HOUSE AWARDS
HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Overall House of the Year
AfricInvest
Small Cap House of the Year
Goodwell Investments
REGIONAL & SPECIALIST INVESTORS
Regional Investor of the Year – West Africa
Verod Capital Management
Regional Investor of the Year – North Africa
Mediterrania Capital Partners
Specialist Investor of the Year
Norsad Finance
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: HOUSES
Credit Investor
TLG Capital
Frontier Investor
XSML
First-Time GP
Inside Capital Partners
DEAL AWARDS
DEAL OF THE YEAR
Large Cap Deal
Amethis for Naivas (SR)
Top Finalists: Berkshire Partners (Teraco), Duet (Mbuyelo Coal)
Mid Cap Deal of the Year
Phatisa for Rolfes
Top Finalists: Adenia (Quick Mart), ECP (Togocom)
Small Cap Deal of the Year
Verod for DTRT Apparel
Top Finalists: Cepheus (Tabor Ceramics), TLG (TLG Pharma)
SPECIALIST SINGLE DEALS
Venture Capital Deal of the Year
Alitheia, Goodwell for MAX.ng
Debt Deal of the Year
TLG for Platcorp Holdings
Top Finalists: Knife Capital (Snapplify), TLG (Express Pharmacies), TLG (Atlas Mara)
EXIT OF THE YEAR
Overall Exit of the Year
Actis for Paycorp
Top Finalists: Phatisa (Meridian), Vital Capital (Kora Housing)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: EXITS
Landmark Exit
Development Partners International for Eaton Towers
Specialist Exit
Vital Capital for Kora Housing
PORTFOLIO AWARDS
Development Impact
Denham for Themis Energy
Improvement
Alta Semper for Macro Pharmaceuticals
Innovation
AIIM for Beyond Energy
Social Impact
Verod for Emzor Pharmaceutical
ADVISORS AWARDS
LEGAL ADVISORS
Overall Legal Advisor of the Year
Clifford Chance
Top Finalists: Bowmans, Debevoise & Plimpton, Dentons, Webber Wentzel
Deals Legal Advisor of the Year
Bowmans
Top Finalists: Charles Russell Speechlys, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, Webber Wentzel, White & Case
Funds Legal Advisor of the Year
Webber Wentzel
Top Finalists: Bowmans, Clifford Chance, Simmons & Simmons
Local Legal Advisor of the Year
Anjarwalla & Khanna
Top Finalists: Bowmans, Webber Wentzel
Frontier Legal Advisor of the Year
Musa Dudhia & Company
Top Finalists: AELEX, Aman Assefa & Associates, Aluko & Oyebode, Banwo & Ighodalo, The New Practice, Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie
SINGLE DEAL LEGAL ADVISORS
Single Deal Global Legal Advisor of the Year
Latham & Watkins for Interswitch
Top Finalists: Norton Rose Fulbright (ETI), White & Case (Twiga Foods)
Single Deal Local Legal Advisor of the Year
CDH for Footgear
Top Finalists: Aluko & Oyebode (Nile), Anjarwalla & Khanna (East African Seed)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: SINGLE DEAL LEGAL
Specialist Deal Legal Advisor
Debevoise & Plimpton for AGHF
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Global Financial Advisor
KPMG (SR)
Local Financial Advisor
Perigeum Capital (SR)
Fund Administrator of the Year
Trident Trust
Top Finalists: Intercontinental Trust, IQ-EQ
SINGLE DEAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Single Deal Global Financial Advisor
Grant Thornton for Cimentos da Beira (SR)
Single Deal Local Financial Advisor
BMCE Capital for Akdital (SR)
Single Deal Corporate Advisor of the Year
CardinalStone for NEM Insurance
Top Finalists: Àrgentil (Axxela), Burbidge Capital (Software Technologies), Open Capital Advisors (Rent to Own), Theodore Partners (Prime Bank)