News

FPAL opened its new distribution centre in the province of Huambo (which was formerly known as New Lisbon), in Q1 of 2014 in order to cover the south-eastern towns of Angola.

Recent consumer profiling research gathered via DOP’s 2013/2014 mobile airtime consumer promotion in SA confirmed that DOP’s primary users are young 16 to 24 year old urban dwellers.

A 22-year old final year Law student from the University of Lagos, Sarah Temitope Oyedija became the nation's best campus cook in the grand finale of the 2014 Onga National Campus Cooking Competition (ONCCC), which took place at the University of Lagos in December.

On 12th December, Promasidor Congo held its annual Father Christmas supper in Pointe Noire. Working in partnership with international NGO Samusocial, this event demonstrates our focussed support for children and young people suffering from severe exclusion across the region.

A lot has changed in Promasidor in recent years. The Nutro business has been sold and we have consolidated all operations within one company.

On November 20th, 2014, Promasidor's team in the Republic of Congo joined hands with the RIEPER organisation (Réseau des Intervenants sur le Phénomène des Enfants de la Rue, or, the Street Children's Support Network) to celebrate 25 years of the International Convention of the Rights of the Child.

Onga Cube, the latest product offering from the Onga stable, formally made its entry into the Nigerian market through a series of celebrations across the country.

Welcome to the last issue of Promasitdor Link for 2014. This issue is quite a mixed bag and I am pleased to say that most countries responded positively when the call went out for submissions.

The latest Promasidor sponsored student at the African Leadership Academy (ALA) is a young lady by the name of Asantewa Owusu-Darko. We caught up with her at our Bruton Road offices.

Our second Pointe Noire community basketball tournament was held with great success on September 21st.