In a move that will promote entrepreneurship and curb unemployment, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd along with its bottling partner, Nigeria Bottling Company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish no fewer than 1,000 women.
Under the agreement, the beneficiaries, to be selected across Lagos State will receive training in financial literacy and business skills as well as start-up capital to integrate them into the Coca-Cola value chain as retailers of the company’s beverage products.
This partnership is anchored on Coca-Cola’s 5by20 Programme, which is its global commitment to enable the economic empowerment of five million women across the its value chain by 2020.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Executive Secretary of LSETF, Akintunde Oyebode stated that the…
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