The Nigerien Government through its Ministry of Industry and the National Technical Coordination of WAQSP, have taken up the challenge of organizing the 2018 edition of the national quality awards in Niger. The official awarding ceremony to the three winning companies took place on Thursday, May 02, 2019, in Niamey in Niger, in the presence of State institutions, public and private bodies, actors from the industry and trade sectors, economic operators, professionals from the Chamber of Industry as well as development partners.

SONIA Dallol (agribusiness company), ORIBA-JUS (agribusiness company) and Société de Transformation Alimentaire (STA) (company in the field of food supplements for children), are the three winners of this 2018 edition (sixth) of Nigerien quality awards. They were awarded respectively for the Quality Control Award, the Incentive Award and the Award of Excellence.

In his introductory words, Mr. Abdou Mato, Chairman of the Awards Organizing Committee, thanked the WAQSP, the sponsors, before insisting on the difficulties encountered. "I appeal to all partners to support this commendable initiative aimed at promoting SMEs / SMIs in Niger ", he said. The Minister of Industry of Niger, Mr. Malam Zaneidou Amirou, in turn, recalled that the sixth edition of the Nigerien Quality Award was attended by eight (08) companies, having competed in three different levels on four that counts the prize. He also indicated that the Government of Niger, in its dual desire to support companies in their quest for greater competitiveness and to protect consumers, had instituted this "Nigerien Quality Award since 2004 and adopted in 2018 the Quality Policy of Niger to promote the development of Quality Infrastructure and allow different public or private bodies to establish a real quality culture within them". Finally, he congratulated all the winners of the competition because, by their commitment to quality, they contribute, in the best way, to raise Niger to the rank of emerging nations in terms of competitiveness.

The three winning companies can participate in the second edition of the ECOWAS Quality Award whose first edition was organized in June 2017, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.