The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana CAG organised the Africa Agribusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards alongside the 6th edition of Ghana’s most important sectoral trade show agrofood & plastprintpack Ghana 2023.
This year’s Leadership Awards was held on 22 November 2023 at the Accra International Conference Center – Grand Arena. It was organised in collaboration with AHK Ghana - Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana, and supported by fairtrade Messe, the organisers of agrofood & plastprintpack Ghana 2023 exhibition & conference.
The Africa Agribusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards is a prestigious awards programme that seeks to recognise and reward excellence and leadership across the agribusiness value chain I, food systems and Agro Industry Ecosystem in Africa . The Awards showcase and recognise individuals, agribusinesses and institutions that play significant roles in the growth and development of the agribusiness sector, while recognising the key functions within the areas that promote growth and sustainability.
The Awards scheme equally brings together players in Africa’s Agro Food Systems and the Agribusiness industry, Policy makers, and Financial Institutions, Agtech Industry and Development Partners to recognise achievements from local and international companies involved in promoting the development of the agribusiness sector in Africa.
The benchmarks for company performance would be based on some key performance indicators (KPIs) to derive the criteria of excellence. Key among the criteria is innovation, customer service, corporate social responsibility and competitive products/services. Agribusinesses, who are weighted above the scores, will be entered into the final list. The Awards have a range of categories suited for any successful agribusiness organisation to tell their story; from large private and public agribusiness companies through to thriving entrepreneurial agribusinesses, promising agribusiness start-ups and established Agri-SMEs.
The categories cut across the
