Dar brewer wins employer of the year prize

Prime Minister, Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa presenting the Employer of the year awards second winner trophy to Coca cola Kwanza Ltd, Human Recources Manager, Sigifrid Faustine organized by Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) in Dar es Salaam on Thursday . Other from left is Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled, Jenista Mhagama ATE Chairman Almas Maige, Norway ambassador to Tanzania Hanne-Marie Kaarstad .PHOTO|PMO

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  • Innovative human resource values was what enabled TBL to clinch the award, according to the judges. TBL, which is among the largest taxpayers in the country, also emerged top in Best Large Enterprise category.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) has scooped the 2016 employer of the year award. This is the second time in a row the brewer wins the award organised by the Association of Tanzanian Employers (Ate).

Innovative human resource values was what enabled TBL to clinch the award, according to the judges. TBL, which is among the largest taxpayers in the country, also emerged top in Best Large Enterprise category.

“TBL awards demonstrate that delivering world class human resource practices is possible in the country,” Dr Aggrey Mlimuka, the ATE executive director, said after handing over the award.

Cocacola Kwanza Limited and AngloGold Ashanti Geita Gold Mine were the first and second runners up respectively. Other winners are: Exim Bank, which excelled in the human resource practice subcategory and employer engagement criteria category and the award for staff training and development went to another brewer, Serengeti.

Puma Energy won in the employee relations subcategory, while Acacia emerged the winner in HIV interventions and corporate social responsibility category.