IPR Releases Nominees For 7th National Communication & PR Awards

The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana has announced the date for the 7^th National Communications and Public Relations Awards.

The Awards will be organized on Friday, February 1. Vodafone Ghana topped the entries with seven categories followed by Stanbic bank and Ogilvy with four each.

According the Secretary of the Institute, Henry Nii Dottey, APR, the event will take place at the La Palme Royal Beach Hotel and is open to all parties involved in PR and communications for government and non-governmental agencies and media owners. He noted the entries in the 7^th edition were very competitive as many more businesses continue to show interest in the awards.

The chairperson of the adjudicating panel is renowned PR and communications expect and founder of the Africa University College of Communications, Kojo Yankah, FIPR who is also a fellow of the Intitute.

The special guest of honour will be Chairman of the Council of State Nana Otuo Siriboe II with Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayerebi and a member of the Institute also as a special guest.

The nominations for the awards are as follows:

• Best community Relation

1. Access Bank
2. Ogilvy
3. Voltic
4. Stanbic

• Best Content

1. Electricity Company of Ghana
2. Newmont Ghana
3. Ogilvy

• Best in Crises and Issues communications.

1. Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited

• Best in Non-Profit communication.

1. Compassion International
2. Vodafone Ghana

• Best in Social Media Communications.

1. Electricity Company of Ghana Limited
2. Access Bank
3. Vodafone Ghana
4. Ogilvy

• Best in Technology

1. Electricity Company of Ghana Limited
2. Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
3. Vodafone Ghana

• Best In-house PR team

1. Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
2. Vodafone Ghana

• Best Promotional Event

1. Vodafone

• Internal Communicator of the year

1. Esther Gyebi Donkor

• PR Campaign of year

1. Mahogany Consult
2. Ogilvy
3. Stanbic Bank
4. Vodafone

• PR Consultancy of the Year.

1. Global Media Alliance
2. Ogilvy
3. Touch Point

• PR Educational Institution of the year.

1. Ghana Institute of Journalism

• PR organization of the year – Telecommunications

1. Vodafone Ghana

• PR organization of the year – Extractive

1. Newmont Ghana Gold

• PR organization of the year – Financial

1. Stanbic Bank
2. Access Bank

• PR Organization the year – Manufacturing & Industry

1. Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority

• PR Discovery of the year

1. Baaba Cofie
2. Cynthia Ofori-Dwumfuo
3. Joyce Ahiadorme
4. Clarence Amoatey
5. Yaa Asamoah

The event would also crown the PR personality of the year which is the highest award at the event. The awards is currently help by Paul Asare Ansah, former CEO of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and the PR Discovery of the year is Shirley Tony-Kum of Vivo Energy.