NWSC recognised for excellence in sustainability reporting
Drake Nyamugabwa
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) was recognized as an Outstanding Brand in Sustainability Reporting during the just concluded Integrated Financial Reporting (FiRe) Awards, held recently in Kampala.
NWSC also scooped the second position in the Public Sector Category, in all aspects of total financial reporting.
The awards, which are organized by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU), strive to uplift the quality of Financial and Sustainability reporting by various sectors in Uganda.
While receiving the award, the NWSC Managing Director, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha said the corporation’s business approach, aims at providing quality services to the people of Uganda, today and in the future.
Deputy Managing Director Finance and Corporate Strategy, Ms. Sylvia Arinaitwe applauded NWSC staff for their professionalism and commitment towards the achievement of socio-economic transformation of Uganda and the NDPIII objectives.
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has been recently recognized as one of the best users of the Esri global GIS System (Geographic Information Systems), and awarded the prestigious global Special Achievement in Gis (SAG Award) from the Esri.
Esri is a global market leader in GIS, and has helped organizations improve their service offering using advanced technology since 1969.
NWSC emerged the best in innovative use of the Esri software that is used by over 100,000 companies across the globe.
NWSC was also the only African utility company to take home the prestigious award in the East, Central and Southern Africa.
According to NWSC MD Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha, NWSC is using latest technology to improve service delivery in Uganda.
“We use the software for analytics, insights into data, visualization, link customer data to our other enterprise databases like billing systems, customer relationship management systems among others which help us make scientific decisions. We are humbled to be recognized as the best users of the system among 100,000 other global organizations.” he said after the awards
