Banjul, January 24, 2025. The Financial Afrik Awards were held on January 22 and 23 in Banjul at the magical venue of the Sir Dawda Kairaba Conference Center. More than 22 nationalities were represented among the 400 delegates who came to participate in the conference “PPP, an alternative to public debt” and the roundtable “Arab World Africa”. Bankers, government ministers, and institutional leaders exchanged ideas and proposed solutions that will be included in a report available next Monday.
On the sidelines of the gala dinner, the Jury of the Financial Afrik Awards awarded 11 prizes as follows:
Minister of the Year: Sheku Fantamadi Bangura (Minister of Finance – Sierra Leone)
Special Jury Prize – Financial Leadership: Serge Ekue (President of the West African Development Bank – BOAD)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Zul-Kifl Salami
Arab-African Cooperation Award: Ali Alshimmari, CEO & Managing Director – Global South Utilities (GSU)
Deal of the Year: Arsène Dansou, CEO – International Bank for Industry and Commerce (BIIC); BIIC IPO – Benin
Financialer of the Year: Birahim Diouf, CEO of DC/BR
Champion of Financial and Social Inclusion: AMIFA & Popular Central Bank (BCP), Morocco. AMIFA DG: Cherkaoui Mouhsine
Economist of the Year: Mohamed H’Midouche
CEO of the Year: Gagan Gupta, CEO – ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP)
Leadership Award for African Trade and Integration: Latifa El Bouabdellaoui, Managing Director of the Islamic Center for Trade Development (CIDC).
Medal of Honor: Alagie Sanyang, CEO – Cornerstone Group
