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L-R: CEO, Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, US Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, and CEO, Sterling One Foundation, Olapeju Ibekwe at the Africa Social Impact Summit which held recently in Lagos Key players from the government, the diplomatic community, civil society, and the public and private sectors recently gathered in Lagos for the two-day Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS), co-convened by Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations, Nigeria. The gathering, which was held under the theme - Global Vision, Local Action: Repositioning the African Development Ecosystem for Sustainable Outcomes,...

In a momentous step forward, the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to address the acute cancer burden in Abuja, Nigeria. Director of Press (Office of the FCT Minister), Anthony Ogunleye, made this known in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, Cancer is responsible for 79,000 deaths and approximately 124,000 new cases in Nigeria each year, accounting for the second-highest cancer burden in Africa. The multi-stakeholder...