Lafarge Africa Plc, a leading construction solutions company in Nigeria has emerged Best Company for Clean & Affordable Energy and Best Company for Education, at the 12th edition of The SERAs CSR AfricaAwardsSocial Enterprise Report Awards (SERAs), in recognition of its unflinching and consistent commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development.

Lagos State, represented by Kehinde Lawal and Idowu Ayomikun has won the 2018 edition of  Lafarge Africa National Literacy Competition (LANLC).Lawal and Ayomikun won the competition on Thursday at a well-attended grand finale which held at the Civic Centre in Lagos after defeating  10 other pupils from Nasarawa, Kano, Rivers, Ebonyi and Gombe states. Presenting prizes to the winners,  Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge Africa, Michel Puchercos applauded  participants while acknowledging their efforts  at every stage of the competition.

SHARES of Lafarge Africa Plc fell by 28.6 percent in three weeks as equity investors continue to sell-off the shares following the release of a disappointing quarter three and nine month earning reports by the company.

Lafarge Africa Plc, one of the leading cement and building solutions provider, has received the endorsement of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)for its nationwide education intervention, theLafarge Africa National Literacy Competition (LANLC). UBEC is a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Education in charge of Basic Education across the country. This endorsement is in recognition of the remarkable contribution of the initiative to the development of literacy in the country’s primary schools.

The persistent decline in earnings of Lafarge Africa Plc has been blamed on combination of the company’s business with that of South Africa in 2014 to create an enlarged group.