Shell, GTbank, CocaCola 81 others for SERAS CSR Awards 2017

Organisers of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards, otherwise known as The SERAS CSR Awards Africa has announced a list of 84 organizations that beat the deadline for the submission of entries for the 2017 edition. The list include Fidelity bank, GTbank, Diageo, Lafarge, Sahara Energy, Shell, Chevron, Tolaram group, 9Mobile, FCMB, FrieslandCampina, Multichoice, Access […]

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Lafarge, COREN to develop Nigeria’s first concrete mix design manual

Lafarge Africa Plc has partnered the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria for the research and development of Nigeria’s first concrete mix design manual. The company said it was the country’s only cement and concrete manufacturer that contributed to the development of the manual which was launched in Abuja recently. Other partners included […]

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Lafarge to injects 30MW electricity to grid in 2018

Lafarge Africa Plc says it has concluded plans to inject about 30 mega watts of electricity into the national grid by 2018. According to the Manager of Ewekoro plant, the firm’s flagship manufacturing base, Mr. Segun Soyoye, Lafarge currently produces 90 mega watts of electricity to power its operations with a target to increase the […]

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Lafarge to merge Nigerian units to simplify ownership

Lafarge Africa is consolidating its operations on the continent to simplify its ownership structure and activities, the Head of Strategy, Wole Adeleke, has said. He said on Monday that the decision was made three years ago after Lafarge combined its Nigerian business with its South African operations and listed the combined entity, which it renamed […]

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25 million people to benefits from LafargeHolcim’s housing scheme

Lafarge Africa Plc says its parent company, LafargeHolcim, is targeting to make 25 million people beneficiaries of its affordable homeownership scheme globally by 2020, with Nigeria representing a significant figure. The firm said it inaugurated its affordable housing scheme, known as Lafarge Easy Home, three years ago and so far, 30,000 people had been impacted. […]

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Lafarge seeks additional ₦140bn capital from shareholders

… Pays N1.05 kobo dividend Major cement producing company, Lafarge Africa Plc has secured shareholders’ approval to raise additional ₦140 billion capital, through a rights issue, just as it proposed a dividend of ₦1.05 kobo per share to members on the company’s register. The dividend which was approved at the company 58th Annual General Meeting […]

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Fayemi praises Lafarge’s industrial power generation

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has called on Lafarge Africa, a construction solutions provider in Nigeria, to support the Federal Government’s drive towards ensuring adequate power generation and distribution, particularly in industrial hubs. Fayemi, who made the request during a recent working visit to Lafarge Africa’s Ewekoro Cement plant, praised the […]

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Lafarge Africa holds awareness workshop

Lafarge Africa Plc has organised a one-day workshop to sensitise and mobilise stakeholders in the building and construction industry to participate in the 5th LafargeHolcim Awards as part of its vision to create awareness and build recognition for sustainable construction in Nigeria. Stakeholders who were present at the workshop included architects, planners, engineers, project owners, […]

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