African Banker Awards 2016 to be held in Lusaka Zambia

African Banker Awards will be held in Lusaka, Zambia on 25/05/2016
Kenya Commercial Bank CEO Mr.Joshua Oigara has been nominated for Banker of the year.Kenya Commercial Bank,Safaricom and Equity Bank have been nominated in Various categories.
The awards are open to all African financial institutions, including banks, micro-financiers, investment banks, development finance institutions and other financial services institutions.

2016 Banker Awards Shortlist include
Banker of the Year
Segun Agbaje – GTB Nigeria
Hisham Ezz el Arab – CIB Egypt
Joshua Nyamweya Oigara – KCB Kenya
Dr Charles Kimei – CRDB Bank Tanzania
Paulo Alexandre Duarte de Sousa – BCI Bank Mozambique

Bank of the Year
Attijariwafa, Morocco
Banque Centrale Populaire, Morocco
Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria
Standard Bank Group
Mauritius Commercial Bank, Mauritius

Best Retail Bank
BCI, Mozambique
CRDB Bank, Tanzania
Ecobank
Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria
KCB, Kenya

Investment Bank of the Year
Citigroup
Fieldstone
Lazard
Rand Merchant Bank
Vetiva

Award for Financial Inclusion
Attijariwafa Bank, Morocco
Banque Nationale pour le Developpement Economique, Senegal
Ecobank
Mastercard – National Bank of Egypt
Safaricom and KCB, Kenya

CSR
Bank M, Tanzania
BMCE, Morocco
Commercial International Bank, Egypt
Ecobank
Standard Chartered, Zambia

Innovation
Bidvest and Mastercard, South Africa
Equity Bank, Kenya
Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria
Mauritius Commercial Bank, Mauritius
Ovamba Cameroon Solutions, Cameroon

Deal of the Year – Equity
EDITA Food Industries IPO (EFG)
Mediclinic’s $2.1bn reverse takeover of Al Noor Hospitals (RMB)
Oando $290m rights issue (Vetiva)
Naspers $2.5bn Accelerated Equity Offering (Citi)
Saham’s acquisition of majority stake in Continental Re. (Stanbic IBTC)

Deal of the Year – Debt
Accugas (FBN Capital)
Cameroon’s currency swap (Lazard)
Cote d’Ivoire Sukuk (ICD)
Richard Bay Minerals Syndicated Term (Rand Merchant Bank)
Transcorp Domestic Bond (United Capital and Stanbic IBTC)

Infrastructure Deal of the Year
Azura – Edo IPP (Fieldstone; Rand Merchant Bank; Standard Bank; IFC)
Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro Power Station (Fieldstone)
Maamba Collieries (Barclays)
Minister of Finance Angola Roads Financing (Rand Merchant Bank)
Zina Solar One Power Solar Project (Rand Merchant Bank)