Category: Business & Economy

Winners of the 9th EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2016

1. Access Bank Plc won in three categories awarded to financial institutions in the Pan-African Region: the ‘CEO of the Year’, awarded to Access Bank’s Group Managing Director and CEO, Herbert Wigwe; ‘Best Bank in Nigeria’ and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’.
2. United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc won the ‘Bank of The Year 2016’ in Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Senegal, Cameroon and Chad.
3. FBN Capital Limited, the Investment Banking and Asset Management business of FBN Holdings Plc, received the prestigious ‘Best Local Investment Bank in Nigeria’ and ‘Best Asset Manager in Nigeria’ awards.

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Sterling Bank of Nigeria has won the title of Excellence in Mobile Banking at the Lafferty Global Awards in Cape Town, jointly with FNB South Africa.

Second Place $100,000

• Education: Abideen Adelu – Nigeria – “Mobile application for students”

Pioneer Awards, $50,000

• Murtula Sanni – Nigeria – “Online platform for skilled workers”

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, has been named the ‘Best African Small and Medium Enterprises Development Bank’ of the year by the African Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (AASME)

Dana Air has been admitted by International Air Transport Association (IATA) into its global safety registry; after passing the International Operations Safety Audit (IOSA).

Three Fellows; Buba Imrana, founder of My TV My School Initiative; Adeloye Olarenwaju, founder of SaferMom and Okocha Nkem, founder of Mamamonrize won 1,000,000 each at the 2016 Social Innovators Programme and Awards (SIPA), organised by Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa, in partnership with Union Bank Nigeria Plc