rlg shines at Club 100 awards
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By BiztechAfrica - Sept. 28, 2012, 12:58 p.m.
rlg Communications scooped four awards at the latest Ghana Club 100 top business awards. Club 100, hosted by the Ghana Investment Promotions Centre, recognises companies based on factors such as their size and growth.
Produce Buying Company (PBC), a leading domestic marketer of cash crops, was named overall best company, with rlg Communications the second-best company in Ghana and topping the ICT category.
rlg was also adjudged the Best Entrant in the club as well as the Fastest Growing Company in Ghana, bringing the total number of awards to four, despite the company's being debutantes at the awards.
At the same ceremony, rlg phones were adjudged Product of the Year by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG).
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