Daily Archives: March 26, 2018

‘You give her gonorrhea and you get HIV back’

March 26, 2018   Editor   1 Comment

Festus Odimegwu The former CEO of Heineken in Nigeria engaged sex workers to promote beer. The company benefited from its close relationship with the president. Excerpts from “Heineken in Africa”, a yet to be released book by Olivier van Beemen, a Dutch citizen, who takes a critical look on the business practices of the Dutch brewer in Africa, Odimegwu talks about his days and exploits at the helm of Nigerian Breweries Plc. The text was translated from Dutch to English using google traslate. Please pardon us for any lost translation.

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Heineken accused of not doing enough to protect female sales agents from sexual abuse in Africa

March 26, 2018   Editor   No comments

Dutch brewer Heineken said it will do more to protect is sales agents in Africa after a Dutch newspaper, NRC published allegations of widespread sexual abuse of sales agents in 10 countries where the company operates.

According to the report, Heineken indirectly employs about 2,000 women as “promotional girls” in Africa out of a 15,000 women global sales force based on internal research done in 2007.

The sales agents job involve going around to bars, cafes and restaurants with promotional crates to persuade owners to stock the company’s brands.

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