CRISIS 1 · FOOD INEQUITY
Families are going hungry while food rots in the fields. Nigeria loses an estimated $5.7 trillion in post-harvest food annually — not because food wasn't grown, but because there is no cold storage, no reliable power, no infrastructure to preserve it. Farmers watch their livelihoods spoil. Families go without. Hunger rises every year.
According to WFP, FAO & UNICEF, over 30 million Nigerians faced acute food insecurity in 2025 — 7 million more than the previous year.
Up to 40% of harvested produce spoils before reaching consumers — hitting farmers and families hardest.
CRISIS 2 · ENERGY POVERTY
Without power, nothing else works. The average Nigerian household receives about 4 hours of electricity per day. For smallholder farmers, that means no cold chain, no processing, no market access after dark. For rural communities, it means children studying by candlelight and clinics running out of refrigerated medicine.
Energy poverty does not exist alongside food insecurity. It causes it. You cannot solve one without the other. 53% of Nigerian households lack reliable grid power. Agro-processors and smallholder farmers can't compete without affordable, clean energy alternatives.
CRISIS 3 · DISABILITY EXCLUSION
Nigeria's 29 million PWDs are being left behind — again. Persons with Disabilities face a compounded exclusion: cut off from food distribution systems not built for them, from energy infrastructure that ignores their needs, and from economic opportunities routinely denied on the basis of ability.
When food systems collapse and the lights go out, PWDs are the last to be reached and the first to be forgotten. CADEF actively supports innovators building solutions that reach and include them — because inclusion is not an afterthought. It is the mandate.
Power the Renewable Revolution
Support 22 brilliant Nigerian innovations that will transform Nigeria's food systems while ensuring that energy access and disability inclusion are not afterthoughts, but part of the solution.
Youth innovators to be funded: 22
Months of full incubation: 6
Cohort 1 startups successfully launched: 7
Programme funding target: $50K
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Consumer Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation (CADEF) is a registered NGO participating in a fundraising challenge hosted by The New Africa Fund. Every $500 donated unlocks an additional $500 in matched funding, doubling your direct impact on brilliant innovative solutions to Nigeria's food, energy, and inclusion crises.
This is not a general fund. This is an urgent, time-bound call to act! One donation. Thousands of lives changed. The impact of backing young Nigerians solving real crises ripples far beyond what any spreadsheet can measure — and it starts with you, right now.
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The New Africa Fund (501c3 deductible) is dedicated to supporting Africa-based NGOs, CBOs, and social enterprises across various fields. The challenge runs March 1–30, 2026. Every $500 contributed by donors is matched dollar-for-dollar by The New Africa Fund, up to the challenge limit. All funds are managed with full transparency and independent reporting.
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