The awards event provides a platform to recognize individuals and companies which have over the years played a significant role in development of the business sector.

It also promotes excellence in innovation, enterprise and endeavor, while also rewarding innovative ideas that have pushed the boundaries of what is possible.

Present at the ceremony held in Accra as Special Guests of Honour were Mr. Mark Badu –Aboagye, CEO, Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Phillipine Consulate to Ghana, Ms. Maricel Villanueva Wu and Lebanese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Maher Kheir, Mr. Mark Badu –Aboagye, who happens to be the Keynote Speaker, in his speech congratulated all awardees and assured entrepreneurs that the GNCCI will seek for an enabling environment that will make businesses thrive in Ghana.

He also stressed the need for these businesses to aim at being part of the globalised digital economy and place their business on the world stage.

H.E Maher Kheir, Lebanese Ambassador to Ghana and Dean of the Diplomatic Corp stated in his speech that businesses and entrepreneurs should be persistent and innovative in tough times and have the zeal to move forward.