The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the results of the 2024-25 SADC Quality Awards competition for companies and individuals in the SADC region. The SADC Quality Awards were approved in 2009 by the SADC Committee of Ministers of Trade with the aim of encouraging public and private entities, to apply and comply with international standards in their day-to-dayoperations.
The SADC Quality Awards recognize and appreciate organizations and individuals who are contributing to quality advancement in all sectors of SADC, by having measurement and quality systems, procedures and processes that are in line with local, regional and international practices and who use quality advancement to support national and regional economic development and growth.
The SADC Quality Awards are in the following five (5) categories:
Category 1: Company of the Year
Category 2: Product of the Year
Category 3: Service of the Year
Category 4: Exporter of the Year
Category 5: Individual of the Year
In 2024/25, the competition received 30 entries in total from all categories, 27 companies and 3 individuals. The entries were from four Member States, namely Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The adjudication process was conducted remotely with the judges working online from their countries. The judges accessed the entries from the repository created by SADC Secretariat where entry forms were uploaded by the National Quality Awards Focal Points. The judges met for online consolidation process on the 26th February 2025, and they tallied their scores as well as discussed skewed results of concern. The judges agreed to review some entries and reconvened on 6th March 2025 for the finalization meeting. The adjudication process produced the following results:
CATEGORY | NAME OF COMPANY/PRODUCT/SERVICE | ACHIEVEMENT |
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COY- LE | Eswatini Meat Industries (Eswatini)
| Winner
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| Said Salim Bakhresa Company Ltd (Tanzania)
| First Runner up
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| Tobacco Processors Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd | Second runner up |
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COY - SME | National Disaster Management Agency (Eswatini)
| Winner |
| Legacy Manufacturers Limited (Zambia)
| First Runner up |
| CAPS Ltd (Tanzania)
| Second runner up |
| ZimTrade (Zimbabwe) | Certificate of recognition |
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POY - LE | Rhinolite Multipurpose Plaster - Saint-Gobain Construction Products (Zimbabwe) | Winner
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| Bigtree Cornflakes - Nyama Soya Ltd (Zambia) | First Runner up
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| Bwana Sukari Sugar - Kilombero Sugar Company Ltd (Tanzania) | Second runner up |
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POY - SME | Double-Roman Concrete Roof Tile - Swazi Tiles Investments (Eswatini) | Winner |
| Strike Dishwashing Liquid - Formula Chemicals (Pvt) Ltd (Zimbabwe) | First Runner up |
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SOY - LE | Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (Zambia) | Winner
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| Cerba Lancet Eswatini Laboratories (Eswatini) | First Runner up
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| Bitumen World (Pvy) Ltd (Zimbabwe) | First Runner up |
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SOY - SME | Safety Management Training Services (Zambia) | Winner |
| Rannah Investments (Pvt) Ltd (Eswatini) | Certificate of recognition |
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EOY - LE | Bigtree Beverages (Zambia) | Winner |
| RFG Eswatini (Pty) Ltd (Eswatini) | First Runner up |
| East Coast Oils and Fats Ltd (Tanzania) | Second runner up |
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EOY - SME |
| No winner |
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Individual of the Year | Prof. Tiisekwa (Tanzania) | Winner |
| Goodwill Matsebula (Eswatini) | First Runner up |
| Tazviona L Ngonyamo (Zimbabwe) | Second runner up |
Enquiries
Mr. Cesarino Benjamim, Senior Programme Officer responsible for Standards, Quality, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM) in the Directorate of Industrial Development and Trade at the SADC Secretariat email cbenjamim@sadc.int
Barbara Lopi, Head of Communication and Public Relations Unit or Innocent Mbvundula, Communication and Relations Officer (External) at the SADC Secretariat; email blopi@sadc.int or imbvundula@sadc.int and copy prinfo@sadc.int telephone +267 395 1863.
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