NMB BAGS FOUR AWARDS AT EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR 2023

NMB Bank has won four awards at this year’s Employer of the Year (EYA 2023) ceremony, which was held in Dar es Salaam recently, including being the first runner-up in the overall winner category.

Apart from category accolades in which the lender was also first runner-up in the Private Sector Award section, NMB also excelled in the criteria awards where it scooped two rewards.

Here, the bank bagged the Quality, Productivity and Innovation award, and it was prized for Gender Equality and Equity.

This is the second consecutive time NMB Bank is excelling at the Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) awards after winning the best employer of the year prize and another two accolades in 2022 for its excellent practices in business and human resource management.

ATE has since 2005 used the EYA accolades to promote and sensitize organisations which put people at the core of their operations. The best employers are also recognised for policies that create and sustain enterprise competitiveness, productivity improvement alongside industrial peace and harmony.

Speaking at the event, the bank’s human resources leader, Mr Emmanuel Akonaay, said the ATE awards won this time around add to the other many international and local laurels the bank has bagged so far this year for performance, management and services excellence.

NMB Chief Human Resources Officer Akonaay added that the awards together with the superb financial performance of the bank, notably its profitability, have made 2023 a very successful year for the lender.

“These awards are also a very good sign of the faith not only our customers have in our bank but also the employees whose efforts have enabled achievement of this milestone,” he noted.

“Our employees have great faith in us, they love our bank and that explains why they continue working hard to ensure we win these awards,” he added, noting that about a fortnight ago, the bank was recognised as the top national taxpayer.

“That confirms how NMB Bank works closely with the government and its institutions,” Mr Akonaay told the gathering, which included the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disability), Prof Joyce Ndalichako who graced the event on behalf of Premier Kassim Majaliwa.

Mr Akonaay said that the ATE awards have greatly benefited the bank in terms of mostly motivating it to invest more in its human resource capital and putting in place a friendly working environment in line with the aspiration of the government.

According to him, NMB does not only have a huge workforce but also prioritizes issues of gender parity at the workplace. It is for that reason it has been the first entity in sub-Saharan Africa and the only financial institution in Africa to have been awarded the EDGE Certificate, he explained.

“At NMB, women comprise 48 per cent of all workers and men 52 per cent,” Mr Akonaay stated.