On the night of Tuesday, September third, 2024, on the Capital Membership in Nairobi, Model Africa awarded the most effective native and world manufacturers admired by Kenyans from the 2024 Model Africa 100, carried out continent-wide in collaboration with GeoPoll and Kantar. The occasion was attended by prime decision-makers from a number of sectors together with enterprise, humanitarian, media, and authorities.
The opening remarks got by Gina Din-Kariuki, Chairperson of Model Management Group and Founder & Chairperson of Gina Din Group, together with H.E. Peter Maddens, Ambassador of Belgium. Each audio system emphasised the importance of native manufacturers in influencing the way forward for Kenya and the world.
The Grasp of Ceremony, Thebe Ikalafeng, who’s the Founder and Chairman of Model Africa, shared insights in regards to the Model Africa 100 journey. He mentioned how completely different international locations throughout Africa understand their manufacturers. Later, he invited GeoPoll’s Senior Supervisor of Advertising and Outreach, Frankline Kibuacha, and Daniel Osema, MD of Kantar East Africa, to the stage. They shared particulars in regards to the in depth surveys, which concerned over 300,000 information factors from greater than 30 African international locations.
Key Knowledge Factors
- 30+ international locations in all 5 areas representing 80% of the continent’s inhabitants, collectively account for 85% of Africa’s GDP
- 15000+ people over 18 years previous.
- Over 300,000 model mentions and three,000 distinctive manufacturers.
- Between 2011 and 2021, on common, solely 20% of essentially the most admired manufacturers in Africa are made in Africa.
- Africans (64%) imagine in Africa, however not loyal to African manufacturers (14%)
Kenya’s Most Admired Manufacturers
Most Admired Shopper, Non-cyclical Manufacturers
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Kenyan |
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Non-Kenyan |
1. |
Ketepa Tea |
1 |
Blue Band (UK) |
2 |
Bidco Kenya |
2 |
Omo (UK) |
3 |
Brookside Milk |
3 |
Pampers (USA) |
Most Admired Retail Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Naivas (Kenya) |
2 |
Kilimall (Kenya) |
3 |
Sarit (Kenya) |
Most Admired Private Care Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Nivea (Germany) |
2 |
SoftCare (Kenya) |
3 |
Good and Pretty (Kenya) |
Most Admired Alcoholic Drinks Manufacturers
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Kenyan |
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Non-Kenyan |
1 |
Tusker |
1 |
Guinness (UK) |
2 |
EABL |
2 |
Johnnie Walker (UK) |
3 |
Kenya Breweries |
3 |
Heineken (Netherlands) |
Most Admired Non-Alcoholic Drinks Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Coca-Cola (USA) |
2 |
Fanta (USA) |
3 |
Dasani (USA) |
Most Admired Telecommunications Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Safaricom/Mpesa (Kenya) |
2 |
Telkom (Kenya) |
3 |
Faiba (Kenya) |
Most Admired Electronics/Computer systems Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Samsung (South Korea) |
2 |
Apple (USA) |
3 |
Tecno (China) |
Most Admired Auto-Producers Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Toyota (Japan) |
2 |
Honda (Japan) |
3 |
Mercedes Benz (Germany) |
Most Admired Sports activities and Health Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Nike (USA) |
2 |
Adidas (Germany) |
3 |
Puma (Germany) |
Most Admired Expertise Manufacturers
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General Admired Manufacturers |
1 |
Google (USA) |
2 |
Microsoft (USA) |
3 |
Jumia (Nigeria) |
Most Admired Monetary Providers Manufacturers
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Kenyan |
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Non-Kenyan |
1 |
Fairness Financial institution |
1 |
ABSA (South Africa) |
2 |
KCB |
2 |
Britam Insurance coverage (Bahamas) |
3 |
Cooperative Financial institution |
3 |
Customary Chartered (UK) |
Most Admired Media Manufacturers
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Kenyan |
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Non-Kenyan |
1 |
Citizen TV |
1 |
DStv (South Africa) |
2 |
Royal Media |
2 |
CNN (USA) |
3 |
Nation Media/ NTV |
3 |
BBC (UK) |
Most Admired Doing Good for Society, Surroundings and Individuals
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Kenyan |
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Non-Kenyan |
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NGO |
1 |
Safaricom/Mpesa |
1 |
Coca-Cola (USA) |
1 |
UNICEF/United Nations |
2 |
Fairness Financial institution |
2 |
Samsung (South Korea) |
2 |
Croix rouge/Purple Cross |
3 |
NEMA |
3 |
Nike (USA) |
3 |
USAID |
4 |
KCB |
4 |
Unilever (UK) |
4 |
WHO/OMS |
5 |
Mombasa Cement |
5 |
Colgate (USA) |
5 |
Inexperienced World |
Excellent Awards
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Africa Model Management Excellence Award
Dr. Abbas Gullet, the Chief Govt Officer of Boma Panafrican Ltd, and former Secretary Normal of the Kenya Purple Cross Society acquired the celebrated Africa Model Management Excellence Award, acknowledging his distinctive contributions and impactful management throughout the continent.
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Africa Model Management Awards
Absa Kenya and its CEO Abdi Mohamed received the celebrated 2024 Africa Model Management Awards, acknowledged for excellence in model constructing and management.

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Most Admired NGO/UN Doing Good for Society, Surroundings, and Individuals Model
UNICEF Kenya acquired the Model Africa award for the Most Admired NGO/UN Doing Good for Society, Surroundings, and Individuals Model in Kenya. They had been acknowledged for his or her dedication to kids’s rights and well-being throughout the nation and past.

The 2024 Model Africa
African manufacturers have retained a 14% share of High 100 most admired manufacturers in Africa for the second 12 months in a row. African manufacturers, led by South African telecommunications group, MTN, Nigerian conglomerate, Dangote, Zambian client group, Commerce Kings, Nigerian telecommunications group, Glo, South African media group, DStv and Ethiopian Airways retain their respective positions because the High 5 most admired African manufacturers spontaneously recalled. Get the complete prime 100 manufacturers in Africa.
“Model admiration is essentially the most desired state of a model’s well being. Constructing, strengthening and leveraging it’s crucial goal of branding.” – Park, MacInnis and Eisingerich, Constructing a Enterprise Individuals Love