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Visualizing
critical data that informs Arewa leaders and organizations of the region's
unique characteristics.
ECONOMIC
GARDENING
The usual
Government approach to growing their local
economy has been through attracting foreign investment but now
they have begun to realize that
apart of attracting foreign direct investments (FDIs) there are
other strategies to grow their economy - helping their existing
businesses grow. In some world communities this approach has
become known as economic gardening, an entrepreneurial approach
to economic development.
Economic Gardening is the Best
Practice standard for an entrepreneurial approach to economic development.
The program focuses on supporting local businesses with strategic
information and frameworks to grow locally. It provides strategic research
and frameworks to help local companies scale up, adding jobs and wealth to
the community. It’s team specialists in the use of sophisticated corporate
tools like database research, search engine optimization, geographic
information systems, physical market research and listening posts to find
new business methods and markets, provide competitive advantage,
intelligence and industry trends, assess digital marketing efforts and find
qualified sales leads.
As various diverse and talented people begin to work together and interact
and talk and improvise their way towards the goal of
sustainable economic
development focusing of little margins with bulk sales, efficient service
delivery and quality products, they're going to learn from each other and be
more successful.
 Arewa
Green Deal
Green Deal as Arewa’s new growth strategy to
make the North and its social environment
economy fit for a healthy planet. This Deal
is to address environmental issues such as
biodiversity, waste, pollution and climate
change, through the transformation of food
systems, agriculture, energy, industry,
buildings and mobility. The set of proposals
which will form part of the Green Deal
action plan would set out ambitious targets
for climate change, biodiversity, floods and
set out strategies for transforming systems
supplying energy, food and mobility to
Northerners. As the North’s new
growth
strategy, the Deal and its initiatives will
be central to achieving a sustainable and rapid
recovery and ultimately a just and fair
transition, which leaves no person and no
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AREWA REGIONAL
DECISION-MAKERS (RDM)
Arewa Regional Decision Maker (RDM)
is a powerful suite of mapping websites/Apps and tools that enables
users to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently. RDM
facilitates and enables regional decision making in a number of
ways. Most importantly, it allows decision makers to interact
with data through customizable, user-friendly tools and
geographic visualization. This high level of interactivity
enables
 decision
makers to generate powerful insights more quickly for strategic
economic planning. The northern Nigeria’s regional economic
ecosystems and regional innovation clusters will focus on these major
opportunities.
1. Develop Cutting-Edge Online Data
Tools
The Center is focusing on developing its Regional Decision Maker
(RDM) data-driven platform. RDM will be designed to help Arewa
identify regional innovation, entrepreneurship and
commercialization opportunities. ACRD
is working in partnership to develop this dynamic and powerful
decision-making tool. Plans are underway to develop map layers
that will show geographic clustering for industry and occupation
clusters via the use of spatial statistical techniques. When
fully launched, RDM will provide a set of value-added data
layers and customized tools for use in supporting the entire
Arewa regional planning.
2. Engage Key Target Groups in Using
and Refining RDM Tools
RDM represents a powerful tool for mapping regional assets and
opportunities. These assets include natural resources like
solid minerals,
agricultural lands as well as the regional
talents, entrepreneurship, demography,
opportunities, etc. It will ensure that this tool
 is seen as a
valuable, practical and user-friendly tool for guiding
decision-making by State leaders.
It will also maximize the value of the RDM to a wider array of people and
organizations,
as such, the ACRD is seeking to enhance the skills of
individuals and groups that want to utilize the RDM. Activities
being planned include:
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Website/Apps
Development & Launch;
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Webinars
and Face-to-Face Training, and
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Technical
Support. Collectively, these important
activities are intended to help the
Center strengthen the relevance and
utility of the RDM to key stakeholders.
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Restructuring
may not be a bad idea for the North because
the North has so many Potentials of
Solid Mineral Exploration, so great
that by the time the northern
Governors realize it they will
almost forget about allocation funds
coming from Federal Government and
too much Taxes on its citizens to
generate more internally generated
revenue (IGR). The potential is
great and better than crude oil of
the south. Gold, Uranium, Iron Ore,
Gemstones, Columbite, Tantalite,
Kaolin, Goshenite and other precious
minerals are everywhere across the
north, but also High-Grade Lithium
ore in Brine Rocks,
lithium-bearing pegmatite and spodumene, a critical component for
making electric car batteries. By
2030, oil will no longer be that
important as electric cars will take
over, lithium batteries will also be
used for powerhouses and so much
more. The potentials for export of
these natural minerals and local use
in manufacturing from the north are
unparalleled.
The
northern demographic shifts will
fuel the growth of new sectors,
markets and service lines. They will
begin to innovate and with
creativity build viable businesses
in areas of the business supply
chain, and in agriculture, livestock
mainstreaming, no more transporting
live animals to the south but
slaughtered and freight in
refrigerated trucks, renewable
energy like solar farming, ICT,
Business Processing Outsourcing and
in healthcare, manufacturing and
revitalizing Kannywood
entertainment industry in
partnership with Indian Bollywood. The
unity of northern diversity is the
power that will propel the business
communities and consequently, the
northern upcoming industries into
new dimensions of performance. Soon
there will be on the horizon, more
northern banks, northern media and
corporations; and northern
intelligentsia that will meet every
contemporary challenge; build
capacity and human capital
knowledge-pool; and the end of
youths banditry, kidnappings,
communal crises, terrorism and
religious violence because everyone
will have work and meaningful things
to do under strong, compassionate
leadership, propelling the country
to a Greater Height as a whole. ICT-enabled
solutions in healthcare,
agriculture, education, financial
services and States-public services
will drive socio-economic inclusion
of everyone in the region and the
country faster, cheaper and more
efficient than traditional methods.
Indeed, the North; and Nigeria will
be Great Again...
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