Globe Productions Limited, organiser of the Ghana Business Awards, has honoured industry players and businesses at the fifth edition of the Awards. The event was held at the Kempiski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra, and featured deserving people and businesses receiving competitive honourary recognition awards.
Themed ‘Promoting Investment in Ghana and Africa’, the event saw the CEOs of National Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, winning the CEO of the Year awards for the Public and Private Sectors respectively; while Nick Danso Adjei of Ghana Link Network Services Ltd. was adjudged Entrepreneur of the Year.
The Board Chairman of MTN Ghana, Dr. Ishmael Yamson, and the Quiz Mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz, Prof Elsie Effah Kaufmann, received the Lifetime Achievement and Woman of Excellence awards; while the Founder and Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, was adjudged CEO of the Decade.
The CEO Of Duncs Consult Ltd., Sarfowaa Duncan, emerged as Promising CEO of the Year; with the Promising Entrepreneur of the Year award going to Bethel Logistics Company’s CEO, Kofi Annor-Adu, in the young and emerging categories. The CEO of ECOM Ghana, Muhammadu Muzzammi, was adjudged Social Entrepreneur of the Year
In a keynote address delivered on his behalf by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Mark Okraku-Mantey, the sector minister Dr. Ibrahim Awal urged businesses to partner government to scale challenges facing the economy.
He said regarding the recent economic challenges, of which government is aware, it will take a combined effort to address them.
Touching on tourism, Dr. Awal described the country as the third-best destination for tourists in West Africa and encouraged businesses to prepare and take advantage of prospective visitors during the Yuletide – adding that hotels, restaurants, air-bus and transport service providers stand to benefit more.
The occasion’s Chairperson, Madam Samia Nkrumah, in her address said she is happy to see the captains and queens of industry celebrating the successes of their hard work, and urged them to work even harder to realise the country’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of economic freedom.
For his part, Dr. Ishmael Yamson – who received the Lifetime Achievement award, advised businesses to have faith in the country, noting that the country has always emerged victorious after going through difficulties. “Having been in corporate life for 56 years, I have seen this many times in the country, and I have only one advice to give entrepreneurs here: stay with Ghana,” he said.
Considered a benchmark of excellence, the event has arguably been the biggest and most prestigious gathering of businesses and business owners in Ghana and seeks to promote business excellence nationally and internationally, and as well as provide an unparalleled opportunity for networking among industry players.
The event brought together corporate executives in the private and public sector to dine, wine, celebrate excellence and share ideas on how to improve their operations.
In attendance were the Spanish and United Arab Emirates Ambassadors to Ghana, Messrs Javier Gutiérrez and Khalifa Yousif Alzaabi, as well as the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Charles Abani.
The event was in partnership with the World Leader Summit; Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture; Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and the Institute of Directors (IoD), and supported by the Graphic Communications Group Limited and Media General.
