Group Trains 3,500 In Tailoring, Shoe, Bag Making, Others

About 3,500 vulnerable individuals have benefited from various SIFAX Group’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives between July and August 2025.

SIFAX Group, through its NGO, the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF), and other partners, supported 3,083 vulnerable persons across the country in July. Beneficiaries included widows, children, voluntary returnees abroad, and people with disabilities.

Initiatives ranged from healthcare support for 639 people in Lagos, Isade and Zaria, to vocational training for 1,398 women, girls, and boys in crocheting, tailoring, shoemaking, and bag-making.

The Foundation also facilitated one-day training for petty traders in Umuahia ahead of the interest-free loans scheme, empowered 10 traders in Zaria, provided a borehole for the Agbelekale community in Lagos, and in collaboration with the World Bank and National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), distributed essential items to 750 voluntary abroad returnees.

Similarly, in August, SIFAX Group partnered with NIDSMET Services to sponsor the skill acquisition training of 500 youths in Lagos. Participants were trained in confectionery, catering, textile design, photography, cosmetics, event management, and diverse skills.

Speaking at the grand finale of the skill acquisition programme in Satellite Town, Lagos, Group Head, Corporate Communications, SIFAX Group, Olumuyiwa Akande, emphasised that the company’s philosophy goes beyond profit-making and extends to philanthropy and creating sustainable pathways for economic growth.

Akande, represented by Olatunde Adewola, urged the opportunities we create. Entrepreneurship and empowerment remain central to our vision of a better Nigeria,” he said,

The managing director of NIDSMET Services, Olabiyi Oluwole, said the programme continues to produce entrepreneurs who eventually become job creators.

“SIFAX Group has been a major supporter of this programme since its inception, and since then, many of our graduands have become successful business owners”, he noted.

AAAF Coordinator Foluke Ademokun said the Foundation remained focused on providing support for disadvantaged groups nationwide.

“From scholarships for widows’ children to empowerment opportunities for women, AAAF is committed to eradicating poverty and delivering sustainable solutions to Nigeria’s most pressing challenges.”