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Sanas moves to bolster African accreditation options

12th December 2014

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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The South African National Accreditation System (Sanas), which operated under the auspices of the Department of Trade and Industry, is embarking on a drive to develop synergistic accreditation bodies across Africa to bolster international trade.

The continent’s largest – and first – accreditation body planned to join forces with other growing African accreditation organisations as accreditation becomes ever more important for local companies and consumers alike.

Speaking at a media briefing, CEO Ron Josias explained that the accreditation industry had experienced rapid growth over the past five years, with Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Tunisia all establishing their own units – a trend that was expected to continue as Nigeria and Ghana worked on developing their own accreditation bodies.

Further, the Southern African Development Community boasted a multi-economy accreditation body, the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (Sadcas).

National Bodies Sadcas represented member States that did not have their own national accreditation bodies, namely Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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