Procter & Gamble Receives ‘African Business Leadership’ Awards in Washington DC
The African Business Leadership Magazine has recognized Procter and Gamble’s commitment to economic and social investments throughout Sub Sahara Africa, with the ‘Africa Business Leadership Award’. The award was presented to the company at the Annual US-Africa CEO Summit held recently in Washington DC.
The Annual African Business Leadership Awards puts the spotlight on companies and business professionals who have impacted society and used their business portfolios to touch humanity.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Stanislav Vecera, P&G Vice President, South Africa and African Expansion Markets, stated that throughout Sub-Sahara Africa, P&G has touched over 50 million children across 17 countries in Africa.
“P&G’s social programmes have touched over 50 million children across 17 countries in Africa and we aim to double this in the coming few years into 40 African countries,” he added. He, however, called on the support of organizations and governments to scale up the number of people that will benefit from the programme,” she added.
Similarly, the U.S. Secretary of State for Commerce, Penny Pritzker in her remark noted that P&G’s $300 million investment on a new manufacturing plant in Lagos Nigeria will spur job growth in the country and other countries where the company operates.
Procter & Gamble Nigeria’s Corporate Communications Manager, Tomiwa Akande reaffirmed that the company has a long commitment to Africa and its development, adding that its investment in Africa, especially Nigeria is indeed unique.
“P&G has been present in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) for over 22years. Today we have generated over 6,000 direct and indirect jobs in Sub Sahara Africa. Our investment in Africa is unique in that we manufacture on the continent relying upon local talent. Today we have touched the lives of hundreds of millions of African consumers with our world class brands across 30 SSA countries in small but meaningful ways, helping to make everyday life a little bit better,” she said.
