B5 Plus Wins AGI Top Award

Mukesh  Thakwani (left) holding the award

B5 Plus Limited, a leading steel manufacturing company in Africa, has been adjudged the Fastest Growing Company of the year at the recent 5th AGI Ghana Industry Awards (GIA).

The AGI Ghana Industry Awards, which was on the theme, “Growing Local Industry for Export Development and Job Creation,” seeks to reward companies that have chalked successes in the industry in the year under review.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of B5 Plus Ltd, Mukesh V. Thakwani who received the award, in his remarks, expressed gratitude on behalf of the company’s board and management to AGI for recognizing the company’s hard work and pledged to continue to produce quality steels to promote ‘made in Ghana’ goods.

He said the award was a deserved one, stressing that B5 Plus’s feat was unmatched in the steel manufacturing industry not only in Ghana but across the West Africa sub-region.

“We have for the past decade consistently produced quality steel, employed a lot of Ghanaians and used local content in production.

“We have also paid attention to our corporate social responsibility -B5 Plus Foundation- which has since made a lot of impact in the country in the health and education sectors in deprived areas; and we have also fulfilled our financial obligations to the State by consistently paying taxes and dividends,” Mr. Thakwani said.

He noted that B5 Plus will continue to make investment to make it the preferred destination for the supply of structural steel.

Mr. Thakwani expressed appreciation to AGI for working hard to ensure the development of industries in the country by overcoming bottlenecks which militate against the industry’s growth and achieving excellence.