International Breweries Plc (IB Plc) Hero’s Foundation Kick-start programme on Tuesday, 18th December awarded N84.5m business grants to 44 budding entrepreneurs as part of the company’s Corporate Social Initiative.
The lucky entrepreneurs who were selected from over 120 participants received the grant at an award ceremony of the third edition of Hero’s Foundation Kick-Start Programme which held at the Dolly Hills Hotel, Onitsha, Anambra State.
Intafact Hero’s Foundation, the Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiative of Intafact Beverages Limited, makers of Hero Lager, has rewarded young aspiring entrepreneurs that took part in its just concluded Hero’s Foundation Kickstart Programme with the sum of N50m.
The Award was held in Onitsha, Anambra State on 9th December 2016.
Onitsha: Tuesday, July 25, 2016: 120 applicants out of the over 1,700 that applied for the maiden edition of the SABMiller Hero’s Foundation Kickstart programme have been shortlisted for the training and evaluation phase. The training, which will last for a week, will commence on August 7, 2016.
The Anambra State Government has expressed its gratitude to Onitsha-based Intafact Beverages Limited, a subsidiary of SABMiller, the world’s number two beer company by volume and sales, for establishing the SABMiller Hero’s Foundation Kickstart Programme.
Speaking at the official kick-off of the programme, the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Entrepreneurship and Sports Development, Mr. Tony Nnachetta reiterated the state government’s readiness to partner with Intafact Beverages in meeting the programme’s objectives.
SABMiller, South Africa’s brewing giant and majority shareholder of Intafact Beverages in Onitsha has unveiled an entrepreneurship programme called “Kick Start” for youths in the South Eastern States of Nigeria.
