The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an award ceremony for the annual Quality Awards on the margins of the SADC Industrialization Week held in Antananarivo, Republic of Madagascar on 30th July 2025. The aim of the Awards is to recognise and appreciate organisations and individuals who are contributing to quality advancement in all sectors of SADC, by having measurement and quality management systems, procedures and processes that are in line with local, regional, and international practices and standards and who use quality principles to advance and support national and regional economic development and growth.
The competition is also designed to encourage SADC industry, especially Small and Medium Enterprises, to improve their quality of industrial production and service delivery. It gives entities and individuals an opportunity to be regionally recognised and celebrated with an award of a trophy and a certificate.
