African Pension Funds to be Honoured at Africa Investor Institutional Investment Awards in New York

Executive Governors, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State,Tony Elumelu Foundation Chief Operating Officer, Abimbola Adebakin, with the Kaduna State based Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs at a meet-up session hosted by His Excellency Governor El-Rufai as part of his focus on promoting entrepreneurship in the state.
26 August 2015
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Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced that both international and domestic pension funds, as well as leading pension fund personalities, will be recognised at the Africa investor (Ai) Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards 2015 in New York. These Ai Awards will be held on the 25th of September 2015 at the Thomson Reuters offices on 195 Broadway in New York, USA, and will take place during the UN General Assembly.

Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairman of Africa investor, said, "Africa is set to see the highest global growth in the coming years and, coupled with the fact that Africa's six largest pension fund assets are set to exceed US $7 trillion by 2050, this holds exciting possibilities for Africa's capital market development and investment growth prospects."

Since 2005, Africa investor has pioneered these first-of-their-kind, market-leading international Ai Investment Awards to showcase Africa's investment leaders and world class transactions.These Ai Awards are the only international pan-African investment Awards designed to
recognise Africa's institutional investors, pension and sovereign wealth funds and capital market leaders.

Ai Awards will be presented for the International Pension Fund Investment Initiative of the Year, the African Pension Fund Investment Initiative of the Year and the African Pension Fund Investment Personality of the Year. Commenting on the Ai Pension Fund Awards categories, Danso said; "For Africa to realise its economic potential, it is critical that long-term industries, such as infrastructure, energy and transport, provide the groundwork for private equity transaction growth and job creation in Africa.

We are therefore delighted to recognise the leading role that institutional investors and, more especially, international and domestic pension funds play in these transformative investments in Africa. Africa investor is honoured to be able to pioneer this recognition and we salute all shortlisted pension fund leaders and institutional investor institutions." Past Ai Investment Award personalities and institutions honoured include: Mohamed A. El-Erian, former CEO of PIMCO; Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE; Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of
Templeton Emerging Markets Group; the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa; the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority; the Botswana Public Officers' Pension Fund and
BlackRock, amongst many others.

These prestigious international Ai Awards will be held during the Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit on the 25th of September 2015 at the Thomson Reuters offices, 195 Broadway, New York. Ai Summit partners include the World Pensions Council, the Institutional Limited Partners Association, the African Pension Fund Network and the African Securities Exchanges Association, amongst other prestigious institutions.

To register, please contact Precious Nkandu at pnkandu@africainvestor.com or +27 11 783 2431.

For more information on the Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market 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 firm advising governments, international organisations and businesses on 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 CEO Institutional Investment Summit & Awards and the Africa
investor CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit & Awards, among other events.

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