The Chief Executive Officer of Fresh Direct, Ms. Angel Adelaja, has emerged the winner of the 2015 regional prize of N1m of Venture, a social entrepreneur competition organised by Chivas Regal.
Angel was adjudged the winner by the panel of judges after a rigorous drilling of all the five finalists.
The finalists had taken turns to defend their presentations at the event held in Lagos recently
In her reactions, Adelaja said, “I am very happy about winning the Chivas Venture competition. It was really competitive and other businesses were phenomenal as well, so I am happy that the judges saw the novelty, innovation and impact, as well as viability of our business.
“Fresh Direct has been working hard to show Nigerians that indigenous technology is the future for Nigerian Agriculture and equipping smallholder farmers. Winning the competition helps validate what we have been doing over the past few years. It helps to shed light on the need of farmers and hopefully draw funding into our sector, because food security is a global issue. We are hoping that we will be able to convey the same message at the international competition.”
The Brand Manager, Chivas Regal, Mr. Samuel Odesanmi, believes that Angel won the competition because she was articulate, passionate and innovative, adding that she presented her business case properly.
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