Nestlé Nigeria Bags 2 Awards at 2021 SERAS CSR Awards Africa

Nestlé Nigeria Bags 2 Awards at 2021 SERAS CSR Awards Africa

Nestlé Nigeria received the Best company in Food Security and the Partnership Award of the 

Year for its partnership with IDH and Technoserve towards grain improvement at the recently 

held Sustainability Enterprise and Responsibility (SERAS) CSR Awards Africa 2021. 

This is the second year that Nestlé Nigeria has been recognized as the Best company in Food 

Security, a significant affirmation for the world’s leading food company. Nestlé was also 

nominated in over 7 categories including Best Company in Circular Economy, Best Company in 

Education Intervention, Best Company in Stakeholder Engagement, Best Company in Promotion 

of Good-Health & Wellbeing, Best Company in WorkPlace Practice and the CEO of the Year.

The Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Nestlé Nigeria, Victoria 

Uwadoka, expressed the company’s delight at being recognised for its efforts in Creating Shared 

Value across its value chain.

“We are honored to receive these two awards for our efforts in driving Food Security and also 

for improving food quality through partnerships. We would like to express our gratitude to our 

partners who work closely with us to achieve our goals for improving grain quality while 

enhancing the livelihoods of the farmers within our ecosystem.”

“These awards are significant for us in view of the fact that we are Nestlé, the Good Food, Good 

Life Company, with a purpose of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for 

everyone, today and for generations to come. This purpose drives us to make a positive impact 

on the lives of people, within our communities and on the environment now, and in the future.”

The Partnership Award of the Year recognised the company’s collaboration with IDH and 

Technoserve over the past 18 months to help 5,000 farmers within the company’s ecosystem to

improve the yield and quality of their grains. The Nestlé, IDH and Technoserve Developing 

Inclusive Grain Value Chains project is building the capacity of farmers and aggregators across 

the grain value chain through training on proper grain handling, storage, and testing, as well as 

entrepreneurial and financial skills. In addition, the logistics partners are receiving training on 

proper handling of grains during transit to ensure the end-to-end integrity of the grains from UpFor over 12 years, Nestlé Nigeria has been invested in delivering Capacity Development 

programs aimed at improving food security in Nigeria. In 2019, the company turned its attention 

to building the next generation of farmers who will take over from the aging generation whose 

average age is 47 years according to the data from National Bureau of Statistics (2008). The 

various initiatives aimed at improving food security are designed and implemented in 

collaboration with partners including the United States Agency for International Development 

(USAID), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)/2Scale, IDH, Technoserve, and 

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The programs are implemented with suppliers 

within Nestlé’s value chain like Psaltry who is working to integrate youth into the cassava value 

chain. 

Victoria added that the awards reaffirm Nestlé’s strong commitment to continue making a 

difference in society in collaboration with relevant partners and stakeholders in line with the SDG 

17 – Partnership for Goals. 

The SERAS, Africa’s first and foremost recognition for corporate social responsibility and 

Sustainability, has grown to become the most credible and most glamorous business award in 

Africa. It has inevitably become the gold-standard award and the most crucial industry ceremony 

in Africa.

Other winners of the SERAS Awards 2021 include Nigerian Breweries, Coca-Cola, IHS and Zenith 

Bank.