LP AWARD
Old Mutual Alternative Investments
>Award collected byPaul Boynton,CEO at Old Mutual Alternative Investments
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Papa Madiaw Ndiaye,Founding Partner and CEO at AFIG
>This accolade is awarded based on voting by leading industry investors
WOMAN INVESTOR AWARD
Runa Alam,Co-Founding Partner and CEO at Development Partners International
VENTURE PHILANTHROPY AFRICA AWARD
Investec Asset Management
>Award collected byNick Tims, Managing Director at Investec
OUTSTANDING ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Norman Batuma, Founder and CEO at BAJ Stations
HOUSE AWARDS
HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Sub-Saharan Africa House of the Year
Carlyle
>Award collected byEric Kump, Head of the Africa Fund at Carlyle
Credit Investor of the Year
Investec Asset Management
>Award collected by Nick Tims, Managing Director at Investec
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: HOUSES
Regional Investor – North Africa
Mediterrania Capital Partners
>Award collected by Albert Alsina, CEO at Mediterrania
Exceptional Investor
XSML
>Award collected by Barthout Slingelandt, Managing Partner at XSML
DEAL AWARDS
DEAL OF THE YEAR
Large Cap Deal of the Year
Actis for Honoris Universities
>Award collected byRick Phillips, Partner at Actis
Mid Cap Deal of the Year
Amethis for Groupe Premium
>Award collected byLuc Rigouzzo, Managing Partner at Amethis
Small Cap Deal of the Year
Verod for Oreon Education
>Award collected byDanladi Verheijen, Managing Partner at Verod
Credit Deal of the Year
Investec for Akuo Kita Solar
>Award collected by Nick Tims, Managing Director at Investec
Infrastructure Deal of the Year
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) for Albatros
>Award collected by Romain Py, Head of transactions at AIIM
EXIT OF THE YEAR
Large Cap Exit of the Year
DiGAME for GetSmarter
>Award collected bySamer Salty, CIO at DiGAME
Mid Cap Exit of the Year
DPI for CAL Bank
>Award collected byRuna Alam,CEO at DPI
Small Cap Exit of the Year
AfricInvest for Comete Engineering
>Award collected byKhaled Ben Jilani,Senior Partner at AfricInvest
PORTFOLIO AWARDS
Overall Portfolio Company of the Year
8 Miles for Awash Wine
>Award collected byDoug Agble, Partner at 8 Miles
Development Impact
LeapFrog for Goodlife
>Award collected byKarima Ola, Partner at LeapFrog
Social Impact
AfricInvest for Esprit
>Award collected byKhaled Ben Jilani, Senior Partner at AfricInvest
Innovation
Injaro for Agricare
>Award collected byJerry Parkes, CEO at Injaro
Improvement
TLG for Cipla Quality Chemicals
>Award collected byFrederic Bidet, COO at TLG
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: DEALS
Specialist deal – Consumer
Helios for GBFoods Africa
>Award collected byNimit Shah, Partner at Helios
Specialist deal – Healthcare
Alta Semper for Macro Pharmaceuticals
>Award collected by Afsane Jetha, CEO at Alta Semper
ADVISORS AWARDS
LEGAL ADVISORS
Overall Legal Advisor of the Year
Clifford Chance
>Award collected by Spencer Baylin, Partner at Clifford Chance
Funds Legal Advisor of the Year
Simmons & Simmons
>Award collected by Cindy Valentine, Partner at Simmons & Simmons
Deals Legal Advisor of the Year
Clifford Chance
>Award collected by Spencer Baylin, Partner at Clifford Chance
Local Legal Advisor of the Year
Webber Wentzel
> Award collected by Nicole Paige, Partner at Webber Wentzel
Single Deal Global Legal Advisor of the Year
Latham & Watkins for Interswitch
> Award collected by Kem Ihenacho, Partner at Latham & Watkins
Single Deal Local Legal Advisor of the Year
Bowmans for Aon
> Award collected by John Bellew, Partner at Bowmans
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Fund Administrator of the Year
Trident Trust
>Award collected by Karine Seguin, Head of Business Development at Trident
Global Financial Advisor
KPMG
>Award collected by Dapo Okubadejo, Partner at KPMG
Corporate Finance Advisor
Perigeum Capital
>Award collected by Shamin Sookia, Managing Director at Perigeum