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WELCOME ADDRESS The Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Singapore The Honorable Commissioner of Commerce and Industry Iyalode Alaba Lawson, MFR, Chairperson, Business Women Group, NACCIMA Chief (Mrs) P. Kuye, President, Institute of Direct Marketing of Nigeria Official from National Agency for Foods and Drugs Admin and Control Official from the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Delegates from Singapore Ladies and Gentlemen We are very pleased to all of you for honoring our invitation with your distinguished presence to the International Enterprise Singapore Food and Beverage trade mission to Nigeria. This is a mission that would pave the way to a better Nigeria-Singapore business relationship. As Nigerians, we are conversant with the giant strides made by the government and people of Singapore in the transformation of their country from being a third to a first world. We are aware that they have the most business friendly regulation in the world and have successfully led th...

There is sense in investing in the Nigerian marketplace. Have we over-flogged this truism? I do not think so! The Nigerian investment environment gained further recently as a South African brewing firm, Pabod Breweries Limited, formally unveiled Castle Milk Stout in Lagos. Pabod Breweries is a subsidiary of SABMiller, which has grown from its original South African base into a global company with operations in both developed markets and in emerging economies such as Eastern Europe, China and India. SABMiller, which was known as South African Breweries prior to its 2002 acquisition of Milwaukee-based Miller, now gets 35 per cent of its overall profits from Africa, compared with just four per cent for rival Diageo. A statement on Friday said the brand of stout, blended with some quantity of milk, was formally reintroduced into the country because of its wide acceptability.The statement quoted the Managing Director of Pabod, Mr. Johan De Kok, as saying during the unveiling that his comp...