Winners of the African Banker Awards 2009 announced

“Celebrating success in African banking at an unforgettable evening”

Africa’s top bankers, ministers of finance, governors of central banks and industry leaders came together on the 6th of October at the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, to recognize the continent’s successes in banking at an unforgettable awards ceremony and gala dinner.
Bankers from Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Angola, South Africa, Togo, Ghana, Mali and Chad, representing North, South, East, West and Central Africa, were amongst the nominees of this year’s African Banker Awards making this truly a pan-African gathering of champions.

African Banker, the leading magazine dedicated to banking and finance in Africa, announced today the shortlist for its annual African Banker Awards to be held on the 6th October 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel during the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Istanbul, Turkey.

Supported by the African Development Bank the African Banker Awards recognise and reward individuals, companies and institutions which have excelled in Africa’s banking and financial sector over the last year. Twice as many entries have been received compared to previous years making this year’s African Banker Awards a fiercely contested competition.

With an ABC figure of 99,560 copies audited circulation for the fifth consecutive year,

IC Publications have registered an impressive increase. The new ABC certificates for January to December 2008 show a growth of 19% in comparison to 2007 figures.

The three IC magazines, New African, The Middle East and African Business, continue

to be the undisputed leading pan-African and pan-Arab monthlies in English.

A Glittering African night

Bankers from Kenya, South Africa, Tunisia, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Malawi representing North, South, East, West and Central Africa won the African Banker Awards 2008 in Washington D.C on Friday 10^th of October. The African Banker of the Year award went to Dr Tony Elumelu, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the African Bank of the Year award went to Intercontinental Bank Plc, Nigeria and the Lifetime Achievement award was presented to one of the pioneers of African banking, Otunba Dr Michael Balogun the founder of the First City Merchant Bank (FCMB) Nigeria.

The shortlisted companies and individuals for the African Banker Awards 2008 have been announced. The unique ceremony, organised in partnership with BusinessinAfrica Events, will recognize and reward across 17 award categories the individuals, companies and institutions which have excelled in Africa’s banking and financial sector over the last year. 

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An unforgettable African night

CBC-African Business Awards 2008

MTN, Arnold Ekpe and Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke take the Top Honours at a glittering evening in London.The inaugural CBC-African Business awards took place on Thursday evening, 3 July 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.  Just under 500 government, business and media leaders from Africa, Europe, Asia and the USA attended the CBC - African Business Awards. Ephraim Inoni, Prime Minister of Cameroon, Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho,   Senator Daggash, Nigeria’s Minister of National Planning, Neville Isdell, Chairman of Coca Cola and other prominent diplomats and businessmen presented the Awards to the winners in a festive and memorable African night. 

For the fourth consecutive year IC Publications magazines have registered an increase in their audited circulation. The new ABC certificates, for January to December 2007 show a cumulative growth of 8.6% in comparison to 2006 figures, and a 42% rise since the group re-joined ABC in 2004. The three IC magazines, New African, The Middle East and African Business, continue to be the undisputed leading pan-African and pan-Arab monthlies in English.

We are launching a new quarterly magazine in French: New African, Édition Internationale en français, Le Magazine De L’Afrique. It will contain the best features, reports and comments of the New African, African Business and The Middle East as well as our own in-house editorial, opinion and debates. For an overview of the content please click here. The magazine is now on sale!

Please download the full press release here: African Banker Award Winners (PDF)

African Banker is a new quarterly magazine dedicated to banking and finance in Africa. It covers news from the banking, finance, insurance, stock markets, currency, capital markets, direct and indirect financial investment sectors. It taps into the growing demand for information about Africa’s banking and financial world.

The awards are designed to recognise the rapid modernisation, consolidation, integration and expansion of the African banking sector which has inspired the introduction of the specialist publication, “African Banker”.  The African Banker Awards 2008 will be hold in Washington D.C. on Monday 13th of October.

For more information, please follow the link to www.africanbankerawards.com

IC Publications magazines have once again registered an increase in their audited circulation for 2006. The new ABC certificates, for January to December 2006 show a cumulative growth of 6.4% over the 2005 figures. The three IC magazines, New African, The Middle East and African Business, continue to be the undisputed leading pan-African and pan-Arab monthlies in English. These increases in circulation follow an impressive 23% growth in 2005.

We would like say goodbye to Antonio de Figueiredo a long standing collaborator and columnist to New African who passed away at the end of November.  He wrote his first article for the magazine in 1966 and the last one in our 40th anniversary issue this month.  He will be missed by all at IC Publications and by our readers. His columns were always interesting and his insight great. We thank him for his work and send our condolences to his family in this sad moment. Adeus Antonio.

October 2006 issues saw our highest print run in a decade with a combined print run of 150,000. The breakdown across all three magazines was 99,383 for New African, 27,079 for The Middle East and 24,215 for African Business. These figures bring our readership close to 1 million readers across Africa, the Middle East and around the world.

African Business is yet again in the shortlist for Best Publication at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards. The prestigious prize, which African Business won in 2005, will be awarded at a ceremony in London on the 29th of June.

The 2005 ABC circulation figures have just been released. IC Publications are happy to show a year on year 23% increase in circulation across the group, with sales of all three titles growing considerably. We are happy to maintain our position as the best selling pan Arab and pan African magazines in English.Click here to read the full story(pdf format, 32KB).

The 2005 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards were won by African Business (best magazine) and by its editor Anver Versi (best journalist). Click here for Anver Versi's latest editorials.