Some of the winners with their awards
The seventh edition of the Global Business Quality Brands Award 2023 was held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.
The event is an initiative of Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG), organizer of the Made in Ghana Awards and Ghana Entrepreneurs and Corporate Executive Awards.
As part of Ghana’s 66th independence celebration in the month of March, the Seventh Edition focused on promoting global legacy brands, most popular premium quality brands and best-selling quality brands, on the theme “Celebrating premium quality global brands in Ghana.”
Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana, Eliphas M. Barine, speaking at the event, urged Ghanaian business community to take advantage of the single continental market to deepen intra-Africa trade.
He also encouraged businesses to embrace climate-smart solutions in the operations to enable them to thrive and become sustainable competitive global brands.
High Commissioner Barine commended the various winners for building legacy global brands through innovation and strict adherence to quality standards.
Mr. ErNikkesh Neel, Managing Director of Lambodra Enterprise Ltd. was adjudged the Young CEO of the Year 2022; Charles Antwi-Boahen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kab-Fam Ghana Limited was named Business Executive of the Year 2022; whilst Pankaj Bhati, Managing Director of AlphaTND won the award for Outstanding Managing Director of the Year 2022.
In the ultimate category, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Dr. Afua Asabea Asare, was named Outstanding Female Public Sector CEO of the Year 2022; the award for Outstanding Female CEO of the Year 2022 went to Ms. Jane Reason Akushika Ahadzie; whilst Mr. Kwasi Agyeman Busia, Chief Executive Officer of DVLA was the Outstanding CEO of the Year 2022.
This year’s awards event also saw the unveiling of top-25 most popular global quality brands in Ghana which are: Apple Incorporated, Emirates Airline, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Toyota, Shell, Hewlett-Packard Company, Peugeot, MTN Group, Huawei Brand Communications, Royal Air Maroc, Kenya Airways, Absa, Nissan Motor Company Ltd., Total Energies, Hennessey, Black Label, British Airways, Jack Daniels, LG Electronics, Ethiopian Airlines, Dangote Group, DStv, Nestle and Unilever.
A Business Desk Report