Elevate your brand and apply for the Pan-African Business and Development Awards

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: 21st May

This year's Pan-African Business and Development Awards are taking place in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 12 June, on the sidelines of the Afreximbank Annual Meetings.

The Pan-African Business and Development Awards were designed by Afreximbank and the Business Council for Africa to celebrate and recognise the excellence of outstanding organisations and individuals within the African business and finance sectors, and celebrate the organisations and leaders that epitomise the Pan-African spirit by leading the way in building substantive and transformational cross border businesses.

To submit your application to the Pan-African Business Development Awards 2024, click the Apply Now buttons below each of the following categories.

Categories:

Pan-African Business of the Year

This award will honor businesses that have introduced innovative practices, promoted the African agenda, and made significant economic and social contributions, reshaping the narrative of African commerce.

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Pan-African Diaspora Business of the Year

This award recognizes the diaspora’s impact on economic growth and cultural ties with Africa, celebrating businesses that strengthen connections between Africa and the diaspora through shared history and culture.

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Pan-African Financial Institution of the Year

This award will go to a financial institution that has demonstrated exceptional performance as well as being aligned to the ideals of the African Export Import Bank’s in terms of promoting trade on the continent.

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2023 Previous Winners:

Aliko Dangote (GCON)

Chairman & CEO - Dangote Group

Winner - Afreximbank Founder of the Year 2023

Strive Masiyiwa

Founder of Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Also Recognised - Afreximbank Founder of the Year 2023

Koffi Gervais Djondo

Founder of Ecobank

Also Recognised - Afreximbank Founder of the Year 2023

Ethiopian Airlines

Winner - Pan-African Business of the Year 2023

MTN

Also Recognised - Pan-African Business of the Year 2023

ElSewedy

Also Recognised - Pan-African Business of the Year 2023

National Bank of Egypt

Pan-African Financial Institutions of the Year 2023

First Bank of Nigeria

Pan-African Financial Institutions of the Year 2023

Coris Bank

Pan-African Financial Institutions of the Year 2023