Ghana Link Network Services Wins “Indigenous Company of the Year” at Ghana Business Awards
Ghana Link Network Services has been named Indigenous Company of the Year at the seventh Ghana Business Awards, highlighting its transformative role in customs management across Ghana’s entry points.
The accolade, conferred in recognition of the company’s successful rollout of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), underscores Ghana Link’s impact on streamlining trade processes and increasing government revenue from land, air, and sea borders.
Implemented by Ghana Link, ICUMS has proven essential in connecting over 8,000 stakeholders within Ghana’s trade facilitation ecosystem. The system integrates freight forwarders, shippers, regulatory bodies, and a network of governmental agencies—including the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency—onto a single platform that streamlines processes.
According to industry insiders, ICUMS has not only simplified the previously cumbersome customs workflow but has also significantly reduced processing times at Ghana’s ports, thereby enhancing ease of business for the country’s importers and exporters.
Its success has led many in Ghana’s trading community to laud ICUMS as a model of trade facilitation technology, enabling an unprecedented level of operational efficiency.
In addition to the company’s award, Ghana Link’s Chief Technology Officer, Prince Kwabena Ansah, was also honoured with the Industry Leadership Award for his immense contribution in the creation and implementation of ICMUS.
Notably, the Group Chairman of Ghana Link, Dr. Nick Danso Adjei, was also awarded Entrepreneur of the Year for his strategic leadership across Ghana Link and other ventures, further emphasizing the group’s influence on Ghana’s economic and technological landscapes.
The Ghana Business Awards is a prestigious awards programme that recognizes and rewards excellence across all sectors in Ghana. The awards provide a platform to recognize individuals and companies that play a significant role in the growth and development of their business sector while recognizing the key functions within the sector that promote growth and sustainability.
The objectives of the GBA include:
- To reward businesses that have played a defining role in moving their industry forward and have demonstrated achievement across a wide variety of domains including sustainability, operational excellence, innovation, and others.
- To identify projects and individual achievements that have enabled their business to set themselves apart from their competitors and that have produced clear and compelling value and other relevant results
- To bring together players in the business industry and recognize achievements from local and international companies involved in promoting the business sector in Ghana.
