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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Americans Are Drinking More During The Pandemic (NPR) When the pandemic began spreading across the U.S. in March, stores, restaurants and schools closed down. But liquor stores in many parts of the U.S. were deemed essential and stayed open. Alcohol sales have ticked up during the pandemic, so maybe it’s a good time to ask yourself: Are you drinking more than you’d like to be? R. Lorraine Collins, a psychologist at the University of Buffalo, recommends asking yourself, “Are you keeping alcohol as ... a special beverage for limited situations, or are you engaging in alcohol use across the board?” A break from alcohol can lead to a range of outcomes. As we’ve reported, a 2016 British study of people who participated in a monthlong “Dry January” break, found that 82% said they felt a sense of achievement. “Better sleep” was cited by 62%, and 49% said they lost some weight. Maybe you hike farther, have better conversations or get better sleep. Notice if your life feels richer to you. If we’re stuck at home for now, why not give it a try? What do you have to lose?

‘Do as I say’: Anger as some politicians ignore virus rules (AP) Denver’s mayor flies to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family—after urging others to stay home. He later says he was thinking with “my heart and not my head.” A Pennsylvania mayor bans indoor dining, then eats at a restaurant in Maryland. The governor of Rhode Island is photographed at an indoor wine event as her state faces the nation’s second-highest virus rate. While people weigh whether it’s safe to go to work or the grocery store, the mayor of Austin, Texas, heads to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on a private jet after hosting a wedding for 20. California’s governor dines at a swanky French restaurant with lobbyists, none wearing masks, a day after San Francisco’s mayor was there for a birthday party. Both had recently imposed tough rules on restaurants, shops and activities to slow the spread of the virus. To the public’s chagrin, some of America’s political leaders have been caught preaching one thing on the coronavirus and practicing another. Sure, politicians have long been called out for hypocrisy. But during a pandemic that’s forced millions into seclusion and left many without paychecks, such actions can feel like a personal insult—reinforcing the idea “that some people just don’t have to follow the rules while the rest of us do,” says Rita Kirk, a professor of communications at Southern Methodist University. Pandemic-era hypocrisy has only deepened the polarization in a time already marked by division, emboldening those who doubt the seriousness of the virus and dividing people’s responses based on political affiliations.

Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’ (AP) It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record. Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to duly identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been hacked. FireEye, the cybersecurity company that discovered the intrusion into U.S. agencies and was among the victims, has already tallied dozens of casualties. It’s racing to identify more. “We have a serious problem. We don’t know what networks they are in, how deep they are, what access they have, what tools they left,” said Bruce Schneier, a prominent security expert and Harvard fellow. Many federal workers—and others in the private sector—must presume that unclassified networks are teeming with spies. Agencies will be more inclined to conduct sensitive government business on Signal, WhatsApp and other encrypted smartphone apps. The only way to be sure a network is clean is “to burn it down to the ground and rebuild it,” Schneier said.

College students recruited as teachers to keep schools open (AP) As the coronavirus sidelines huge numbers of educators, school districts around the country are aggressively recruiting substitute teachers, offering bonuses and waiving certification requirements in order to keep classrooms open. Coming to the rescue in many cases are college students who are themselves learning online or home for extended winter breaks. In Indiana, the 4,400-student Greenfield-Central school district about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Indianapolis made a plea for help as its substitute pool shrank. “I said, ‘If you’ve got a student who’s in college, maybe they’d like to work even a two-month thing for us—which would be a stopgap, no doubt—but it will help us a whole, whole bunch,” said Scott Kern, the Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation director of human resources. Over a dozen college students answered the call including his own daughter, 19-year-old Grace Kern, who is studying medical imaging technology at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. She has been working in elementary school classrooms, helping students as teachers offer instruction remotely via a screen inside the room.

An Ex-Governor Is Gunned Down, Punctuating a Deadly Year for Mexico (NYT) The former governor of the state of Jalisco was gunned down early Friday while vacationing in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, the authorities said, a brazen killing that further illustrated the government’s struggles to rein in the deadly violence that has surged across Mexico over the past five years. The killing of the ex-governor, Aristóteles Sandoval, who was shot in the back inside a restaurant restroom, is one of the highest-profile political killings in Mexico in recent memory, security experts said. Mr. Sandoval was killed just hours before President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his cabinet delivered a grim update on the nation’s security situation during a news conference. More than 31,000 murders were recorded in Mexico this year as of November, the latest month for which government statistics are available, a figure roughly on pace with 2019. But homicides have nearly doubled over the past five years.

Bosnian city of Mostar gets a vote (AP) Irma Baralija is looking forward to Sunday, when she intends to vote and hopes to win her race as the southern Bosnian city of Mostar holds its first local election in 12 years. To make that vote possible in her hometown, the 36-year-old Baralija had to sue Bosnia in the European Court of Human Rights for letting a stalemate between two major nationalist political parties prevent her, along about 100,000 other Mostar residents, from voting or running in a municipal election for over a decade. By winning in court in October 2019, Baralija believes she has “busted the myth (that nationalist parties) have been feeding to us, that an individual cannot move things forward, that we matter only as members of our ethnic groups.” Left without fully functioning institutions, Mostar—one of the impoverished Balkan country’s main tourist destinations—has seen its infrastructure crumble, trash repeatedly pile up on its streets and hazardous waste and wastewater treatment sludge dumped in its only landfill, which was supposed to be for non-hazardous waste.

India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip (AP) India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. Dr. Randeep Guleria, a government health expert, said India is keeping its fingers crossed as the cases tend to increase in winter months. India is home to some of the world’s biggest vaccine-makers and there are five vaccine candidates under different phases of trial in the country.

Israel’s top-secret Mossad looks to recruit via Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV (Washington Post) After decades in the shadows, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, has been getting a lot of airtime, both on the news and in popular TV thrillers. In real life, details of operations attributed to Israel are in the open like never before, including the theft two years ago of a trove of nuclear secrets from inside Iran, last summer’s drive-by killing of al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Tehran and the assassination last month of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. And on the screen, streaming hits like Apple TV Plus’s “Tehran,” Netflix’s “The Spy” and Hulu’s “False Flag” have starred the Mossad as a cold, ruthless and efficient machine. Far from squirming, the once-supersecret agency has welcomed the exposure, former spies say. The Mossad needs recruits. Military veterans who might have once made their career in national service now leave to work for lucrative start-ups, or found their own. Israeli companies Waze, Wix, Viber and others were started by intelligence veterans. In response, Yossi Cohen, the Mossad’s director since 2016 and a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has embarked on a hiring spree, increased the agency’s number of sabotage operations and enlarged its budget by billions of shekels. The Mossad’s recruitment drive includes a heightened social media presence and a calculated trickle of unconfirmed information about its exploits. And former spies say the agency is quietly embracing a slew of TV shows and movies that could do for the agency what “Top Gun” famously did for naval recruitment: make a life in the organization seem cool again.

Chaos and jubilation as freed Nigerian schoolboys reunite with family (Reuters) Parents sobbed, mobbed their children in hugs and even kissed the ground in gratitude on Friday as they reunited with scores of schoolboys who had been kidnapped a week earlier in northwest Nigeria. Hundreds of adults jostled to find their offspring among the 344 dusty and dazed looking children who had arrived by bus in Katsina state on Friday morning. Those who succeeded cheered and grabbed their children, but scores more were still waiting by early evening. “I feel like God has granted me paradise because I am so happy,” said an ebullient Hamza Kankara after she found her son, Lawal, in the crowd. Another man knelt and kissed the ground, thanking God for the return of his young son, before clutching the boy and sobbing.

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Hourly Rate Comparison of Software Engineers across the Globe

Offshore software development has gained an exponential boom over a couple of years.

This is the reason, many offshore companies have flourished across the globe and most promise the best service at a genuine price.

By hiring developers from overseas, tech companies are preferring to build offshore development centers.

Well, why not when offshoring has become such a successful model today.

Collaborating with a development team from another geographical location helps in conceptualizing the product, refining the business model, and assisting in defining strategic goals in the best possible way.

When you start working with the top software development company, you get plenty of benefits. This is because they know how to develop a product in its entirety, starting from ideation to post-release maintenance.

Reasons to Outsource

Organizations prefer to hire offshore developers as they are specialists in their respective fields. In addition to this here are the below-mentioned benefits that play an important role.

a) Cost-effectiveness

Firstly, it is important to know about cost-effectiveness.

The hourly developer rate of an overseas engineer depends on the nation’s market and currency. Developers from different countries with lower GDP and unstable currencies, charge comparatively less, than others.

b) Rich Skills

Secondly, an outsourcing firm allows business owners to work with middle and senior developers. They are rich when it comes to skillset.

An additional perspective: Organizations get an impartial and talented partner that knows how to identify potential issues, develop a creative business model, create a strategy, and implement it successfully.

c) 24-hour Development Cycle

Additionally, the time difference in companies allow you to be present always. When the in-house team is done with its development tasks, the software outsourcing firm steps in. The company keeps working continuously and this is good for the project.

d) Focusing on Strategic Goals

Fourthly, companies know how to redirect the efforts of the in-house employees and make sure they focus on the core and priority tasks.

Now, let’s compare the developer’s rate as per continent

Software Development Hourly Rates Globally

Let’s explore the top outsourcing destination and compare the price of developers,time differences, and skills. We will be reviewing Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.

Overview of Hourly Rates

Destination

Outsourcing Rates

Countries Included

Eastern Europe$25-$50Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria

Latin America$30-$50Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Peru

Africa$20-$40Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa

Asia$18-$40India, China, Philippines

a) Asia

A pioneering software outsourcing destination, Asia boasts the biggest number of software developers i.e. 10 million.

The hourly rates of the continent are shaped by various aspects and differ a lot from country to country.

Hiring an offshore developer from Asian countries is the most budget-friendly option. The rates start from $18 for a junior engineer and increase up to $40.

India, the Philippines, and China are the three major countries offering custom software engineering services.

Other countries include Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia that are gaining ground while offering software development services.

Asian countries and rate of offshore developers

1) India

The entrepreneurs who wish to execute their ideas by developing quality products or services, consider Indian developers.

India is a country that leads to other countries when it comes to outsourcing destinations in Asia.

It is also considered as the top digital nation in the Tholons Services Globalization Index 2019. In 2016, India was nominated as the second country across the globe with the highest numbers of STEM graduates (2.6 million).

Here are the reasons why the country is one of the most preferred outsourcing choices:

As per A.T Kearney Global Service Location Index 2019, India tops the list of the most attractive outsourcing destinations.

The country has 100 million English-speaking people in the world. And by the end of this year, there will be more than 2 billion English speakers in the country.

Approximately 1.5 million engineering graduates pass out of colleges every year.

More than 200,000 IT graduates are annually added to the IT industries in India. The country has the youngest employable population globally.

In the upcoming years, 40% of professions will train themselves according to the latest technology to meet the advanced industry requirements. Offshore Developers Hourly Rate by Country in Asia in 2020.

The blend of technological infrastructure, talented professionals, less hourly rates, and emerging engineers make Indian offshore developers worth considering.

2) China

China is also another preferred country where mobile app developers or web developers are hired. Chinese developers are the first across all HackerRank challenges.

This is because the Chinese government supports the tech sector by giving them economic incentives.

Today, there are more than 50 science and technology industry parks across the country.

The Philippines is another country that has the fastest growing IT industry with more than 200 offshore companies and 95000 technical positions.

Despite this, Philippines ranks 5th among the top 50 digital nations in the Tholons Services Globalization Index 2019 with Manila being the second super city.

The 2020 offshore developer hire rates in other Asian countries are:

Bangladesh: $25

Malaysia: $30

Nepal: $25

Philippines: $25

Sri Lanka: $25

(b) Europe

The hourly rate of the developers in Europe varies from country to country. For example, Ukraine developers charge less than Poland engineers. But on average, junior developers cost $25 per hour and $50 for seniors.

The best countries of Europe to hire software developers are:

Ukraine

Belarus

Russia

Poland

Czech Republic

Romania

Hungary

Estonia

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Latvia

1) Ukraine

Ukraine is located in the center of Europe and has been constantly attracting foreign investors since the late 1990s and early 2000s.

That was the time when the first software outsourcing companies started appearing in the country.

Ukraine is one of the best offshore development providers as its education system churning out plenty of IT professionals yearly. The country is a hub for a technological start-up

Here are a few facts regarding the IT industry in the country:

As per the State Statistics Service of Ukraine in 2019., the IT service exports in the country rose by 15%. Today, it makes up 16% of the export of various services which in the total brought the country $15.23 billion.

In the HackerRank test results, Ukrainian developers are 11th in the world in terms of tech skills.

Till 2019, there were approximately 160000 IT professionals in Ukraine employed at nearly 4000 IT companies.

The IT industry of Ukraine grows by about 26% annually.

The average hourly rate for software developer services in Ukraine is $26.

Ukraine’s tech industry is one of the most rapidly growing industries with $4.5B in investments in 2018.

Well, by the end of 2020, Ukrainian tech professionals are estimated to touch 200k.

The hourly rates vary from $25 to $50 per hour and the time zone is the same as most western European countries.

Hourly Rates Comparison of European Countries Developers

 Poland: $40 – $56

 Ukraine: $26 – $43

 Romania:  $26 – $45

 Czech Republic:  $34 – $53  

 Hungary:  $39 – $52

 Bulgaria:  $34 – $51

Europe is a good place that gives you the opportunity to hire dedicated offshore developers at cost-effective rates.

In addition, the region is popular for its qualified IT professionals and the rapid growth of the industry resulted in 1 million software developers in the continent. As a result, his makes it a lucrative software development outsourcing destination.

c) Latin America

Countries: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica

Latin America IT companies have startups and medium businesses. According to Accelerance, about 90% of tech firms are located in Colombia and Mexico.

Let’s explore the hourly rates country by country:

1) Argentina

European trends have a strong influence on Argentina’s IT market. Argentina has always economically and culturally connected to Europe. Well, it has the most expensive IT development teams in the region. Meanwhile, this because the developers have rich experience in working with western countries.

2) Colombia

The country has over 13000 engineers every year and the majority go to the offshore companies. Nevertheless, companies are CMMI certified benefitting from American influence.

3) Brazil

Brazil is one of the leading software developments in outsourcing countries. Rio de Janeiro is a global IT center and the city has 8/10 top technology universities producing 14 thousand alumni each year. Decidedly, many US companies prefer recruiting Brazilian talents.

Costs of outsourcing development in Latin America

Junior Developer: $25-$34 dollars

Mid-level Developer: $30-$52 dollars

Senior Developer: $45-$55

(c) Africa

Africa’s IT industry is still in its emerging phase but has started to depict rapid growth. It has now started to attract clients from across the globe. It has been predicted that the young population has a lot of potentials.

North African countries like Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia have quickly become recommended countries having talented offshore developers. Thanks to the small-time zone difference with New York and compatibility with Europe. Besides, Morocco and Tunisia attract clients from France as the language is the same. Companies hire software engineers from North Africa as they have expertise in Python, Ruby, and SQL.

South Africa is the preferred choice due to its high proficiency in languages like English, German, and Dutch. Also, they have already been featured in the Tholons Digital Nations and Super Cities rankings. The top developers are skilled in C++, PHP, and SQL.

East African Kenya has the highest number of developers. Likewise, the capital Nairobi is the place where the city’s infrastructure encourages technical innovation among startups. The development team is well-versed in Java, SQL, and mobile development.

Offshore Software Development Rates by Country in Africa in 2020

The hourly rates of African developers are: The recent data shows that the software engineer hourly rate in African countries are:

Egypt: $20

Kenya: $20

Morocco: $20

Nigeria: $40

South Africa: $40

What Affects the Rates of Offshore Developers?

a) Location

More than 45% of companies in the US and Western Europe face this challenging situation where they are unable to find and hire talented programmers. This was revealed by the 2018   Manpower group survey.

Due to this shortage of developers, when companies finally find the developers and are willing to bring them on board, developers command a high salary.

Hiring developers in Eastern Europe and Asia offers an economical option. The talent pool coupled with a lower cost of living in these areas can be hired at a budget-friendly rate.

b) Technology Stack

The modern technology stack is very complex and it is not taught in formal education.

Dedicated developers who are skilled in multiple complementary disciples will always command higher salaries, relative to the location

Furthermore, the price depends on skills, portfolio, and technology availability. The rarer the tech stack, the more expensive it is.

Certainly, let’s understand this with the help of an example. Hiring front-end developers for iOS app development will cost less than a developer who is an AI expert.

c) Engagement Model

Organizations can hire coders that work on the project remotely. Particularly, their cost depends on the different engagement models that they choose. The three models include:

Fixed engagement model

Time and Material engagement model

Dedicated developer engagement model

d) Experience Level

It is natural that the ones having more years of experience tend to demand more salaries. Developers lacking expertise but have still managed to deliver a string of successful projects and demonstrated their technical ability can also expect a high salary.

e) Project Requirements

Last but not the least, you know a project can either be very simple or a bit complex. The requirements vary from project to project. The project complexity impacts the hourly rates of the development team. If you want the project sooner, it is going to cost you more.

Key Takeaway

In conclusion, after deciding the country, the next step is to look for a reliable offshore development company that fits the project scope, deadlines, tech stack, and budget. Finally, get the best software development and mobile development services from professions that know how to analyze ideas, plan, implement, and fulfill all your business requirements.

This blog was originally posted on Your Team in India.

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Novastar Ventures becomes $200M African VC fund after $108M raise

African startups have another $100 million in VC to pitch for after Novastar Ventures’ latest raise.

The Nairobi and Lagos based investment group announced it has closed $108 million in new commitments to launch its Africa Fund II, which brings Novastar’s total capital to $200 million.

With the additional resources, the firm plans to make 12 to 14 investments across the continent, according to Managing Director Steve Beck. He spoke to TechCrunch on Novastar Ventures’ plans for the new fund.

A notable update to Novastar’s VC focus is geographic scope. The firm was originally co-founded in Kenya by Beck and British investor Andrew Carruthers and built its first portfolio largely around companies based in East Africa. Novastar Ventures made 15 investments with its first fund, including companies such as Uganda and Kenya focused energy startup SolarNow and agtech venture M-Farm.

“The second fund is basically the same strategy as the first, but…the biggest difference is that we opened up a second front in West Africa — more particularly to be in and around the entrepreneurial system in Lagos,” Beck told TechCrunch on a call.

Before closing its Africa Fund II, Novastar Ventures had already made several investments in West Africa, including leading a round in Nigerian on demand motorcycle transit startup Max.ng and backing Ghanaian health company, MPharma. Novastar opened an office Lagos in 2019.

MAX.ng raises $7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria

On the types of startups Novastar will target with its new fund, the focus is more on mission than industry silos, according to co-founder Steve Beck. “We’re sector agnostic. I would describe us more as a segment fund than a sector fund,” he said.

“We really try to look for businesses called breakthrough businesses, [those] that are addressing the biggest problems in the largest markets.”

That has led Novastar Ventures to invest in digital companies in education, information access, agtech, mobility and off-grid energy.

“Essentially what we’re doing is looking for those businesses that are addressing the basic needs, basic goods and services across the true mass markets of the continent,” said Beck.

On whether the firm is a dedicated impact fund, Beck said, “The way we characterize ourselves is we’re a commercial venture fund with an impact screen.”

On investment amounts and types, Novastar Ventures is fairly flexible on ticket size, from seed to later stage.

“We’re gonna…have some portfolio companies where we put to work a million dollars or less or were going to have some where we put $8 or $9 million dollars in through capital rounds. That’s…the deployment strategy,” Beck said.

Novastar Ventures works closely with its portfolio companies, according to its co-founder.

“We’re very active investors and always take a board seat to be close to the entrepreneurs. We often are the first institutional investor that they have.”

Image Credits: TechCrunch

Startups who want to pitch to the company can reach out to the fund’s founders and directors via the website or LinkedIn, according to Beck. He added that Novastar Ventures is recruiting to add another member to its investor team in 2020.

The firm’s latest raise and $200 million capital amount creates another high value fund focused on African startups.

On the high end of estimates, the continent’s tech ecosystem reached $2 billion in VC to startups in 2019, compared to less than half a billion dollar five years ago.

Other large Africa focused VC shops include TLcom Capital — which closed a $71 million fund in February —  and Partech, which doubled its Africa fund to $143 million in 2019. The venture arms of major global companies have also become more active in African tech recently, including that of Goldman Sachs and Visa.

Visa’s Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

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Kogi/Bayelsa elections: INEC, police on the spot as electorate vote

Over the years, elections in Nigeria have been marred by violence that is believed to be promoted by the political actors to win the elections at all costs. Unfortunately, apart from deriding the electoral processes, many lives have been lost alongside wanton destruction of properties. It is just one week to the conduct of the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. As was the case in the February/March 2019 general elections, the political atmosphere in the two states has become charged and politicians who have perfected the art of playing the blame games are at the top of it. Their sole interest is how to induce mayhem as part of their do-or-die strategies to get their parties into power at all costs. In Bayelsa State, for instance, the All Progressives Congress has accused the state government of withdrawing a whopping N17.5bn as part of plans by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state to induce voters during the election. The party has, therefore, called on the anti-corruption agencies to freeze the account of the state over the recent alleged suspicious withdrawals by government proxies. The state APC governorship candidate, David Lyon, alleged that the PDP was planning to use the money to rig the election through vote-buying. The party did not end there as its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, further alleged that it had uncovered fake Permanent Voter Cards manufactured in large numbers by the PDP ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. However, the governorship candidate of the PDP in Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri, dismissed the allegations by the APC, claiming the rival party was not ready for peaceful polls but to deploy violence. While that is allegedly happening in Bayelsa State, a chieftain of the PDP in charge of security in the Wada/Aro Campaign Organisation in Kogi State, Suleiman Abutu, was arrested with six others in Dekina Local Government Area of the state for illegal possession of firearms. The development is coming on the heels of persistent fears that politicians are arming thugs ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Several instances of this nature which helped to charge the atmosphere during the just concluded 2019 general elections is again resurfacing despite several debates to avoid its reoccurrence. The unwarranted use of force by security operatives to disrupt the electoral process is also an issue of concern. In a bid to avert vote-buying ahead of the elections on Saturday in Kogi and Bayelsa states, the Independent National Electoral Commission has promised to deploy operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to polling centres to arrest vote buyers. The commission’s Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, during a quarterly meeting with the Inter-Party Advisory Council, said the EFCC and the ICPC would play active roles during the elections to try to dissuade and prevent vote-buying. Yakubu said, “We are going to deepen our collaboration with the EFCC and the ICPC in this respect. They will keep an eye on the movement of cash during campaigns and election day. “Before 2015, some suspected vote-buyers were arrested by the EFCC. Some have been charged to court. The latest update that I received indicated the EFCC has secured the first conviction in Gombe State. That is certainly a cause for celebration.” The INEC boss said the commission would be working with all security agencies to ensure the safety of both men and sensitive materials during the elections. However, at another event in Abuja, Yakubu raised the alarm on the likelihood of the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states being disrupted by political thugs. Yakubu said the outcome of the risk assessment conducted by the commission identified some flash-points in the two states. “There are already warning signals in the two states. Both are politically volatile. Elections have been disrupted by violence in the past. Our risk assessment, which will be shared with the security agencies at this meeting, has identified some flashpoints. “We are also concerned that thugs have been mobilised from within and outside the states with the aim of either influencing the elections or disrupting the process on behalf of partisan sponsors.” He stated that the development called for a robust response before the elections, election day and during the process of collation and declaration of results. “Nigerians expect that by now, we have learnt enough lessons from previous elections to ensure a swift security response to increasing desperation by political actors to disrupt elections and subvert the will of the electorate. “If that happens, many Nigerians will blame the electoral umpire and the security agencies. We must continue to rise to this challenge,” he added. As also expected, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has pledged that the police would be professional and neutral in the conduct of the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. Adamu said the police would draw from its experiences from the 2019 general elections to ensure free, fear and credible elections in the two states. But the problem, according to pundits, is the ability of the major stakeholders to stick to the rules of the game. For instance, while the politicians have their huge blames, the ability of the electoral umpire to prosecute electoral violators and secure judgments in their favour has come under scrutiny. The Chairperson of Transition Monitoring Group, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said as part of ways to ensure lasting peace, there is a need for the citizens and government to activate the section of the Electoral Act that punishes those who promote violence in elections. “The political parties are responsible for heating the polity, we need to reduce their influence on the citizens’ ability to vote, and there is a need for citizens and government to activate the section of the electoral law that punishes those who promote violence in elections. “The antecedents of the two states are a great concern. Steps must be taken by the police to ensure that innocent citizens are not caught up in the violence being orchestrated by political parties,” she stressed. Akiyode-Afolabi also tasked the electoral commission to increase its relationship with the law enforcement agencies to ensure that all those found culpable were prosecuted and convicted. “The election management body needs to also increase its engagement with police and other security agencies to prevent violation of electoral guidelines such as (voter inducement and transaction of PVC) as well as violence pointers. “It is also important that parties, candidates and their supporters should desist from any form of physical attack or use of foul language. Voters should also ensure that they vote their conscience by refusing to transact their PVCs for peanuts or short-term gains while citizens should be ready to cooperate with INEC and security agencies by reporting any form of malpractice or act of criminality to ensure a peaceful transition of power. “The onus is also on the security to ensure that all reported cases of criminality particularly, recruitment of thugs and storing of arms and ammunitions to prevent an outbreak of violence must be properly investigated and managed,” Akiyode-Afolabi added. President, Voters’ Assembly, Mashood Erubami, said until electoral violators were made pay for their crime, the situation may remain the same. He, therefore, tasked the electoral umpire, politicians and security operatives to be guided by the rules of the game. Erubami said, “Peaceful and fair conduct of the elections have always been our desire, but this can only be achieved through the adherence of the stakeholders, namely political parties, politicians themselves and security operatives that we can have a peaceful conduct of the exercise. “Note that before the commencement of every election in the past, there had always been assurances from all quarters that they were set to ensure peaceful conduct, whereas when the elections came, all the issues that we identified and condemned ended up being repeated. “So, we need to get the concrete commitment of politicians before elections are conducted because they are the ones who mobilise thugs, bribe security operatives and also buy votes. Once they agree that they are not going to do anything contrary to the electoral law, then you can rest assured we would have peaceful elections. “The electoral body has always got politicians to sign a peace accord, but when the rules are breached, what happens? The INEC alone cannot achieve peaceful conduct; they must work with all the stakeholders to achieve this desired peace. Politicians too must begin to stick to the rules of conduct that they signed to ensure peaceful exercise while the security operatives must learn to stick to the rules. They must all do it in a way that no party can perpetrate electoral offences.” Explaining other steps that should be taken to bring about lasting peaceful conduct of elections in Nigeria, the immediate-past National President of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Malachi Ugwummadu, said the political class had the biggest role to play. He also charged INEC to take the bold step of prosecuting and securing judgment on those identified to have perpetrated violence during elections. “The debate about the peaceful electoral process had been on for as long as we have elections in Nigeria but I do think that a few variables must be taken into consideration in securing violent free elections. The first is the level of sensitisation based on voters’ education. “On this call, INEC, which is the electoral umpire, has been making a lot of efforts, particularly through the electoral institute. However, the real voters’ education ought to be by the political parties themselves. It is the political parties that should promote and champion electoral discipline. “The politicians should mobilise their party members on the implication of violent behaviours which is abhorred by extant laws; the Electoral Act (2010) and the existing criminal codes. “For those who have been fingered to have conducted themselves violently in the past they should be prosecuted and conviction secured to serve as a deterrent to others in the future. In this respect, I am referring to section 150 of the Electoral Act (2011) which insists that INEC is empowered to prosecute electoral offenders. “But what it has turned out to be is that those who perpetrate electoral offences and violence are never brought to book and in the next round of election they become emboldened to wreak more havoc to the detriment of the society. “Beyond that, the security operatives conduct themselves in a manner that compromises the process, unfortunately, we have not had any of them that have been reprimanded or sanctioned. There are rules of engagement,” he said.

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Agriculture Livelihoods Officer at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist person on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria m 2000 and currently focuses on agriculture, HIV and health extractives and governance, and peace building programming.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Title: Agriculture Livelihoods Officer Job Ref Code: ALR80719 Location: Biu, BornoDepartment: ProgramsReports To: Program Manager II - STaRSupervises: Program Assistant BiuBand: 7Background

CRS will implement a multi-million-dollar, multi-year Germany Government funded, KreditanstaltfürWiederaufbau (KFW)-managed ‘Stabilization and Reconciliation in the Lake Chad Region (STaR) Project’ in the North East of Nigeria. Through programming in agriculture & livelihoods, social cohesion, community infrastructure and local governance, the project is intended to contribute to the stabilization and reconciliation in the most affected regions of the Lake Chad Basin namely Borno and Adamawa in Nigeria, Diffa in Niger and, the Lake Region in Chad.

Job Summary

The Agriculture / Livelihoods Officer will provide technical leadership, guidance and capacity strengthening to STaR project in the areas of agriculture-based livelihoods and food security.

S/he will provide guidance in the implementation of STaR agriculture & livelihoods activities using CRS approaches and methodologies as articulated in the project proposal documentation to improve household food security and resilience of targeted communities. 

Focus areas will include improved agricultural practices, increasing yields, diversification of livelihoods, value addition to existing agricultural produce, improved storage, strengthening of producer groups,agro enterprise, and collective marketing of focus crops.

S/he will liaise with relevant government ministries, other technical experts and agencies working in the field of agriculture-based livelihoods.

The position will liaise with private sector partners to deliver the market optimization model.

Key Outputs/ResponsibilitiesProject Implementation - 70% :

Provide technical leadership and guidance in the assessment, planning and implementation of agriculture / livelihoods activities of STaR in the Northeast Region of Nigeria in collaboration with STaR’spartners and relevant government agencies.

Ensure that agriculture-based livelihoods related activities are implemented in accordance with CRS standards and approaches.

Under the direction of the Agriculture/Livelihoods Advisor, lead the design and development of capacity strengthening strategies, approaches and tools to support STaRpartners and relevant government agencies in the area of agricultural livelihoods.

Lead STaR’s capacity development of producer groups and marketing committees.

Develop Scopes of Work for short-term technical assistance/consultants in the area of agricultural livelihoods and food security livelihoods.

Lead STaR Nigeria’s partnership with private sector players in the agriculture/livelihoods sector

Coordination and representation - 10%:

Under the direction of the Program Manager, represent STaR and support coordination and representation aimed at ensuring STaR contributes to the overall delivery of CRS’ strategies in Nigeria, Niger and Chad.

MEAL and reporting - 20%:

In coordination with the MEAL Officer, ensure timely and quality capturing of MEAL data on agricultural and livelihoods project components.

Ensure timely completion of project performance tools including detailed implementation plans (DIPs) and indicator tracking tables (ITT).

Provide regular (using standardized formats) and ad hoc reporting on implementation to the STaR leadership, CRS Nigeria leadership and the donor as directed by the Project Director.

Provide guidance and technical assistance to implementing partners on the use and adoption of the latest tools and methodologies in all aspects of project management related to agriculture-based livelihoods, including monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) systems.

Background, Experience& Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Crop/Animal Science or relevant field or equivalent experience.

Minimum 3 years of experience in management of agriculture production and/or value-chain activities in developing countries. Experience in Nigeria and particularly the North East will be a bonus.

Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing agriculture projects in rural and peri-urban settings.

Demonstrated experience in training design, development of training curriculum, delivery and mentoring in subject matter relevant to this position.

Experience with the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of sustainable agriculture development and food security

Experience with market development approaches such as agricultural value-chain development (linking producers to markets) programming.

Previous experience carrying out and using the results of technical capacity assessments in the areas of agricultural production, value-chain development, food security and related fields.

Strong team player with the ability to take initiative and work well independently.

Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills in English.

Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.

Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Travel Required:

60%to field locations in Borno and Adamawa.

Key Working Relationships:

Supervisory: Program Assistant Biu

Internal: Agriculture/Livelihoods Adviser, Governance Adviser, Infrastructure Specialist, Social Cohesion Officer, MEAL Officer and SILC Officer

External: government ministries departments and agencies, local and international NGOs, coordination platforms and working groups, community leaders

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results:

Trusting Relationships

Professional Growth

Partnership

Accountability

Application Closing Date20th August, 2019. How to ApplyInterested and qualified candidates should download the "CRS Application Form" using the link below, fill and send with a detailed Resume as one document (in a PDF Format) indicating the position being applied for and the Job Ref Code as the subject of the application (e.g. Agriculture Livelihoods Officer - Borno - ALR80719) to: vacancies.ne.nigeria@crs.orgClick here to Download Application Form (docx)Click here for More Information (docx)Note

“CRS is an equal - opportunity employer, does not discriminate based on race, color, religion and we are committed to gender sensitive programming and management’. etc.

Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply”

‘’CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation’’

This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation

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5 child soldier myths

1. There are ‘300,000 child solders’ worldwide

2. Most child soldiers are boys

3. Children are only recruited to fight

4. Children are always abducted

5 Child soldiers are mostly in Africa

Children of War: Ending Children's Engagement in War

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Stop the War on Children: Protecting Children in 21st Century

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Survivors of Conflict Join Hands to Make Change

“Survivors of conflict related sexual violence across the world, especially those who return from captivity with armed groups, face similar obstacles and challenges. These include stigmatization and rejection. Additionally, they suffer long term psychological distress as a result of the physical, sexual, and mental abuse they experienced in capacity.”

“This message shaped a five-day dialogue and experience sharing workshop, which took place between 21 and 25 of January 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria. The exchange concluded with action points developed by both participants from Uganda and Nigeria.”

Retired lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire to receive Humanitas Award

“A man whose integrity and courage in the face of unimaginable horror made him one of the country’s most admired citizens will receive the Faculty of Humanities’ first-ever Public Humanist award. The Honorable Roméo Dallaire, retired lieutenant-general, former Canadian senator and best-selling author, will accept the honour at a Humanitas Awardsgala event in Victoria on March 15.”

  Eye-Opening Animation Of Animals Singing “I Dreamed A Dream” That Shows How Humans Are Destroying Wildlife

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