UMB Bank, U-Tour, Melcom, and Wire Weaving Industries are to receive Brand Leadership Awards as “Top Brands” for 2016 in Ghana.

This forms part of a programme designed by Premier Brands Ghana to identify top businesses that are doing everything possible to become resilient and reward them for showing great leadership in building valuable brand names.

Premier Brands Ghana explains that this year’s programme coincides with the maiden edition of African Conference for Wealth Creation; an event designed to coach businesses and business leaders the way to prosperity. Under the theme “Inspiring Wealth Creation in Africa & Building Successful Brands” the event draws the best ideas and skills that will be shared to guide participants to acquire wealth and prosper.

The programme will be climaxed with tributes to some of Ghana’s greatest and most valuable brand names like Frytol, Tropical Cable & Conductors, Kasapreko, TV3, Wire Weaving Industries and UMB Bank, among others.

Television programmes like U-Tour on Metro TV and Ghana’s Most Beautiful on TV3 will be given special awards for the way they have managed and transformed local contents to build great brand names in television.

Brands like Inesfly paint, Raid, and Wire Weaving Industries will receive the Most Innovative Brand, the Most Trusted and Respected Brand, and Top Quality Brand awards respectively.

Speakers for the event will include Dr Johnson Asiama, Second Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana; Mrs Fatima Alimohamed, CEO, Ghana Brand Warriors Ltd, Mr Ellis Atekpe, Executive Director, Ghana Home loans Limited and Mr Eric Affaidu, CEO, Premier Brands Ghana.

The awards dinner scheduled to take place on November 17th 2016 at the Christ The King Hall, is strictly by invitation and will showcase men and women who are helping to build Ghana’s brand assets.