The 2023 edition of the Awards ceremony is set to spotlight SMEs, women and gender. A new category has been introduced to recognize efforts towards bolstering financial inclusion of women across the continent.
*Group photo of the winners of the African Banker Awards 202224 April
2023, London: African Banker magazine has announced today
the shortlist of nominees for this year’s edition of its African Banker Awards.
Since their inception in 2007, the African Banker Awards aim to recognise the
exceptional individuals and organisations driving Africa’s rapidly transforming
financial services sector.
This year's Awards gala is poised to accentuate the theme of gender equity in the industry, as demonstrated by the substantial proportion of female candidates vying for the coveted title of Banker of the Year. In addition, in partnership with the African Guarantee Fund, a fresh accolade has been instituted to acknowledge and encourage initiatives aimed at propelling financial inclusivity for women across the African continent, the AFAWA Bank of the Year award. AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) is a pan-African initiative to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women in Africa.
The African Banker Awards nominees were selected from a record number of entries, representing the entirety of the African continent, over a total of 10 categories, and shortlisted by the Awards committee. The nominees for the African Banker Awards 2023 are:
Banker of the Year:
1. Mr Admassu
Tadesse - Trade and Development Bank
2. Prof
Benedict Oramah – Afreximbank
3. Ms Esther
Kariuki - Co-operative Bank of Kenya
4. Mr Moezz
Mir - SBM Bank, Kenya
5. Ms
Mukwandi Chibesakunda - Zanaco, Zambia
6. Mr Othman
Benjelloun - Bank of Africa
7. Ms Yemi
Edun - First City Monument Bank
Bank of
the Year:
1. Afreximbank
2. Bank of
Africa
3. Co-operative
Bank of Kenya
4. CRDB Bank
– Tanzania
5. The
Mauritius Commercial Bank
6. Trade and
Development Bank
7. Trust
Merchant Bank, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sustainable
Bank of the Year:
1. Absa,
South Africa
2. Commercial
International Bank, Egypt
3. Nedbank,
South Africa
4. Rand
Merchant Bank, South Africa
5. Trade and
Development Bank
DFI of the
Year:
1. Afreximbank
2. Africa
Finance Corporation
3. Arab Bank
for Economic Development in Africa: BADEA
4. Lesotho
National Development Corporation
5. Trade and
Development Bank
Fintech of
the Year:
1. Ensibuuko
Technologies, Uganda
2. Flutterwave,
Nigeria
3. JUMO
World, South Africa
4. Lulalend,
South Africa
5. MFS
Africa, South Africa
SME Bank
of the Year:
1. Absa,
South Africa
2. Caisse de
compensation et de consignation, Tunisia
3. CRDB Bank,
Tanzania
4. Ecobank,
Senegal
5. KCB Bank,
Kenya
Deal of
the Year – Debt:
1. EUR174m
(US$190m) investment in the 44MW Singrobo-Ahouaty Project – Africa Finance
Corporation
2. R1.143bn
(US$66.13m) gender-linked bond (“GLB”) issuance across 3-year and 5-year
tranches for Barloworld Limited– Rand Merchant Bank
3. US$564m
equivalent private placement green bond issuance for GrowthPoint -
Absa
4. Harmony
Gold Company syndicated multi-tranche, multi-currency, loan facility of US$400
million and R4 billion– Absa & Nedbank
5. Dual
currency USD 292.4 Million, and EGP 1.9 billion Syndicated Long Term Facility
(US$400m) to the Egyptian Chemical Industries Company (KIMA) – National Bank of
Egypt
Deal of
the Year – Equity:
1. Advisory
on the US$2.5bn initial public offering (IPO) of ADNOC Gas - EFG Hermes
2. US$47m
investment in Africa Go Green - International Finance Corporation (IFC)
3. US$298m
Infinity Energy equity investment and Lekela Power acquisition - Africa Finance
Corporation
4. R892m
(US$55m) acquisition of Windlab Africa’s wind and solar assets I partnership
with Seriti Resources - Rand Merchant Bank
5. R8.9bn
(US$550m) evergreen B-BBEE transaction for Shoprite– Rand Merchant Bank
Agriculture
deal of the Year:
1. Launch of
a first-of-its-kind AgriHarvest Platform – Rand Merchant Bank
2. US$100m
working capital trade finance facility to Export Trading Group (ETG) - Trade
and Development Bank
3. 8bn EGP
(US$266m) Syndicated Long-Term Loan Facility for Evergrow - Banque Misr
4. Syndicated
Long Term Facility US$161m General Authority for Rehabilitation Projects &
Agricultural Development (GARPAD) - National Bank of Egypt
5. US$78m
funding facility for the Southern Oil Structured Commodity Finance Transaction
– Absa
Infrastructure
deal of the Year:
1. US$650m
equivalent syndicated loan facility to EDF Renewable - Absa
2. US$21.7m
Corporate Sukuk issuance for Family Homes Fund - Greenwich Merchant Bank
3. US$1bn
7-year Amortizing Term Loan in favour of a Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”) for
NNPC Limited Project Yield - Afreximbank
4. US$900m
debt funding facility for Scatec Solar PV plus Battery Storage Project -
Standard Bank
5. US$310m
debt package for the Sports and Roads Infrastructure Kigali - Trade and
Development Bank
African Banker Awards hosts first
AFAWA Bank of the Year Award
In partnership with the African Guarantee Fund, AFAWA Bank of
the Year Award will spotlight the banks advancing the financial inclusion of
women across the continent. The nominees for the AFAWA Bank of the Year Award
are:
1. Letshego
Nigeria
2. Fin'ELLE;
Rawbank
3. Letshego
Uganda
4. Oiko
Credit
For more information on the African Banker
Awards or details on how to attend the official Awards ceremony, please visit www.africanbankerawards.com.
About African
Banker Awards
The African Banker Awards are a landmark annual
event for African banking taking place during the annual meetings of the
African Development Bank. Organised by African Banker magazine and IC Events in
co-operation with BusinessinAfrica Events, the African Banker Awards celebrate
excellence and best practices in African banking.
Recognising the 400 personalities and banks that
are driving Africa’s rapidly transforming financial sector, the African Banker
Awards bring together industry leaders from Africa and the world. They
celebrate the achievements of those who are driving growth and development and
creating new economic opportunities for citizens and communities all over the
continent and inspire new generations of bankers who are shaping Africa’s
future.
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