Umar

Founder @Focus_iHub | #DigitalHealth | #Innovation in #Development | #CHW | proofreader | @ChelseaFC💙| Views are 100% mine

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Delighted to be featured on @gavi website.
Thanks again for the opportunity @nighealthwatch

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Pleased to see our recent article on the use of AVADAR to fast-track polio eradication in Nigeria, republished on @gavi’s website!

Read the original article here: https://t.co/PXXiBbH09O

#SupportImmunisation #EndPolio

[Khalil Halilu @KSHalilu]

In many communities, some households are understandably uncomfortable allowing male technicians into their homes for technical support.

That simple reality is one of the reasons we are empowering women through the NASENI Sustainable Empowerment Programme (NSEP).

We have trained women across Kumbotso and Tarauni LGAs in Kano State in solar installation, maintenance, and repairs, equipping them to build sustainable livelihoods while expanding access to clean energy in their communities.

We believe technology creates its greatest impact when it solves real human problems.

#InfinitePossibilities #NSEP #ShePowers

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@Ameenu_Kutama Exactly!

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Sustainable change in Africa’s innovation & dev programmes doesn’t happen around government — it happens with them.
As Sankore Program Manager, I share key lessons from the programme in my new blog.
Read here: https://t.co/Qj912UVNfP

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@City_Chief @kabirLM 😂

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@kabirLM Shame don leave us since the appointment of Liam Rosenior

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@kabirLM You don de harvest Elon Musk money with KD and Bottlers FC

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

😂 😂

[KB @kabirLM]

@kilbana @UmarKaboIdris Nesta ba ruwan ku.. nothing concern wuna for this fight

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

😂 😂 ai mu lalace. Kuyi hakuri kawai kuyi completing din fight dinku.

[Ahmad Abu_ Haneefah @kilbana]

@UmarKaboIdris @kabirLM Kasha mana City gobe kawai Nesta

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@kabirLM @kilbana 😂

[Anders @Ameenu_Kutama]

Iconic!

[impactinvestinggh @ImpactInvGh]

Over four years, RISA’s partnership strengthened IIGH’s work across impact investing, research commercialisation & enterprise support — helping build foundations for locally led innovation.

Thank you, @TheRISAFund , for the journey. The impact continues.

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Worked with 6 African govts/agencies, 12 universities, research bodies & 26+ innovators (agri-tech, drones, space, impact investing, etc).
Managing cross-country grantees portfolios in policy/research entrepreneurship/innovation via partnerships across borders - endless learning

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Started 2026 with @TheRISAFund close-out across Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Four years of learning by doing around research commercialisation, partnerships, and research for impact.

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Thank you, DG, for the excellent hospitality and for hosting us so well.

[Nazir Halliru @NazeerHalliru]

This week has been deeply engaging and impactful for our investment promotion efforts.

Earlier in the week, I had the privilege of hosting the Research and Innovation Systems for Africa (RISA) Fund and the Coalition Network of Stakeholders in Agricultural Mechanization (CONESAM) teams in my office under the Adam Smith International. The discussions centered on the upcoming National Agricultural Mechanization and Innovation Summit (NAMIS25) and other strategic initiatives aimed to drive agri investment and mechanization in our agricultural sector in Kano.

I also had the opportunity to represent the Deputy Governor of Kano, Com. Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, at the Made in Nigeria Trade Exhibition held at the National Assembly complex, organized by the House Committee on Commerce. The event brought together industry stakeholders, policy leaders, and exhibitors showcasing Nigeria’s manufacturing potential and explored collaborations with other economies.

I concluded the week with delivering a keynote address at the maiden Northern Creative Conference hosted by Sparklab Innovation Hub in Kano, where I shared the vast investment potential of our creative sector, financing mechanisms and potential funding opportunities available through federal programs, DFIs, and other investors.

Overall, the engagements reflect the unwavering commitment of His Excellency, Governor Abba K Yusuf to firmly position Kano as a leading destination for investment, and economic opportunity.

Muhammad Nazir Halliru
DG/CEO, Kan-Invest

[TheCable @thecableng]

Report: FX reforms, exit challenges have slowed down venture capital investments in Nigeria

A report by the Impact Investors Foundation (IIF) says foreign exchange (FX) reforms and exit challenges have slowed down venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments into Nigeria in the last four years.

On June 14, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) commenced the FX reforms by officially unifying the multiple FX rate systems, collapsing all FX windows into the investors’ and exporters’ (I&E) window.

In the report by IIF titled ‘Nigerian Impact Investment Landscape 2025,’ launched on Wednesday, during the 8th Annual Convening on Impact Investing (ACII) conference in Lagos state, the foundation said investments dropped from $1.14 billion in 2022 to $939.5 million in 2023.
https://t.co/r29jI7EZhi

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Angama sir!

[Chief of Staff @Mr_Moo_KG]

@UmarKaboIdris Chief, I need, please

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

Not expensive sir! It’s only £124 = N257,000.

[Chief of Staff @Mr_Moo_KG]

I really love this Chelsea third kit. @UmarKaboIdris, can you help me get it from Chelsea store?

[Umar @UmarKaboIdris]

@farouqyola Allah y taimaki Ciroma!! Allah kuma ya Kama!