African Leaders, Stakeholders To Discuss Quality Culture

Ahead of the forthcoming African Quality Achievement Awards (AQAA), stakeholders in the quality sector, have concluded plans to engage professionals, practitioners and government on the need to set quality and management culture as priority, as this will deepen the culture of quality and standard among Africans.

The event, which will take place at Victoria Island, Lagos, on May 19th, this year, is aimed at identifying, recognising and rewarding companies and products that apply quality culture and quality management and best practice in achieving their corporate objectives.

According to the secretary general committee chairman, AQAA, Mrs. Ifeoma Favour Emeka,“as part of the event, we have the Africa Quality Congress (AQC), which is a forum of ideas dedicated towards driving quality agenda. 

“The congress is said to be an informative and inspiring day of new ideas, stimulating debates. It will provide delegates with greater understanding of how operational effectiveness and efficiency is vital to organisational success.”

This year’s event will also provide organisation to experience the waterfront of civic centre exhibitions. Participating as an exhibitor at the 2023 AQAA, she said, can take your brand straight to the target audience and demonstrate your support for quality management.

Emeka revealed that, a special publication for the event tagged; ‘the Quality Standards Journal’ is expected to be unveiled at the event as the publication is a collector item for all lovers of quality and standard in Nigeria.

“The Quality Standards Journal is a Pan Africa Magazine that organizes Quality and Standards information available to Africans. It is the central source of information regarding Standards and Quality Management. The magazine is published by World Quality Alliance, with the support of African Quality Institute,” she disclosed.

Expected at the event are: chairman, Dubai Quality Group, Dr. Hazza khaifan Aineaimei; chairman, Pan Africa Quality Infrastructure (PAQI), Celestine O. Okanya; DG, Mauritius Standard Bureau, Mrs Sandhya Boygah; DG, Rwanda Bureau of Standards, Raymond Murenzi, and MD, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Lt. col (rtd.) Bernard.N. Njirani.