PBGA Awards tell local businesses' success stories

Small medium enterprise award has been added to this year‘s Private Business Growth Awards (PBGA) this was revealed by Grant Thornton Partner Vijay Kalyanaraman recently in an update on this year ‘s awards.

Kalynaraman said that the additional category to the awards was to give small businesses a chance to tell their stories. He said that the PBGA have a role to tell success stories of local businesses and continue to inspire upcoming businesses. The businesses should be innovative, have strategic leadership and operational information among others.

He said that financial success does not define success of the business but the story of how it started to where it is. The small business has to have a financial turnover that is below P100 million. The large enterprise must have a financial turnover of over P100 million, keep audited financial statements and employ in excess of 100 citizens. In both categories the companies have to be members of Business Botswana.

“It is of paramount importance that Business Botswana support such an initiative we are challenging other companies to come on board and do the same” said Business Botswana Chief Executive Officer Dr Racious Moatshe

Moatshe said that the awards add value to the private sector and as Business Botswana thereby enhancing value around their advocacy to private businesses. The award consists of media and advertising promotion, one-year membership to Business Botswana and outsourcing taxation from Grant Thornton to the value of P25000. The applications are to be handed over by 31st August and the winners will be announced on 12thOctober. Lastyear‘s PBGA was won by Sprint Couriers.