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28 May

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Stallion Group Nigeria has always aimed at maximizing consumer loyalty across the country and now is no exception. The Multi-brand Auto giant believes that a sizable business will be brought in through digital initiatives as consumers are still skeptical of stepping into showrooms to scout for their car of dreams. Launch of their own separate portal Stallion Africar will help meet customer expectation during the COVID era. It will also provide the customers tools to take an informed decision on the choice of car in their budget and a virtual relationship manager to guide them through the chat functionality. It offers an opportunity to do cross-selling and upselling and reduce their dependence on driving walk in traffic to the point of sale.  The simple design of Stallion Africar enables the consumer to take a decision on Buying a New Car and Servicing their existing car. Its soon adding the feature of buying a preowned car where the consumer can get their old car evaluated and uploaded to get the best deal and exchange it for a new. Buying a New Car The portal Navigates through each of the top selling Auto Brands of Hyundai, Honda, Nissan, Porsche and Changan. Each brand’s highlight model is displayed on the home page with the portal navigating to a detailed page containing specification, price and the consumer’s ability to book a test drive for their favorite car just at the push of a button. The car is brought in to your home or work place keeping the safety and hygiene measures in mind for the test drive to conform with social distancing guidelines to the maximum.  The portal allows you an access to compare features, aesthetics and price across major brands and models to arrive at what’s best for you and your family. Car Servicing The relationship does not end at buying the ideal car does it? Stallion Africar’s servicing tool is designed to provide information on each brand’s service centers indicating locations across Nigeria with details pertaining to the right contact personnel for each of the locations along with their emails and phone numbers to book your service appointment and get the best quality of care for your car. The service personnel are trained on sanitization and handling of the car affirming to the safety from COVID 19 guidelines. At grounds daily practical workshops and training are being conducted to adhere to stringent guidelines for health and safety of the customer.   Stallion Group marks this launch as its journey to the e-commerce bubble that is emerging with the current economical shift. It is an encouragement to the Nigerian community to experience acquiring their dream car in this new era and see the amalgamation of the digital age with the physical joy of buying. Please visit www.stallionafricar.com...

11 May

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Stallion Empowerment Initiative (SEI) the charity arm of Stallion group has partnered with Morsun Mobile Clinic to offer free medical consultation and drugs to residents in Lagos across 11 clinics. The group’s CEO, Mr. Anant Badjatya in his remark to the press stated that the joint affiliation will treat over 70 common ailments prevalent in Nigeria and will reach over 20000 people in the city over the course of 2 months. The service aims to provide some succour to people who can’t access hospitals due to overcrowding during the pandemic or for those who can’t simply afford a treatment.  He further added that “There is nothing greater than the safety of the people of this country and it is our responsibility to support the government and the community in this time of need.”   Morsun Mobile clinics are strategically located in business districts for the easy access of the working communities. These clinics are known for providing quality, affordable and accessible health care to Nigerians. In Lagos they have 7 existing clinics and 4 new ones that have been commissioned this month. At Victoria Island there are two well established clinics at Adeola Odeku Street and one near 1004.  It also has one clinic each at Ajaye Road – Ogba, Aina Street – Ojudu, City Mall – Onikan Round About, Freedom Way – Lekki Phase 1, Ayangburen Road – Ikorodu. The 4 new ones are being strategically placed at Orile, Apapa Road, Ajah, Somulu to best cater to the working class. Stallion Empowerment Initiative (SEI) in its endeavour works to develop scalable, impactful and sustainable programs that shall leave a visible impact for the future generations in West Africa. The key focus is towards providing better education, health care and skill and capability building in youth communities. The association with the mobile clinic is a step towards fulfilment of accessible health care and wellbeing of the community. Stallion is working in close coordination with all stakeholders and the government to alleviate the circumstances of COVID patients, frontline workers and lots of daily wage earners who are most impacted by the lockdown. Group’s Charity arm SEI pledged free rice and fish for three months to all hospitals dedicated to COVID – 19 care in Nigeria. 89 State hospitals in Nigeria are already registered as a part of this programme. The selfless people in SEI working in the frontline risk their lives to ensure that aid reaches where it is required the most. SEI has also deployed staff buses to ferry health care workers to hospitals dedicated to COVID – 19 treatment in Lagos. The free staff buses along with driver and fuelling is attached to the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals for 3 months to ensure safer and comfortable transportation of the healthcare providers who are in the frontline in this fight against the virus. Stallion’s partnering with the Morsun Mobile Clinic has an amazing capability to make an impact on the community and the region. Their sustainability and good success will ensure better access to basic healthcare. This act of kindness will have a far-reaching impact with thousands of patients directly and immediately benefitting from this gesture....

01 Apr

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Climate change is for real. The changes in global temperature and weather patterns seen today are caused by human activity. They are happening much faster than the natural climate variations of the past.  World over industries have started recognizing this and are making the switch towards sustainable means of doing business and adopting technology with less environmental impact. Responding to the problem, therefore, auto users around the world are, speedily, replacing internal combustion engine-powered vehicles with Electric Vehicles (EVs), which generate no pollutant. Like dry season wild fire, the revolution is moving with speed. And from all indications, before the year 2020 runs out, Nigeria would officially join the rest of the world in embracing electric cars, courtesy of Stallion Motors, Nigeria’s leading auto assembler and franchisee of 9 Global brands including Hyundai. Recently, the company’s CEO, Mr. Anant Badjatya, hinted of company’s plan to officially launch into the Nigerian market Hyundai – Kona, an Electric car regarded by European motoring journalists as world’s number one. “Well-meaning and concerned people globally are urgently making moves to save our dear planet,” explained Mr. Badjatya. “After operating successfully in Nigeria for over five decades, the least our company could give back to the country and by extension, the world is to be a leading pilot in steering the nation to the direction of clean energy use and reduction of emission. “Not being dissuaded by the nation’s infrastructural challenges, one of our plans for this year is to introduce into the country Electric Vehicle (EV) and, in no distant future, embark on attitude change campaign for a clean environment in conjugation with Hyundai. Versatile and powerful, the Hyundai KONA Electric will be the first All-Electric SUV in Nigeria. Its power packed performance will provide a thrilling driving experience with high acceleration over long distances. Driving range for Kona Electric is 482 km with an acceleration of (0-100kms) in 9.7 secs. The ease of charging is unmatched, one can even plug it in at home or at work and charge it for 9.35 hrs for a full battery capacity. Hyundai Kona comes with a 5 years of battery warranty and 5 years of vehicle warranty. KONA Electric will change the way people think about going electric. It would make history as first EV to in Nigeria with local manufacturing.     “Is Nigeria Ready? While putting finishing touches to the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) for passage into law, the federal government of Nigeria, February 2019, laid bare interest in EV technology by assigning University of Nigeria, Nsuka (UNN), University of Lagos, Usman Dan Fodio University and Metrological Institute for design and production of a made-in-Nigeria electric car. Less than a year after (July 2019), UNN announced completion of an EV put together with 80 per cent local content. Representing the federal government at the unveiling ceremony of the car, the Director General of National Automotive Design and Development Council, Mr. Jelani Aliyu, did not only commend the institution for the achievement, but also expressed President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s resolve to support any company willing to invest in local manufacturing of electric vehicles. Also in his keynote address at an annual event of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association held recently in Lagos, Aliyu described the EV technology as good news for Nigeria. “To tap from the trend,” Aliyu explained, “We have met and discussed with both electric vehicle and charging station manufacturers in China and Germany towards the pilot program.” It would also be recalled that Nigerian government, not long ago, signed an MOU with Volkswagen, Europe’s largest auto manufacturer and leading investor electric vehicles, to produce vehicles in Nigeria. Last Words Apart from initial cost of purchase, EVs attract minimal running cost. For instance, Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has reportedly acquired his very first electric car, which happens to be Porsche Taycan, the one that Stallion Group plans to launch in Nigeria soon after Hyundai Kona. Currently, Nigerian electricity consumers resident in accommodation categorised under R1 are charged only N4 per kilowatt. That implies, when Hyundai Kona goes on sale in Nigeria, its owner would incur only N316 (N4x79kWat) to get a full charge, if he or she plugs the car onto public power supply. When Stallion Group eventually fulfils its plan in the next two months, Hyundai Kona, which around the world, is already being rated above its counterparts, in terms of performance, would make history as first EV to officially go on sale in Nigeria with local manufacturing....

01 Apr

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Stallion Empowerment Initiative, the philanthropic arm of Stallion Group, has pledged its support to the local governments of all states across Nigeria by committing to provide locally produced rice and fish to all the government run hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 for next 3 months. Anant Badjatya, CEO of Stallion Group has further committed one staff bus each for the five Government run COVID-19 hospitals in Lagos. The Group will also provide drivers and fuel for these buses. This arrangement will help ensure safer and comfortable transportation of our health care workers who are in the frontline in this fight against the virus. Mr. Sunil Vaswani, Chairman Stallion Group stated that “These are exceptionally difficult times and urgent emergency resources have to be deployed to cope with the needs of affected states and support their health care systems. At Stallion Group our top priority is the health and safety of our employees, customers and our community.  There is nothing greater than the safety of the people of this country and it is our responsibility to support the government and the community in this time of need. We are deeply grateful to every health care worker and person who has risked their life to fight this pandemic and will continue to support them.” The Group commends the proactive efforts of the government and all the corporates who have come forward in this hour of need. It stands in solidarity with the health care personnel, the police, the immigration personnel, the customs, the aviation authorities, the factories working to produce essential items in this time of need, and all people acting responsibly to contain the pandemic. Stay Home. Stay Safe.    ...

01 Mar

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The Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alh. Sabo Nanono visited Popular Farm and Mills Limited, a Stallion Group Company with other dignitaries, Prof Sabagi Special Advisor to Minister, Hon Munir Umar Baba from the house of representatives, Mrs. K. I Babangida, Director Federal Department of Agriculture and many others. The Honble Minister stated that Nigeria has the necessary resources to achieve self-sufficiency in rice. There are over 50,000 agric graduates that can get associated with Agric Extension services to drive better yield in the country. New technologies in farming should now percolate from the research institutes to actual farming practices in the field. The Federal Government will soon introduce Mechanisation Hub for all 650 local governments that will support the farming community with training and stocking of farming equipment like tractors, power tillers, harvester combiners etc. The Minister further added  that "I see no reason why a 50kg bag of rice should be sold for N17,000, the same paddy rice is sold at N8,500 and maximum processing expense is N2,000 making a total of N10,500, it is unpatriotic to sell a bag more than N14,000 – N 15000." He will soon have a meeting with the rice millers to conclude on an affordable rate for rice for the consumers. Stallion Group’s Popular Farms & Mills registered the best quarterly sale of rice post Nigeria’s land border closure. The border closure has definitely boosted the local agriculture in Africa's most populous country. The policy roll out did come with some very severe short-term effects of price inflation and undesirable impact on legal cross border trade. But nonetheless it was essential for a turnaround in the economy. Nanono, commended Stallion Group’s Popular Farms and Mills Limited, for investing over US $70m to boost production of agric business, especially rice and sesame in Nigeria. He applauded Popular Farm’s local rice value chain from farmers to final retailers and clearly sees the huge potential and feels hugely encouraged. As an organization PFML is pushing forward the agenda of opportunity, sufficiency & security in the country. He agreed that Stallion Group has transformed itself into a productive and community sensitive company helping outgrowers with all farming needs. The group is investing further in additional milling facilities to obtain self-sufficiency in rice, locally.  Some of the popular brands from the company are Tomato King, Double Bull, People’s Princess and Super Champion. The minister also highlighted that the Government is contemplating to initiate the privatization of the fertilizer business and the use of husk as bio fuel to run the rice mills for better output. The MD of Popular Farms & Mills Ltd, Mr. Amit Kumar Rai, stated that the company has entered into a partnership with over 1,151 cooperative groups, having 41,486 member-farmers as well as 65,715ha of rice farm area for developing the rice business. The group imparts training and distributes rice farming tools free of cost to out growers across the rice producing states in Nigeria as a part of fulfilment of dedicated service towards achieving its rice value chain initiative. The group believes that focus on empowering communities leads to more progressive farmers and greater economic and social opportunities for households. “Popular Agric Centers” (also known as Aggregation Canters) spread across rice producing states of Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Niger, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano, Zamfara, Kwara in Nigeria are nodal points at the door step of farmers for all backward integrated activities which includes training, knowledge disseminations, input distributions, quality testing, off-taking and transit storage. It has established collection centers across rice producing states to not only help farmers embrace modern farming techniques but also focus on distributing agric inputs through farmers cooperatives and associations....