DBN to resume Good Business Awards
Back after two years
This year's winners will come from the tourism and hospitality sector, private education, land servicing, manufacturing and the transport and logistics sector.
STAFF REPORTER – The Good Business Awards of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), last held in 2019, will resume next week.
According to the DBN’s head of marketing and corporate communication, Jerome Mutumba, said the finalists and winners will be announced on the bank’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages, as well as on its website next Friday.
The awards were suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19.
Mutumba said this year’s winners will come from the tourism and hospitality sector, private education, land servicing, manufacturing and the transport and logistics sector.
The finalists and winners will be determined by a panel consisting of independent judges and experts in their fields.
TWOFOLD PURPOSE
Talking about the awards, Mutumba said that they have a twofold purpose. Firstly, they highlight enterprises that have an exemplary development impact combined with excellent administrative practices that contribute to viability and longevity of the enterprise.
Secondly, they showcase the contribution that the bank, through its finance, makes towards development and economic activity in Namibia.
In previous years, the DBN also conferred an annual Innovation Award. Although the award will not be conferred in 2022, Mutumba said he was confident that the Innovation Award would resume in 2023.
Talking about the quality of finalists and winners, he said that the standard is very high.
“Although there can only be one winner in each if the categories, all of the finalists are exceptional, and represent a win for the Namibian economy and the bank,” he concluded.
According to the DBN’s head of marketing and corporate communication, Jerome Mutumba, said the finalists and winners will be announced on the bank’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages, as well as on its website next Friday.
The awards were suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19.
Mutumba said this year’s winners will come from the tourism and hospitality sector, private education, land servicing, manufacturing and the transport and logistics sector.
The finalists and winners will be determined by a panel consisting of independent judges and experts in their fields.
TWOFOLD PURPOSE
Talking about the awards, Mutumba said that they have a twofold purpose. Firstly, they highlight enterprises that have an exemplary development impact combined with excellent administrative practices that contribute to viability and longevity of the enterprise.
Secondly, they showcase the contribution that the bank, through its finance, makes towards development and economic activity in Namibia.
In previous years, the DBN also conferred an annual Innovation Award. Although the award will not be conferred in 2022, Mutumba said he was confident that the Innovation Award would resume in 2023.
Talking about the quality of finalists and winners, he said that the standard is very high.
“Although there can only be one winner in each if the categories, all of the finalists are exceptional, and represent a win for the Namibian economy and the bank,” he concluded.
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