Consultant Gynaecologist from Jigawa State, the first female Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the state, the first female Professor produced by the Federal University Dutse, and also the first Professor in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences in the university. Today we [...]

INVESTJIGAWA, JSIPDC AND CDI INSPECT SOME FOREST RESERVES IN JIGAWA STATE

From 17th to 18th July 2024, the Investment Appraisal Committee chaired by InvestJigawa, in partnership with Jigawa State Investment and Property Development Company Limited and Commodities Development Initiative (CDI), conducted a joint site inspection of three forest reserves in Jigawa State. The sites visited were Rabadi Forest Reserve in Gwaram LGA, Aguran Galadima Forest Reserve in Kafin Hausa LGA, and Albasu Forest Reserve in Sule Tankarkar LGA.

16TH JULY 2024: DG INVESTJIGAWA ATTENDS RECEPTION IN HONOUR OF THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AFRICAN DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT

DG InvestJigawa Furera Isma Jumare attended a reception hosted by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard M. Mills Jr., in honour of members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement. The council was established to advise the president on strategies to (i) Strengthen cultural, social, political, and economic ties between African communities, the global African Diaspora, and the United States; (ii) Address challenges and opportunities to advance inclusion, belonging, and public awareness of the diversity, accomplishments, [...]

INVESTJIGAWA AND TIZIANA NIGERIAN LIMITED EXPLORE AGRI-TOURISM INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN JIGAWA STATE

On June 15, 2024, InvestJigawa, led by Director General Furera Isma Jumare, hosted Tiziana Nigerian Limited to discuss their interest in investing in Jigawa State. The company’s proposal focuses on the agriculture and tourism sectors, aiming to create an agri-tourism experience with state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and facilities.