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The very very important personalities that graced the memorable event

Nestlé’s Creating Shared Value Global Forum 2016 holds in Abidjan; Agro-Hub, a social enterprise from Cameroon wins CSV Prize 2016

The very very important personalities that graced the memorable event
The very very important personalities that graced the memorable event

Governments, civil society organisations and businesses from Africa and beyond came together Tuesday to discuss a range of topics affecting the continent at the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Global Forum 2016.

The one-day conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire focused on this year’s theme – ‘Investing in Sustainable Development in Africa’.

At the event, experts from all over the world, such as Mr Kofi Annan of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, discussed topics which are challenging the society. It was an opportunity to listen to, and exchange ideas with, leading specialists in the field of nutrition, rural development and sustainable development.

The Forum was opened by Nestlé Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, and included the announcement of the winner of the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Prize 2016, which was presented by Nestlé CEO, Paul Bulcke.

The CSV Forum took place from 9.00am-6.00pm (GMT) and included discussion panels on:

• Building Stronger Economies and Communities in Africa
• Sharing the African Perspective on Health and Nutrition Security
• Increasing the Resilience of Farmers
• Defining Innovative Approaches to Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth

At the event on Tuesday, Nestlé announced that the winner of the Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize 2016 is Agro-Hub from Cameroon.

Agro-Hub is an agricultural production and marketing agency based in the south-west of the countrythat is working to help small-scale farmers gain access to sustainable markets. It has built a small, integrated factory to transform cassava into starch and garri, a type of tapioca, and sells it to its network of consumers through its own fresh food store, Agro-Mart.

“Agro-Hub has successfully linked smallholder cassava farmers to markets, providing them with opportunities to generate significant and sustainable income,” said Kais Marzouki, Market Head for Nestlé Central and West Africa.

“We are proud that the winner of this year’s prize is from our region and will continue to enhance the livelihoods of Africans in Cameroon and beyond.”

Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke presented the CHF 300,000 prize to Agro-Hub at the Creating Shared Value Global Forum 2016 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Natural Extracts Industries, a social enterprise from Tanzania, was the runner-up and received CHF 200,000 for pioneering the sustainable extraction of vanilla in Tanzania.

The two finalists were selected from a group of 450 applicants by the Nestlé CSV Council, along with nine independent experts and nine Nestlé internal experts.

This is the fourth time that Nestlé has awarded the CSV Prize. The company will be opening the application process for the next competition in 2017, and will again be looking for innovative businesses or social enterprises in the areas of nutrition, water and rural development.

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