Johhannesburg / New York — Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced the shortlist for the much-anticipated Ai Index Series Awards, taking place at the New York Stock Exchange on September the 22nd during the 7th Africa investor (Ai) CEO Institutional Investment Summit.

Africa investor will host the 2014 Africa investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit and Index Series Awards, to profile African capital market success stories. Launched in 2007, and linked to the Africa investor (Ai) Index Series, the Ai Index Series Awards are the only pan-African Awards designed to recognise Africa's best performing stock exchanges, pension and sovereign wealth funds, listed companies, investment banks, research teams, regulators, socially responsible companies and fund managers. It is a uniquely African capital markets platform.

Commenting on the 2014 Awards shortlist, Hubert Danso, CEO of Africa investor said; "This has been another successful year for the Ai40 Investor's Index. The past 12 months have seen the Index gain more than 8%, which is on a par with the Dow Jones Industrial Average's
performance over the last year. In addition, Africa investor has launched another seminal index; the Ai Infrastructure Investment Index – another critical tool for pension funds and other institutional investors allocating to infrastructure as an asset class."

"Africa investor continues to showcase the best in listed opportunities, which is why we are extremely pleased with this year's entries, as they are once again showcasing the best that Africa has to offer. I am thrilled to be able to congratulate all our nominees in these prestigious Ai capital markets awards."

The full shortlist for the Ai Index Series Awards 2014 is below. Africa investor will also announce the winner of the Ai Capital Markets Personality of the Year Award on the day.

The 7th Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit partners include: NYSE Euronext, GE Africa, Ecobank, Auerbach Grayson & Co, Securities Exchange Commission Nigeria, US-Angola Chamber of Commerce, African Securities Exchanges Association, UNOSAA, Global Partnerships Forum, ACP Business Climate Facility, The Bunengi Group, AllAfrica and AVCA. The Ai invitation-only Summit and the Ai Index Series Awards will take place at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York, USA, on the 22nd of September 2014.

Africa investor (Ai) Index Series Awards 2014 – Full Shortlist

1. Most Innovative African Stock Exchange

• Egyptian Exchange (EGX)
• Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)
• Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
• Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
• Casablanca Stock Exchange (Casa SE)
• The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM)
• Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
• Uganda Securities Exchange (USE)

2. Best Africa Investment Bank

• FBN Capital
• Standard Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• Deutsche Bank
• JP Morgan
• Citi
• Beltone Capital
• Ghana Commercial Bank

3. Best Africa Research Team

• Imara
• Renaissance Capital
• Barclays Africa Capital
• RMB Global Markets Research
• Ecobank Capital
• Standard Bank
• Citi
• Standard Chartered Bank

4. Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator

• Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
• Capital Markets Authority, Uganda
• Financial Services Board (FSB), South Africa
• Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria
• Conseil Déontologique des Valeurs Mobilières, Morocco
• Capital Market Authority, Rwanda
• Financial Services Commission, Mauritius
• Capital Markets Authority, Kenya

5. Best Performing Broker in Africa

• Imara
• PSG Online
• Standard Online Share Trading (OST)
• Rencap Securities
• BGL Securities
• Kestrel Capital
• Auerbach Grayson & Co.
• African Alliance Securities

6. Best Africa Fund Manager

• FBN Capital Asset Management Limited
• Investec Asset Managers
• Franklin Templeton Investments
• Momentum Asset Managers
• Emerging Capital Partners
• Ashmore Group
• Soros Fund Management
• Old Mutual

7. Best African Listing

• Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania)
• Nairobi Securities Exchange (Kenya)
• Alexander Forbes (South Africa)
• Seplat Petroleum Development Company (Nigeria)
• Arabian Cement Company (Egypt)
• Société d'Articles Hygiéniques (Tunisia)
• Mega African Capital (Ghana)
• TAQA (Morocco)

8. Best Performing Ai100 Company

• Zambia Sugar
• National Bank of Malawi
• Tanzania Breweries
• Orascom Telecom
• Standard Bank Group (Malawi)
• National Microfinance Bank
• Solibra
• Ciment Maroc

9. Best Performing Ai40 Company

• Vodafone Egypt
• TMG Holding
• Safaricom
• CGI
• Stanbic IBTC
• Anglo Platinum
• Sonatel
• Sasol

10. Most Innovative Ai SRI 50 Company

• Kenya Airways
• Dangote Cement
• First Bank Nigeria
• WBHO
• Stanbic IBTC Uganda
• Standard Chartered Ghana
• Telkom
• Sun Resorts

11. Most Innovative Ai SRI 30 Company

• Old Mutual
• Attijariwafa Bank
• MTN Group
• Mondi
• Dangote Sugar
• Guaranty Trust Bank
• Kenya Commercial Bank
• UBA Bank

12. Ai100 CEO of the Year

• Aubrey M. Chibumba, Managing Director, Zambia Sugar
• George Partridge, CEO, National Bank of Malawi
• Justice O'Donovan, Managing Director, Tanzania Breweries
• Naguib Sawiris, CEO, Orascom Telecom
• Andrew Mashanda, CEO, Standard Bank Group (Malawi)
• Mark Wiessing, CEO, National Microfinance Bank
• Jean-Claude Palu, President/Managing Director, Solibra
• Pradeep Paunrana, CEO, ARM Cement

13. Ai40 CEO of the Year

• Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Vodafone Egypt
• Tarek Talaat Moustafa, Chairman and Managing Director, TMG Holding
• Robert Collymore, CEO, Safaricom
• Saad Sebbar, CEO, Lafarge (Morocco)
• Mohamed Ali Ghannam, Director General, CGI
• Yinka Sanni, CEO, Stanbic IBTC
• Alioune Ndiaye, CEO, Sonatel
• David Constable, CEO, Sasol

14. Ai SRI 50 CEO of the Year

• Titus Naikuni, CEO, Kenya Airways
• D.V.G. Edwin, Managing Director/CEO, Dangote Cement
• Stephen Olabisi Onasanya, CEO, First Bank of Nigeria
• Aubrey M. Chibumba, Managing Director, Zambia Sugar
• Philip Odera, CEO, Stanbic IBTC Bank Uganda
• J. Kweku Bedu-Addo, CEO, Standard Chartered Ghana
• Sipho Maseko, CEO, Telkom
• Philippe Cassis, CEO, Sun Resorts

15. Ai SRI 30 CEO of the Year

• Julian Roberts, CEO, Old Mutual
• Mohamed El Kettani, CEO, Attijariwafa Bank
• Sifiso Dabengwa, CEO, MTN Group
• David Hathorn, CEO, Mondi
• Abdullahi Sule, CEO, Dangote Sugar
• Segun Agbaje, Managing Director/CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank
• Joshua Oigara, CEO, Kenya Commercial Bank
• Phillips Oduoza, CEO, UBA Bank

16. International Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year

• Government Pension Fund Global, Norway
• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
• China Investment Corporation
• Kuwait Investment Authority
• Temasek Holdings
• Mubadala Development Company (UAE)
• Qatar Investment Authority
• Korea Investment Corporation

17. African Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year

• Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
• Fundo Soberano de Angola
• Gabon Strategic Investment Fund
• Ghana Petroleum Fund
• Libyan Investment Authority
• Pula Fund, Botswana
• Revenue Regulation Fund, Algeria
• Le Fonds Souverain d'Investissement Strategiques (FONSIS), Senegal

18. International Pension Fund Initiative of the Year

• Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan)
• PensionDanmark
• Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3)
• CalSTRs
• British Telecom Pension Scheme Management Limited (BTPS)
• Pensionskassernes Administration A/S (Denmark)
• Pædagogernes Pensionskasse (Denmark)
• New Hampshire Retirement System

19. African Pension Fund Initiative of the Year

• Government Employees' Pension Fund (South Africa)
• Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (South Africa)
• Botswana Public Officers' Pension Fund
• National Pension Commission Nigeria
• Social Security & National Insurance Trust (Ghana)
• National Social Security Fund (Kenya)
• Government Institutions Pension Fund (Namibia)
• National Social Security Fund (Tanzania)Government Employees' Pension Fund (South Africa)
• Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (South Africa)
• Botswana Public Officers' Pension Fund
• National Pension Commission Nigeria
• Social Security & National Insurance Trust (Ghana)
• National Social Security Fund (Kenya)
• Government Institutions Pension Fund (Namibia)
• National Social Security Fund (Tanzania)

Note to Editors
For more information on the Africa investor (Ai) CEO Institutional Investment Summit and Index Series Awards, contact Catherine Wright on +27 11 783 2431 or cwright@africainvestor.com. About Africa investor - www.africainvestor.com

Africa investor is a specialist investment and communications group advising governments, international organisations and businesses on communication strategies for capital market and foreign direct investments in Africa. Africa investor publishes Africa investor, the leading international newsstand magazine for Africa's investment decision makers; maintains the Africainvestor 40 Investors' Index, hosts the Ai Index Series Summit & Awards and the Africa investor Infrastructure Projects Summit & Awards, among other events.

About the Africa investor Index Series

Africa investor Research provides a family of products and services that support our clients' investment processes in major asset classes across Africa. Our goal is to leverage our deep understanding of Africa's financial markets to turn data-driven insights into tools that our clients can use to meet their investment process needs. Ai produces weekly, value-traded adjusted, market capitalisation-weighted indices. Its Ai100 and Ai 40 Investors' indexes capture the top 40 and 100 of the largest and most liquid publicly traded stocks across Africa ranking them by market capitalisation and by liquidity as measured by the average daily value traded in US Dollars. The Ai40 and Ai100 indices can be found on Bloomberg and Reuters and are licensed to fund managers.