Company of the Year Awards (COYA)

Celebrating Organizational Excellence and Visionary Leadership

For over 26 years, the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) has proudly hosted the Company of the Year Awards (COYA) — a prestigious flagship corporate event celebrating organizations that demonstrate excellence through the Organizational Performance Index (OPI) Business Excellence Framework. COYA also recognizes and nurtures small and medium sized enterprises through the SME of the Year Awards (SMOYA), helping them grow into strong, competitive corporates that contribute to Kenya's national economic development.

In addition, the awards honor outstanding leadership through:

  • CEO of the Year Awards (CEYA)
  • Manager of the Year Awards (MOYA)

Together, these awards celebrate organizational excellence, visionary leadership, and the growth of businesses that drive the nation forward.

coya / smoya 2025

Relive the highlights from our last awards ceremony

OPI Objectives

Leadership

Enable leadership teams to drive continuous improvement within their organisations and sharpen their competitive edge.

Benchmark

Act as an industry gold standard and benchmark.

Best Practices

Provide for participants to share proven best Practices in management and productivity.

Empowerment

Play a leading role in empowering organisations to compete globally and influence the development of the sectors and industries in which they operate.

participating in

coya

1
application

Receiving of applications from interested organizations to participate in COYA. Organizations then forward a list of OPI champions who'll spearhead the process internally.

2
training

The OPI champions complete a comprehensive training on OPI implementation as part of the process.

3
assessment

The participating organization conducts self assessment backed up by comprehensive supporting evidence. This is then followed up by desk analysis from OPI external consultants, before a full day site visit assessment to the participating organization.

4
analysis

Consolidation of analysis into an advisory report submitted to the OPI technical committee.

5
gala

Announcement of winners to the participants.

6
report

Issuance of validated advisory reports to the participatants followed by presentation of feedback report.

Call for entries, COYA 2026
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