Nominees announced for the 2022 edition of the African Banker Awards
Over 60 nominees announced for the 2022 edition of the African Banker Awards
The event will be held in-person, in Accra, Ghana, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings
The theme of the Annual Meetings is Achieving Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition for Africa
London, 27th April 2022 – African Banker magazine announced the shortlist of nominees for this year's edition of the African Banker Awards. The African Banker Awards are a landmark annual event for African banking and a part of the official programme of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings. The theme of the overall AfDB Annual Meetings this year is "Achieving Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition for Africa".
This year the African Banker Awards committee added two new categories, FinTech of the Year and DFI of the Year. These categories acknowledge the significant role of DFIs as key actors in the post-pandemic recovery and also how the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in banking and financial services. "We saw everyone turbo charge their digital presence and FinTechs have become key players in the banking sphere," says Omar Ben Yedder, Publisher of African Banker magazine and Chair of the Awards Committee.
In total, 64 nominees were announced, representing banks, financial institutions and technology providers from across the African continent. "We received a record number of nominations for this year's edition of the Awards. My favourite categories are the Deals of the Year. They show that there is concrete action to tackle some of the most pressing issues on the continent, notably power and infrastructure," says Ben Yedder.
Asked what his address will focus on at this year's awards, he says that his remarks will “centre around the theme of banking sovereignty and ensuring we have greater autonomy to be able to support our own growth and development, be it in banking, in payment systems, in data and in empowering our development institutions on the continent."
For more information on the African Banker Awards 2022 visit: https://www.africanbankerawards.com
Please see below the full list of nominees per category:
African Banker of the Year Award
Ade Ayeyemi – Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
Adesola Adeduntan – First Bank Nigeria
Mukwandi Chibesakunda – Zambia National Commercial Bank
Benedict Oramah – Afreximbank
Admassu Tadesse – Trade and Development Bank
Herbert Wigwe – Access Bank
Vivienne Yeda – East African Development Bank
African Bank of the Year Award
Access Bank
Attijariwafa Bank
Bank of Africa
Bank of Industry
Ecobank
Guaranty Trust Bank
The Standard Bank Group
SME Bank of the Year Award
ABSA, Ghana
Commercial International Bank, Egypt
Ecobank
Fidelity Bank, Ghana
The Standard Bank Group DFI of the Year Award
AECF
Afreximbank
BADEA
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Trade and Development Bank
Award for Financial Inclusion
British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB)
Commercial International Bank, Egypt
Centenary Rural Development Bank, Uganda
Trade and Development Bank
Tugende Global, Uganda
Sustainable Bank of the Year Award
Commercial International Bank
Nedbank
Rand Merchant Bank
Standard Chartered
Trade and Development Bank
FinTech of the Year Award
Capricorn Digital Limited
Crowdyvest
Interswitch
JUMO
OPay
Deal of the Year Award – Agriculture
Expansion of Atlantic Shrimpers Limited (ASL) – Access Bank
$200m corporate facility to BUA Industries Limited – AFC
Multicurrency Facilities Agreement in favour of Canal Sugar Company – Afreximbank / National Bank of Egypt
Ghana Cocoa Board – Nedbank
Deal of the Year Award – Debt
Bidvest $800m 5NC2 Senior Unsecured bond – Bank of America
Bank of Industry €750m Debut Senior Note Participation Notes due 2027 – Bank of Industry
Bank One Currency Swap – Bank One Limited
€500m Benin SDG Bond – Citi
Access Bank $634.5m Syndicated Facility – Mashreq Bank UAE
Deal of the Year Award – Equity
Mutandis – Attijariwafa Bank
Momentum Metropolitan – Bank of America
Prosus’ c. $15bn Accelerated Equity Offering in Tencent – Citi
Divestment by Sasol of a 30% interest in the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (ROMPCO) – Nedbank
MTN Nigeria IPO – Renaissance Capital
Deal of the Year Award – Energy
Temane Thermal Power Station – Absa Mozambique and IFC
Abia State Geometric Power IPP Power Project – Afreximbank
Aftissat Wind Farm – Attijariwafa Bank
The Kinguele Aval Hydropower Project – IFC
Syndicated Facility to El Sewedy Group – National Bank of Egypt
Deal of the Year Award – Infrastructure
The Luanda Bita Water Supply Project – African Trade Insurance Agency
Tanger Alliance – Attijariwafa Bank
Lagos Free Zone Company Funding SPV – Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company
Gharably Integrated Engineering Company (GIECO) term loan – National Bank of Egypt
Kenya Roads Annuity Programme, Lots 15 and 18 – Standard Chartered