Telecel scoops various excellence awards

HARARE – Telecel Zimbabwe was last week, for the second year running, presented with the Best Call Centre Award at the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe (CCAZ) Customer Service Excellence awards ceremony.

Multichoice was the first runner-up for the award, while NetOne was second runner-up.

Telecel was also named first runner-up for the Overall Most Customer Focused Organisation in the telecommunications sector, while Telecel Zimbabwe customer operations director Zodwa Chinyenze was named first runner-up for the Most Customer Focused Executive of the Year in the Private Sector Award.

The previous day Telecel had scooped two awards at the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe Exceptional Marketing Awards, where the company won the Exceptional Product of the Year Award for its Telecel Red product, while its marketing director, Octivious Kahiya, was named Marketer of the Year.

The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe awards are held every year to celebrate marketing excellence. They are meant to recognise marketing programmes and the people behind them that display innovation and creativity and are key for change.

The Exceptional Product of the Year Award is given to a company whose product or service is a totally new idea in Zimbabwe. The new product is supposed to have market dominance over other new products launched during the same period and demonstrate overall marketing excellence and innovation.

Mr Kahiya said Telecel’s winning of the Exceptional Product of the Year Award demonstrated the company’s efforts to bring value to the market and to its subscribers. Mrs Chinyenze, who heads Telecel’s customer service department, said Telecel’s customer focus was key to its winning the awards.

Commenting on her own award as first runner-up for the Most Customer Focused Executive of the Year in the Private Sector Award, Mrs Chinyenze said she had a passion for customer service excellence.

“I have a passion for service excellence and have tried to mobilise the company and emphasise the importance of customer service. I believe it should be the strategic focus of Telecel,” Mrs Chinyenze said.

She said, given the high priority Telecel gives customer service, it had come as no surprise to hear that she and the company had been nominated for customer service awards.

“I believe we have done well as an organisation. Personally I have invested considerable time and commitment to ensure that Telecel is known for the best customer experience,” she said.