Unitel T +, a Cape Verdean telecommunications company, was awarded the 'Farol'- Company of the Year award in 2014 and was the winner of the Services category at the II Annual Gala of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Sotavento.
In this edition, which took place on Saturday night (Nov. 15) at the Praia Mar da Gala Hotel, the Chamber of Commerce introduced the "Farol" Prize in the CCISS calendar to reward and recognize the corporate merit of the associated companies, appointed by the jury and which competed in the four basic sectors, namely Trade, Industry, Services and Agribusiness. According to the regulation the jury still chose a demographic and genre category.
In the trade category, the prize went to Moave in Industry, Tecnicil Indústria was the winner, Unitel T + won the Services category and Agro-Centro won the agribusiness category. In the category of young entrepreneur the winner of the year went to the entrepreneur Neusa Silva of the Guide of Services and the Businesswoman Miluci Santos, of Girasol Tours, was the winner of the Women Entrepreneur Award.
The "Farol" Award - company of the year 2014 was delivered by the President of the Republic, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, who in his closing speech said that "the state must be challenged through the executive to compete for the prize for improvement measures general environment of the business environment, intelligent taxation and support for access to finance. As President of the Republic I would like to deliver this prize. "
According to Marco Bento, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unitel T +, the "Farol" award was the fair recognition of the work that the company has been developing over the years and that having the customer first bets "strong" on innovation, quality services and social responsibility.
The President of the CCISS considered that the event was aimed at drawing attention to the role of companies in Cape Verde as a fundamental element of the system and to praise those who in their day to day work contributed to the consolidation of Cape Verde's economic system.
