West Africa’s largest steel manufacturing company in Ghana, B5 Plus Limited, has swept over dozen top awards as recognition for its outstanding role in the manufacturing activities of Ghana.
Latest of the awards is when the company was adjudged as a Premium Quality Iron & Steel Brand Award 2022 at the seventh edition of Ghana Business Quality Brands Award 2023 held in Accra recently.
Some of the awards that were conferred upon B5 and its CEO includes:
– Best Company in supporting local Content at the Sustainability and Social Investment Awards 2022
– GH TITANS – Mr. Mukesh Thakwani- CEO at the 5th Ghana Industry CEO
Award 2022
– Presidents National Awards for export achievement- Gold Category – GEPA.
– Iconic Iron & Steel Brand Awards at the ninth Made – in – Ghana Awards.
– Best in support of Public Sector in steel manufacturing in Africa at the African Public Service Optimum Awards 2022.
– Building Materials Brand of the Year-(Steel) at National Customer choice awards Ghana 2022.
– Ghana Most Respected CEO in the Manufacturing (Metal) category at Ghana
Industry CEO Awards.
– Ghana Corporate Brand Awards 2022 – Manufacturing Company of the Year
– ARCE -2022 – Outstanding Business in Manufacturing & Fabrication.
– Ghana Business Icon of the year award 2022 at Made in Ghana Summit 2022.
– GIPC, GHANA CLUB -100 award and many more.
In the area of health, B5 Plus Limited gave a huge relief to Ghana’s COVID-19 fight by saving many lives by making countless donations of free oxygen to all public and private hospitals in the Country.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The philosophy of Mr. Mukesh Thakwani, Founder & CEO of B5plus Ltd., is to give back to the society generously by creating many opportunities for everyone. “There
is a direct relationship between the sustainability of business, wellbeing and the development of society.
We are committed in giving back to society in order to reciprocate all the care, support and encouragement that has been well received by
“Successful people have always felt the urge toward social responsibility to make
the world a better place and not just take from it.
B5 Plus Limited functions with this
principle and never shies away from its responsibility of giving back to society,” he
said.
‘B5 Plus care Foundation’
The Charity foundation takes care underprivileged children in Ghana by providing
them basic needs, including free education and basic medical care.
The Foundation organizes Blood Donation Camps and free Health checkup campaigns every year.
Education
B5 Plus Limited is also the promoter of renowned DPS International School located at Community 25, giving education to locals and foreign nationals.
1D1F
The company has constructed as one of the largest, strategic state of the art steel
manufacturing plant in Africa under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) programme
at Lakpleku, near Prampram.
The plant is in line with government’s vision and mission to promote made in Ghana products.
About B5 Plus
B5 Plus limited is a certified ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Company and a Lean Organization. It was established two decades ago and has become the leading steel manufacturer, pre-engineering fabrication and trading
company in Ghana with a complete range of steel products suitable for construction
– from small-scale projects to huge ones like the mining industry, shipping engineering, automobile industry and real estate projects.
Its founder and CEO, Mukesh Thakwani, started the steel company in 2002 with the vision and mission to become the world most recognised steel company through the excellence of its employees, its innovative approach and its overall conduct.
The company’s mission is underpinned by its steadfast commitment to realise high growth
in all the spheres it operates in.
The indomitable spirit of this steel company stays buoyed up with its focused vision and relentless efforts of its employees, under the astute guidance of Mr Thakwani who has been at the company’s helm from its inception and has carried it forward to its present position of prominence.
With Mr. Thakwani, one of the best entrepreneurial visionaries endowed with an enterprising spirit and the ability to discern future trends, the company has grown rapidly within a short span of time.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Awards Association had honoured Mr. Thakwani for his generous contribution toward the country’s socio-economic development.
