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Organizers of the African Banker Awards have announced shortlisted nominees in the different categories. The awards are hotly contested and will be on 22 May during the annual meetings of the African Development Bank in Busan, South Korea.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 African Banker Awards, Morocco’s Groupe Banque Populaire triumphs as 2015 African Bank of the Year and Ghana’s Albert Essien, Group CEO of Ecobank, wins African Banker of the Year award.
Women triumphed at African Banker Awards 2014, winning 3 top awards including Vivienne Yeda as African Banker of the Year. GT Bank is African Bank of the Year.
Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange, will be celebrating the rise and rise of African fixed interest on Monday 2 July, when he opens the 2nd Africa Debt Capital Markets Summit at the LSE.
The best in African banking was celebrated recently at the 6th edition of the African Banker Awards, under the patronage of the African Development Bank and African Banker magazine, in Arusha, Tanzania.