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Herbert Wigwe [PHOTO CREDIT: Access Bank]

Herbert Wigwe [PHOTO CREDIT: Access Bank]

Nigerians shine at African Bankers Awards

byPress Release
August 26, 2020
4 min read

Winners of the 2020 edition of the African Banker Awards (www.AfricanBankerAwards.com) were announced today at a virtual Awards ceremony. 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 tomorrow.

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.

The big winners this year were Nigerian-based group Access Bank and also women in the banking and finance sector. Following on from what was seen as a lack of inclusion last year, the organisers put an emphasis to reward institutions that ensured that women and financial inclusion at the forefront of their agenda.

Access Bank’s Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe, won this year’s African Banker of the Year. Access ranks as one of Africa’s top-tier banks and Wigwe has been at the helm of the bank’s growth and expansion, including the oversight of the takeover of Diamond Bank, a bank that was much bigger than Access Bank less than 15 years ago. Access Bank also won Agriculture deal of the year, in their role to help Olam develop their rice operations in Nigeria.

Women were also the big winners at this year’s awards. The Central Bank Governor of the year went to Caroline Abel, from the Seychelles and the Finance Minister of the Year went to Nigeria’s Zainab Ahmed. The organisers had noted that despite difficult circumstances Ms Ahmed had managed to push through a set of difficult reforms as well as successfully engaging international partners to help the country navigate an extremely challenging economic environment.

African Banker Icon was given to 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.

Tunisian pioneer Ahmed Abdelkefi won the Lifetime Achievement Award. This businessman and financier was the founder of numerous businesses operating in leasing, brokerage and investment banking. He also founded private equity group Tuninvest, and then launching Africinvest, without doubt one of Africa’s most successful Africa-owned PE firms.

The split of the other winners was quite even. TDB won Bank of the Year. Incidentally, its CEO, Admassu Tadesse, won Banker of the Year at last year’s ceremony. The organisers added a number of awards this year to reflect the AfDB’s High Fives Agenda. The energy deal of the year went to a renewable energy bond structured by Nedbank and infrastructure deal of the year went to the Port of Maputo in a transaction led by Standard Bank. The SME bank of the year went to Nigeria’s Bank of Industry.

Commenting on this year’s awards, Omar Ben Yedder, Publisher of African Banker said: “It’s been a momentous year in every sense. Banks will have to play a lead role in kick-starting post-Covid growth and sustaining the real economy. Governments and regulators have done an excellent job with limited means and both our winners Caroline Abel and Zainab Ahmed have demonstrated strong leadership there. Banks will need to work with institutions and partners to ensure liquidity doesn’t dry up. To quote our Lifetime Achievement Winner: Keep moving forward: adapt, innovate, take risks. That’s your job. Today’s crisis is neither the first and it will not be the last.”

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The Awards took virtually on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings which are now officially open.

The awards, which are held under the high patronage of the African Development Bank, are sponsored by the African Guarantee Fund as Platinum Sponsor, the Bank of Industry as Gold Sponsor and Moza Banco as Associate Sponsor.

The 2020 African Banker Award Winners

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African Banker of the Year
Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank

Lifetime Achievement Award
Ahmed Abdelkefi, Founder Tunisie Leasing; Tuninvest; Tunisie Valeurs

African Banker Icon
Vivien Shobo, Former CEO Agusto & Co.

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

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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

For more on the African Banker Awards, please visit: www.AfricanBankerAwards.com

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of IC Publications.

Media Contact:
awards@icpublications.com

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.

About IC Events – IC Publications:
IC Publications (www.ICPublications.com) has over 50 years’ experience in publishing magazines, newsletters, country supplements, industry reports and market intelligence on Africa. Our market-leading titles (African Business, African Banker, New African, and New African Woman) are published in both English and French, with a combined global readership of over 2 500 000.

IC Events (www.IC-Events.net) was established to complement IC Publication’s publishing arm. Together with its dedicated team of specialists and extensive network of contacts, IC Events tailors innovative forums, roundtables and workshops responding to the most pressing issues in Africa. IC Events’ activities are 100% results-driven, bringing together major stakeholders and partners involved in the topics tackled to achieve concrete action plans.

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