Mrs. Vivien Shobo wins the prestigious African Banker Icon Award. Vivien Shobo, who was the CEO of ratings and advisory firm, Agusto & Co up until last December. She was recognised for playing an instrumental role in developing Nigeria’s credit markets and also for helping grow a truly world class organisation that is competing against much better resourced international players.
Winners of the 2020 edition of the African Banker Awards (www.AfricanBankerAwards.com) were announced at a virtual Awards ceremony on Wednesday. The awards were pushed back to August to coincide with the African Development Annual Meetings which are taking place this week, with the election of the new president of the bank expected today.
The Awards are considered the Oscars of the African banking community and given the impartial selection and judging process are the most respected in the field.
Other big winners of the prestigious are;
- African Banker of the Year Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank
- Lifetime Achievement Award Ahmed Abdelkefi, Founder Tunisie Leasing; Tuninvest; Tunisie Valeurs
- African Bank of the Year Trade and Development Bank (TDB)
- Minister of Finance of the Year Ms Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance of Nigeria
- Central Bank Governor of the Year Caroline Abel, Central Bank Governor of Seychelles
- Investment Bank of the Year Citi
- Award for Financial Inclusion Kenya Women Microfinance
- SME Bank of the Year Bank of Industry, Nigeria
- Socially Responsible Bank of the Year Equity Bank, Kenya
- Innovation in Banking Ecobank
- Deal of the Year – Equity MTN Nigeria IPO – Chapel Hill Denham
- Deal of the Year – Debt Bank of Industry €1bn syndicated senior loan facility – Bank of Industry / Afreximbank/ Credit Suisse
- Infrastructure Deal of the Year Port of Maputo – Standard Bank
- Energy Project of the Year Renewable Energy Bond – Nedbank
- Agri Deal of the Year Olam Rice Farm – Access Bank
- Regional Bank of the Year East Africa – Equity Bank West Africa – Coris North Africa – CIB, Egypt Southern Africa – Moza Banco Central Africa – BGFI, Gabon
African Banker: African Banker (www.AfricanBankerAwards.com) is a quarterly magazine dedicated to banking and finance in Africa. It taps into the growing demand for information about Africa’s banking and financial world, a sector that is consolidating rapidly and reshaping the economy of the continent.
