{"id":277496,"date":"2016-12-17T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277496"},"modified":"2016-12-17T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T12:07:09","slug":"audu-maikori-peace-hyde-others-grace-chivas-the-venture-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277496","title":{"rendered":"Audu Maikori, Peace Hyde, others grace Chivas The Venture competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4638\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4637\">Ghanaian media personality and Forbes Africa correspondent Peace Hyde was among the list of prestigious judges who were given the difficult task of selecting the winner of this year&#8217;s Chivas The Venture competition, which took place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos and to carry out her duties, the stunning media personality wore this beautiful green shift dress. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4637\">From a starting list of 226 social entrepreneurs, the Lagos Edition of the Chivas The Venture finally came to an end with <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4650\">Chioma Ukonu <\/span>of<span class=\"yiv9683541401gmail-apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Recycle Points<span class=\"yiv9683541401gmail-apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>winning the one million naira top prize as well as a chance to compete for a chunk of a million dollar fund in the global finals of the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4620\" class=\"yiv9683541401MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4619\">The Chivas Regal The Venture is an initiative, which aims at investing in extraordinary startups that are using business to create positive change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9683541401MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4619\">The initiative has international heavy weights like Hollywood star Don Cheadle as a brand ambassador with support from local ambassadors like Chocolate City founder and Chairman Audu Maikori. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9683541401MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481968673747_4619\">South African comedy icon Trevor Noah was enlisted to host the New York edition of the competition this year. 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