Johannesburg/ Washington DC — Investment awards for African leaders to be presented during Africa investor Awards ceremony at World Bank Annual Meetings
Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced that the prestigious Ai Investment and Business Leader Awards 2014 will take place in less than a week at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC on the 9th of October 2014, during the Ai CEO Investment Summit. The Summit will be held in association with the IFC and the World Bank Group Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice in advance of the upcoming annual meetings.
These prestigious Awards are the longest standing international investment awards that reward exceptional business practices, economic achievements and investments across Africa, and recognise the institutions and individuals improving the continent’s investment climate. The full 2014 shortlist is below.
Commenting on the Awards, Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairman of Africa investor, said; “We are delighted that these prestigious international awards recognising Africa’s business leaders and international investors investing in Africa continue to grow from strength to strength. There is no doubt that the shortlisted nominees and award winners play an important role internationally, showcasing the continent as place to do business and to invest through their success stories.”
The Africa investor Investment and Business Leader Awards will be presented on the 9th of October 2014 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Washington DC, during the Africa investor CEO Investment Summit, held in association with the IFC and the World Bank Group Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice.
The Ai Investment and Business Leader Awards Nominees 2014
1. Best Initiative in Support of SMEs and the Millennium Development Goals
Nigerian Stock Exchange
Growthpoint Properties
Equity Bank
Siemens AG
Pepsi South Africa
Unilever
Microsoft
Econet Wireless
2. Investment Climate Initiative of the Year
MIGA
ACP Business Climate Facility
Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA)
Government of Kenya
Investment Climate Facility
TradeMark East Africa
IDB
Power Africa
3. Bank of the Year
Standard Bank
Banque Marocaine du Commerce
Kenya Commercial Bank
UBA
Barclays
Standard Chartered Bank
Attijariwafa Bank
Ecobank
4. Ai Green Investment Initiative of the Year
Mainstream Renewable Power
Standard Bank
GE Africa
IDC
South African Airways/Boeing
African Development Bank
Sunbird Group
ARM Cement
5. Venture Capital/Private Equity Deal of the Year
Helios
Actis
The Abraaj Group
Phatisa
The Carlyle Group
Emerging Capital Partners
Amethis Finance/Edmond de Rothschild
Blackstone/Black Rhino
6. Employer and Human Capital Investor of the Year
Nestle
SAP
Orange
Unilever
Microsoft
Bolloré Africa
GE Africa
Frigoken Limited
7. Institutional Investor of the Year
The Carlyle Group
Edmond de Rothschild
BlackRock
CalSTRS
Ashmore Equities Investment Management
Oppenheimer
Franklin Templeton
Soros Fund Management
8. Investment Promotion Agency of the Year
Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest)
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)
Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
Centro de Promoção de Investimentos, Mozambique
Zambia Development Agency
Agence Marocaine de Développement des Investissements
Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte d'Ivoire
9. Leadership in Sustainable Investment in Africa
GE Africa
AfDB
Oando
Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria
Rand Water
IDB
Puma Energy
Frigoken Limited
10. Africa's Innovation Leader of the Year
Sudhir Ruparelia, Chairman, Ruparelia Group
Richard Brasher, CEO, Pick n Pay
Brian Molefe, CEO, Transnet
Adrian Gore, CEO, Discovery
Paul Edwards, CEO, Emerging Markets Payments
James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank
Michael T. Mack, CEO, Syngenta
David Constable, CEO, Sasol
11. Africa's Leading Women in Business
Sola David Borha, CEO, Stanbic IBTC
Folorunsho Alakija, Oil investor, Nigeria
Isabel Dos Santos, Investor, Angola
Minoush Abdel-Meguid, Co-Founder, Union Capital
Wendy Ackerman, Business woman, South Africa
Monica Musonda, CEO and Founder, Java Foods
Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa
Clare Akamanzi, COO, Rwanda Development Board
12. African Business Leader of the Year
Oscar Onyema, CEO, Nigerian Stock Exchange
Dr Ahmed Heikal, CEO and Founder, Qalaa Holdings
Nassef Sawiris, CEO, Orascom Construction
Alioune Ndiaye, CEO, Sonatel
Alan Clark, CEO, SABMiller
Segun Agbaje, CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank
Sudhir Ruparelia, Chairman, Ruparelia Group
Patrice Motsepe, Founder, African Rainbow Minerals
13. International Business Leader of the Year
Pedro Pinto-Coelho, CEO, Standard Bank Angola
Bob Diamond, Co-Founder, Atlas Mara
Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone
Frans van Houten, CEO, Philips
Joe Kaeser, CEO, Siemens
Chuck Green, CEO, Helios Towers
Andrew Mackenzie, CEO, BHP Billiton
Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever
14. Up and Coming Future Leader of the Year
Issam Chleuh, Founder, Africa Impact Group
Sangu Delle, Founder, Golden Palm Investment
Tunde Kehinde, Co-Founder, Jumia
James Mworia, CEO, Centum Investment Company
Isaac Oboth, Founder, Media256
Jack Nkusi Kayonga, CEO, Rwandan Development Bank
Alex Okosi, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks Africa
Ashish Thakkar, Founder and Managing Director, Mara Group
15. Finance Minister of the Year
Amara M. Konneh, Minister of Finance, Republic of Liberia
Armando Manuel, Minister of Finance, Republic of Angola
Pierre Laporte, Minister of Finance, Republic of Seychelles
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Rwanda
Mohamed Boussaid, Minister of Finance and Economy, Kingdom of Morocco
Alexander Chikwanda, Minister of Finance, Republic of Zambia
Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Republic of Kenya
16. Central Bank Governor of the Year
Linah Mohohlo, Governor, Bank of Botswana
Gill Marcus, Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa
Rundheersing Bheenick, Governor, Bank of Mauritius
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda
Amadou Colley, Governor, Central Bank of the Gambia
Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, Governor, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor, Bank al-Maghrib (Morocco)
Dr Michael Gondwe, Governor, Bank of Zambia
17. Global Investment Personality of the Year
To be announced at the Awards ceremony
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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 Africa
investor 40 Investors’ Index, hosts the Ai Index Series Summit & Awards and the Africa investor
Infrastructure Projects Summit & Awards, among other events.
For more information on the Africa investor (Ai) CEO Investment Summit and Index Series
Awards, contact Catherine Wright on +27 11 783 2431 or cwright@africainvestor.com.
