Chiedozie Ibekwe has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the 7Up Harvard Business School MBA Scholarship.
Ibekwe, an electrical engineer, is the
6th recipient of the prestigious award, and an alumnus of King’s College
Lagos, University of Lagos, and the University of Mississippi, USA,
respectively.
He joins past winners such as Misan Rewane (2011), Olujimi Williams (2012), Mayowa Kuyoro (2013), Shola Olaniyan (2014), and Bankole Rasheed Makanju (2015), who have benefited from the initiative since its inception in 2010.
L-R:
BM, 7UP Bottling Company, Segun Ogunleye, Head of Marketing 7UP
Bottling Company, Norden Thurston, MD, 7UP Bottling Company, Sunil
Sawhney, Winner 7up HBS Scholarship 2016 Chiedozie Ibekwe and General
Manager, Yinka Adesina
Managing Director of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, Sunil Sawhney said
“The mission of Harvard Business School
is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. As part of the
many CSR initiatives of Seven-Up Company Plc, the 7Up Harvard Business
School Scholarship was launched in 2010 to commemorate the 50th year
anniversary of the company. Every year through the scholarship, a
Nigerian resident in the country gets the opportunity of a top quality
education from this prestigious school at no cost and with no bond to
the company.The objective being that in the future they become leaders
in different sectors of the Nigerian economy driving growth and
development for a better society for all. I would like to congratulate
Chidozie as the 6th recipient of the scholarship”.
Explaining further, General Manager Human Capital, Seven Up Bottling Company Plc, Yinka Adesina
said the 7Up Harvard Business School Scholarship is in tandem with the
CSR Policy of the organisation, which is aimed at empowering people and
creating a better society. Adesina further mentioned that Seven Up
Bottling Company’s CSR initiatives are diversified touching areas such
as community development, education, health, sports, arts and
entertainment.
L-R:
BM, 7UP Bottling Company, Segun Ogunleye, Head of Marketing 7UP
Bottling Company, Norden Thurston, MD, 7UP Bottling Company, Sunil
Sawhney, Winner 7up HBS Scholarship 2016 Chiedozie Ibekwe and General
Manager, Yinka Adesina
Managing Director of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, Sunil Sawhney said
“The mission of Harvard Business School
is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. As part of the
many CSR initiatives of Seven-Up Company Plc, the 7Up Harvard Business
School Scholarship was launched in 2010 to commemorate the 50th year
anniversary of the company. Every year through the scholarship, a
Nigerian resident in the country gets the opportunity of a top quality
education from this prestigious school at no cost and with no bond to
the company.The objective being that in the future they become leaders
in different sectors of the Nigerian economy driving growth and
development for a better society for all. I would like to congratulate
Chidozie as the 6th recipient of the scholarship”.
Explaining further, General Manager Human Capital, Seven Up Bottling Company Plc, Yinka Adesina
said the 7Up Harvard Business School Scholarship is in tandem with the
CSR Policy of the organisation, which is aimed at empowering people and
creating a better society. Adesina further mentioned that Seven Up
Bottling Company’s CSR initiatives are diversified touching areas such
as community development, education, health, sports, arts and
entertainment.
L-R
– Head of Marketing Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, Norden Thurston,
Managing Director, Seven Up Bottling Company Plc, Sunil Sawhney, Winner
7up HBS Scholarship 2016 Chiedozie Ibekwe and General Manager , Yinka
Adesina
Specifically, he listed some of the
projects to include the Pepsi Football Academy, provision of social
amenities such as boreholes to host communities, provision of books and
laboratory equipment to secondary schools, award of scholarships to
indigent students to post-primary and tertiary institutions and support
for cancer and cholera awareness programmes.
Other initiatives include partnerships
with Pan Atlantic University on Infrastructural build, support for LEAP
Africa to train young Nigerians on leadership, Partnering with the
Society for Performing Arts (SPAN), support for culture and tourism
through sponsorship of the Calabar carnival, Copa Lagos, One Lagos
Fiesta amongst many others as well as contribution to the landscaping of
parks and other public places.
Chiedozie Ibekwe, the 2016 7Up HBS
Scholar thanked Seven-Up Bottling Company for this unbelievable
opportunity and stated that he is committed to fulfilling the vision of
the scholarship to making a difference in Nigeria.
