African Banker Awards 2020 Nominees

The Africa Banker Awards 2020 will be different compared to the previous years.

This year due to COVID-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony will be held virtually on 26th August 2020 when the winners will be announced.

This is the most prestigious Banking awards in Africa patronized by the African Development Bank.

Here are the African Banker Awards Nominees for the year 2020;

African Banker of the Year

Ade Ayeyemi – Ecobank

Tarek Fayed - Banque du Caire, Egypt

Joao Figueiredo – MozaBanco, Mozambique

James Mwangi – Equity Bank, Kenya

Herbert Wigwe - Access Bank, Nigeria

African Bank of the Year

Access Bank

Attijariwafa Bank

Ecobank

Guaranty Trust Bank

Trade and Development Bank

Investment Bank of the Year

Bank of America

Citi

EFG

Rand Merchant Bank

Award for Financial Inclusion

Carbon, Nigeria

Equity Bank, Kenya

Financial Regulatory Authority of Egypt

Jumo, South Africa

Kenya Women Microfinance Bank

Innovation in Banking

Absa, Regional Operations

Citi

Ecobank

Standard Bank, South Africa

Trade and Development Bank

Socially Responsible Bank of the Year

Attijariwafa Bank, Morocco

Banque Misr, Egypt

East African Development Bank

Equity Bank, Kenya

Standard Bank, South Africa

Deal of the Year - Equity

Access Acquisition of Diamond Bank - Chapel Hill Denham / Citi

Airtel Dual Listing - Citi

Clover Buy-out and De-listing - RMB

Helios Towers IPO - Standard Bank / RenCap / EFG Hermes / BOA and Jeffries

MTN Nigeria IPO - Chapel Hill Denham

Deal of the Year - Debt

Access Bank Green Bond - Chapel Hill Denham

AFC Kimchi Syndication – Nedbank/Shinhan Bank

Bank of Industry €1bn syndicated senior loan facility - BOI / Afreximbank / Credit Suisse

Cable Wireless Seychelles LBO - TDB

IHS$1.8bn dual currency facility - RMB / Citi

Project Isanti (Nampak funding facility) - Standard Bank

Infrastructure Deal of the Year

Acorn Green Bond - GuarantCo and Standard Bank

Gel Utility Nigeria – Infracredit

Nouakchott Port Financing - Hogan Lovells

Port of Maputo - Standard Bank

Standard Gauge Railway, Tanzania - CRDB

Energy Deal of the Year

Eranove Kekeli Power - Oragroup

Genser Energy Ghana - Standard Bank

Renewable Energy Bond - Nedbank

Rufiji Dam Tanzania - CRDB / Afreximbank

Sahara Power Assets - FBN

Agriculture Deal of the Year

Agri Exim - Absa Uganda

French Beans Project - Equity Bank

Kenya Women Microfinance Bank and USAID Kenya Investment Mechanism

Olam Rice Farm - Access Bank

Phoenix Trade Finance Facility - Afreximbank

SME Bank of the year

Bank of Industry, Nigeria

Bank Misr, Egypt

Ecobank

NBC, Tanzania

Sterling Bank, Nigeria

Source; African Banking Awards

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