Dangote, Guinness, Friesland Wamco, CBI Ghana, NBC, Lafarge, Among Nominees For 2022 ECOWAS Manufacturing Excellence Awards.

Independent Newspapers, Nigeria’s most-read newspa­per among the political and business class, in associa­tion with BusinessDay Ghana (Not affiliated with Business­Day Nigeria) and African Con­solidated Analytical Limited (ACAL), would on July 15, 2022 hold the ECOWAS Manufactur­ing Excellence Roundtable and Award at the Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel.

African Consolidated Analyt­ical Limited (ACAL) is a leading consultancy with a track record of helping clients identify the full range of uncertainties that arise from operating in frontier markets and guiding their jour­ney to a more efficient, profitable and sustainable future.

The theme of the roundtable is: “Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery: The Role of Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Prospect & Challenges”.

The event will be attended by dignitaries which include invited Special Guest of Honour, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, Minis­ter of Industry, Trade and Invest­ment; Dr. (Mrs.) Lola Akande, Commissioner for Commerce & Industry, Lagos State.

The keynote speaker is Mr. Damilola Aloba, Consumer, In­dustry Goods (GIGA) of Ernst & Young, West Africa.

The special guest of hon­our and panelists are Dr. (Mrs.) Chinyere Almona, Director-Gen­eral, Lagos Chamber of Com­merce & Industry; Mr. Thomas Omoni, Acting Director-General, Nigerian Association of Cham­ber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCI­MA); Mr. Taiwo Adeniyi, Presi­dent, Nigeria Employers’ Consul­tative Association (NECA).

Also, confirmed for atten­dance is Dr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director-General, Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) as the special guest/panelist.

The organisers in a statement explained that the vision, cour­age, passion and determination some of the managers of the manufacturing companies have demonstrated in the face of a daunting, harsh business climate make the ECOWAS Manufac­turing Excellence Award all the more compelling.

“This event presents a unique opportunity to profile, critically review, analyze and consider the efforts and contributions of the individuals and corporate leaders to recognize, reward and celebrate them.

There are 35 broad award cat­egories comprising the ECOWAS Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Manufacturing CEO of the Year, Best ECOWAS Manufacturing Company in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Best ECOWAS Manufac­turing Company in Health, Safe­ty and Environment (HSE), Best ECOWAS Commercial Bank in Support of the Manufacturing Sector.

Others are ECOWAS Baby Care Products Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Beer Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Cement Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Flour Miller of the Year, ECOWAS Lubricant Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Malt Drinks Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Mattress Manu­facturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Paint Manufacturing Company of the Year, and ECOW­AS Personal Care/Hygiene Prod­ucts Manufacturing Company of the Year.

Others are the ECOWAS Phar­maceutical Manufacturing Com­pany of the Year, ECOWAS Soft Drink Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Aluminum Products Manufacturing Com­pany of the Year, ECOWAS Steel Manufacturing Company of the Year, and ECOWAS Wire & Cable Manufacturing Company of the Year.

The food manufacturing cat­egory has ECOWAS Cocoa Bev­erages Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Dairy Prod­ucts Manufacturing Company of the Year, Juices/Beverage Drinks Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Sausage Roll Snack Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Biscuit Manufacturing Company of the Year, and ECOWAS Noodle Man­ufacturing Company of the Year.

Others in this category include ECOWAS Pasta Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Seasoning Cube Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Tomato Paste Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Sugar Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Table Wa­ter Manufacturing Company of the Year; ECOWAS Glass/Plastic Bottle Manufacturing Company of the Year.

The cosmetics and other re­lated categories are ECOWAS Cosmetic Manufacturing of the Year, ECOWAS Ceramic Manu­facturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Plastic Manufacturing Company of the Year, ECOWAS Sanitary Ware Manufacturing Company of the Year and ECOW­AS Fastest Growing Manufactur­ing Company of the Year.

Subsequently, some of the trailblazing companies that made the list in the different categories BUA Group, Flour Mills of Nige­ria Plc, First Aluminum Nigeria Plc (Nigeria), Solibra Cote d’Ivo­ire, Leventis Food Limited (Meaty Sausage Roll), Rite Foods Limited (Rite& Bigi Beef Roll), UAC Foods Limited (Gala Sausage Roll), Nigeria Breweries Plc, and the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited, Kasapreko Com­pany Limited, Chagoury Group, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Nestle Ghana Limited, Ibeto Group Liberia Ce­ment Corporation (CEMENCO), Suntory Beverage and Food Nige­ria Limited, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Nigerian Aluminum Extrusions Limited, Ajeast Nigeria Limited (Big Kola),

Others are Gambia Milling Corporation Limited, Nessim Trading Company Limited (Gam­bia), Crown Flour Mills Limited, Fabrimetal Ghana Limited, Sev­en-Up Bottling Company Plc, Pro­masidor Nigeria Limited, Takora­di Flour Mills Limited (Ghana), Unilever Ghana Plc, Monrovia Breweries Inc (Liberia), Kakhi Industries Benin Sarl, Aluworks Ghana Limited, Takoradi Flour Mills Limited (Ghana), Crown Flour Mills Limited, EFAL Com­pany Limited (EFAL), and PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc,.

Others listed for the award are Alpha TND Limited (Ghana), Mu­oka Limited, Bature Brewery Ni­geria, Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria, Twellium Industrial Company (Ghana), Royal Crown Packag­ing Limited, Metcem Limited, Blowchem Industries Limited, Procter & Gamble Nigeria Ltd, SC Johnson Nigeria, Accra Brew­ery Limited, Forte Oil Nigeria Plc , Oryx Lubrifiant Togo SA, Shell Ghana Limited, Total Pe­troleum Ghana, Boss Lubricant Ghana, Lubcon International, 11 Plc (Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc), Total Energies Nigeria Plc, Beloxxi In­dustries Limited (Nigeria), Eter­na Plc, African Paints Nigeria Plc, Dominion Paints Manufacturing Company, Cresta Paints Indus­tries Limited (Ghana), Berger Paints Plc, Azar Chemical Indus­tries Limited (Ghana), Meyer Plc, Cap Plc (Caplux & Dulux), Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limit­ed (Liberia), Emzor Pharmaceuti­cal Industries Limited (Nigeria), GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Limit­ed (Nigeria), Kinapharma Limit­ed (Ghana), Daily Need Industries Limited, and May & Baker Nige­ria Plc (Nigeria),

In addition, the list included Banjul Pharmacy (Gambia), Swiss Pharma Nigeria Limited, Mopson Armaceutical Limited, Neros Pharmaceutical Limited, Coleman Technical Industries Limited (Nigeria), Tropical Cable & Conductor Limited (Ghana), Sicable: Ivorian Cable Compa­ny, Tekled Ghana, Kabelmetal Nigeria Plc (Nigeria), Cometstar Manufacturing Company Lim­ited (Nigeria), Chikki Foods In­dustries Limited, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (Golden Penny Noo­dle), De-United Foods Industries Limited (Indomie/Mimee), Olam Nigeria, Erisco Food Limited, Home Foods Processing & Can­nery, Nascon Allied Industries Plc, GB Foods Ghana, Gb Foods Nigeria, among