AKA Awards offered to Nabridas and Archemics

Archemics and Nabridas, two companies nominated by the NPCC to participate in the 2022 edition of the Africa Kaizen Award (AKA), were honoured today during an award ceremony that was attended by different stakeholders, company representatives and the delegation from the Japan International Cooperation (JICA) and the Japan Productivity Centre (JPC).

The two companies were the Grand Winners of the National Productivity and Quality Convention (NPQC) 2021 and were selected by the NPCC to represent Mauritius at the AKA 2022. Archemics was received the Excellent Award in the large-scale organisation category while Nabridas received the Prize for Kaizen Achievements.

In his opening remarks, the Executive Director of the NPCC, Mr. Ashit Gungah underscored the importance of excellence for higher productivity.

"Fostering a culture of excellence allows organisations to be forward-looking and proactive. A culture of excellence requires a willingness to invent future by involving everyone. It also supports teams to function as agents of change aiming at continuous improvement," he pointed out.

The AKA, organised as part of the African Kaizen Initiatives (AKI) is given to organisations that conduct excellent activities for improving quality and productivity and have achieved better results which serve as model cases to be shared in Africa. The NPCC nominates two of the Grand Winners and/or Gold Awardees of its National Productivity and Quality Convention (rebranded as National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award) to the Africa KAIZEN Award.

The AKI was initiated by the African Union Development Agency and AUDA-NEPAD Agency and the JICA initiated since 2017, the strengthening and expansion of KAIZEN management in the continent through the Africa Kaizen Initiative (AKI) agreement ending in 2028.

Click here for the speech of the Executive Director of the NPCC