Nestle Nigeria Plc

Nestlé Nigeria is one of the largest food companies in Africa. For over 58 years, Nestlé has been guided by a purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future by consistently delivering high quality nutritious food.
Nestle Nigeria operates three manufacturing sites, seven branch offices and a head office located in Lagos with a staff strength of over 2,200 people. Nestle Nigeria is popular in the FMCG category with leading products such as Maggi, Milo, Golden Morn And Nescafé. Nestle Nigeria recorded an annual revenue of N284, 035,255,000 in 2019 which amounts to a 7% increase from the preceding year.

In view of Nestlé’s purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future, the company contributes to society while ensuring the long-term success of its business, a principle called Creating Shared Value (CSV). By doing business this way, the company continues to enable positive outcomes for individuals and families, its communities, and the environment in which it operates.

Socials

Nutrition Education

Nestle Nigeria reached about 500,000 people in 2019. This was achieved with the support of the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of Education, and the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), 17,000 children and 350 teachers in primary schools in Ogun State and the FCT were reached.

MILO Basketball Championships and School Sports Development Program

Nestle Nigeria continues to promote healthy lifestyles and Grassroots Sports Development through various youth focused sporting activities on various platforms. These programs foster grassroots sports development in Nigeria. Examples of such programs includes the Milo Basketball Championship, which is in its 22nd year. Over 140,000 students from the 36 states of the federation participate in the MILO Basketball Championship annually.

Youth Development

Nestlé inaugurated a state-of-the-art Technical Training Centre (TTC) at the Agbara factory in 2011 and started a second center in 2017 at the Nestlé Waters Factory in Abaji, FCT Abuja. This was done in support of Nigeria’s drive towards youth capacity building, Nestlé Nigeria is engaged in several activities including technical training, grassroots sports development and youth entrepreneurship development.

Nestlé Cares staff volunteer program

Nestlé staffs carried out waste removal and sorting activities along the coastlines, within communities and neighbourhood markets, removing over 21,000 kg of plastics from the environment. In the words of the Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Mauricio Alarcon, “At Nestlé, we are passionate about protecting the environment where we work and act to protect and improve it, as we know that there is no better place to start than from within our own Company.

2020 Highlights

To alleviate the additional impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods, Nestlé Nigeria collaborated with NECA and Redwood consulting during the COVID-19 lockdowns to offer online entrepreneurial skills training to over 1,000 youth.

In 2019, to extend the reach of the Abaji Technical Training Centre (TTC), the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) joined forces with Nestlé Nigeria towards youth entrepreneurship development.