Finalists for the Africa CEO Forum Awards 2016

This year, for the fourth time, the achievements of CEOs and companies in Africa will be honored during the Africa CEO Forum Awards 2016.

A new category "Young CEO of the Year" has been introduced and will recognize the achievements of a young and upcoming CEO.

Six prizes will be announced on the evening of 21 March 2016, in the presence of Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. Finalists in the various categories include:

African Company of the Year

1. Ascendis Heath
2. Dangote Group
3. Ison Group
4. Maroc Telecom
5. Naspers
6. Safaricom
7. Sanlam
8. Seplat

African Bank of the Year

1. Afriland First Bank
2. Attijariwafa Bank
3. BGFIBank Holding
4. Guaranty Trust Bank
5. Groupe Banque Populaire
6. Rawbank
7. Standard Bank Group
8. Zenith Bank

Private Equity Investor of the Year

1. Africa Finance Corporation
2. AfricInvest
3. Amethis Finance
4. BlackStone
5. ECP
6. KKR
7. Vital Capital Fund
8. Wendel Africa

International Corporation of the Year

1. Africa Internet Group
2. AXA
3. CFAO
4. G4S
5. Heineken
6. OLAM
7. NecoTrans
8. Unilever

CEO of the Year

1. Aliko Dangote, President / CEO, Dangote Group
2. Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi, Chairman of the board, Bank of Africa Group
3. Divine Ndhlukula, Founder and MD, Securico
4. Fatima Beyina-Moussa, MD, Ecair
5. Jaswinder Bedi, CEO, Bedi Investments
6. Jean Kacou Diagou, President, NSIA Group
7. Oba Otudeko, President, Honeywell Group
8. Zouhair Bennani, CEO, Label'Vie

Young CEO of the Year

1. Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder and CEO, Mara Group
2. Gossy Ukanwoke, Founder, BAU R&D
3. Jason Njoku, Co-Founder and CEO, Iroko
4. Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua, CEO, Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial
5. Michael Macharia, Founder and Group CEO, Seven Seas Technologies
6. Saad Sefrioui, MD, Groupe Addoha
7. Sangu Delle, Founder and CEO, Golden Palm Investments
8. Sébastien Kadio-Morokro, MD, Petro Ivoire

Since the first AFRICA CEO FORUM AWARDS in 2012, nearly 100 companies, Private Equity Funds and CEOs have been nominated by succeeding juries and 20 Awards have been presented.

To find out more: www.theafricaceoforumawards.com

Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of the Africa CEO Forum.