Africa investor (Ai) Infrastructure Investment Awards 2015 shortlist announced
Johannesburg, South Africa; 8 May 2015: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, has today announced the shortlist for its 8th prestigious Africa investor (Ai) Infrastructure Investment Awards 2015.
The Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards will take place during the 8th annual Africa investor (Ai) CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit. The Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit is the calendar event and premier business development forum for institutional infrastructure investors, pension and sovereign wealth funds, infrastructure fund managers, financiers, project developers, project sponsors and PPP policy makers. The Ai CEO Infrastructure Summit and Awards will take place on the 3rd of June 2015 at the Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa.
The Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards are a unique platform for infrastructure investors and governments in Africa’s fast-growing infrastructure sectors to gauge and compare their performance and achievements. The 2015 Ai Awards will showcase African public and private sector project investment innovations and the growing international competitiveness of African infrastructure as an investible asset class.
The prestigious, highly sought-after Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards formally recognise achievements across the main infrastructure sectors in Africa and reward the institutions and personalities driving transactions and improving the continent’s infrastructure investment climate. See below for the full shortlist.
Commenting on the shortlist, Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairman of Africa investor, said; “These Ai Infrastructure Awards continue to be the most important of their kind. For close on a decade now we have been recognising public and private companies and organisations that are leading the way in infrastructure investment and development across Africa. The calibre of this year’s top ten nominees for each category emphasises that the continent’s infrastructure investment attractiveness continues to grow and improve. We are therefore delighted to be at the forefront of promoting these African public and private sector infrastructure investment success stories.”
The Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit and Awards 2015 will take place on the 3rd of June 2015 at the Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. On the 2nd of June, Africa investor will also host the Ai CEO Infrastructure Project Developers Summit and Awards.
For more information on these events, or to register, please contact Precious Nkandu at pnkandu@africainvestor.com or on +27 11 783 2431.
Infrastructure Investment Awards Shortlist 2015
CATEGORY 1 Ai Power Deal Of the Year
1 KPMG
2 Cenpower
3 Rand Merchant Bank
4 PTA Bank
5 FBN Capital
6 Nedbank Capital
7 American Capital Energy & Infrastructure/Azura Power Holdings Limited
8 Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited
9 Siemens
10 Power Africa/Reykjavik Geothermal
CATEGORY 2 Ai Transport Deal of the Year
1 KPMG
2 Webber Wentzel
3 Rand Merchant Bank
4 Uganda National Roads Authority
5 Qalaa Holdings
6 East African Community (EAC)
7 Grindrod/NorthWest Rail Company
8 GE
9 Bolloré Africa Logistics
10 Ethiopian Railway Corporation
CATEGORY 3 Ai ICT/Telecoms Deal of the Year
1 Ecobank
2 Rand Merchant Bank
3 Seacom
4 Microsoft
5 IHS Towers
6 MainOne Cable
7 Neotel
8 Globacom (GLO) Nigeria
9 Liquid Telecom Group/Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC)
10 MTN/Alcatel-Lucent
CATEGORY 4 Water Deal of the Year
1 Rand Merchant Bank
2 Ujams Wastewater Treatment Company
3 Rand Water
4 ONEP Morocco
5 Government of Angola/AfDB
6 Africa Water Facility
7 The African Development Bank
8 The World Bank
9 Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
10 Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi
CATEGORY 5 Ai Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year
1 Rand Merchant Bank
2 Actis
3 Novare
4 Valley Bouregreg Development Agency
5 National Empowerment Fund
6 OPIC
7 Governments of Mozambique, France and the Netherlands
8 UBA
9 Philips
10 Société Nationale des Logements Sociaux (Gabon)
CATEGORY 6 Oil and Gas Deal of the Year
1 Ecobank
2 Webber Wentzel
3 Rand Merchant Bank
4 FBN Capital
5 Namcor
6 Ghana National Gas Company
7 Symbion Power
8 Anadarko
9 Sasol
10 Dangote Industries
CATEGORY 7 Ai PPP Champion of the Year
1 Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Nigeria
2 African Development Bank Private Sector Division
3 Public Private Partnership Commission, Malawi
4 GE
5 PPP Unit, Sierra Leone
6 Public Private Partnership Unit, Kenya
7 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
8 The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
9 Petrolin
10 Uganda National Roads Authority
CATEGORY 8 Ai Infrastructure Fund of the Year
1 African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2
2 Futuregrowth Infrastructure Fund
3 Africa50 Infrastructure Fund
4 Stanlib Africa Infrastructure Fund
5 PAIDF 2
6 EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
7 Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund
8 China-Africa Development Fund
9 Africa Finance Corporation
10 Futuregrowth Power Debt Fund
CATEGORY 9 Ai Infrastructure Regulator of the Year
1 Ethiopian Energy Agency
2 National Energy Regulator of South Africa
3 Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Kenya
4 Kenya Airports Authority
5 Uganda National Roads Authority
6 Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
7 Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority
8 Communications Authority of Kenya
9 Lesotho Water & Sewerage Authority
10 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
CATEGORY 10 Ai Bank Arranger of the Year
1 Rand Merchant Bank
2 Nedbank Capital
3 China Eximbank
4 Islamic Development Bank
5 Standard Bank
6 Africa Finance Corporation
7 Barclays Africa
8 Standard Chartered
9 Afrexim Bank
10 Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
CATEGORY 11 Ai Legal Advisor of the Year
1 Webber Wentzel
2 Fasken Martineau
3 Baker & McKenzie
4 ENS Africa
5 Allen & Overy
6 Dentons
7 Norton Rose Fulbright
8 Clifford Chance
9 Katende Ssempebwa & Company Attorneys
10 DLA Piper
CATEGORY 12 Ai Advisor of the Year
1 Fieldstone
2 KPMG
3 BDO
4 PwC
5 Frontier Markets Fund Managers
6 Deloitte
7 Taylor-DeJongh
8 Mott MacDonald
9 E&Y
10 Prescient Corporate Advisory
CATEGORY 13 Ai Pension Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
1 GEPF/Public Investment Corporation (South Africa)
2 The Third AP Fund, SPP/Storebrand, Folksam (Sweden)
3 Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund
4 Pension funds of Nigerian Breweries/Chevron/Total E&P
5 Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (South Africa)
6 Social Security & National Insurance Trust (Ghana)
7 PensionDanmark
8 Kenya Power and Lighting Company pension fund
9 New York State Common Retirement Fund
10 Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) (Norway)
CATEGORY 14 Ai Sovereign Wealth Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
1 Qatar Investment Authority
2 Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
3 International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), Kuwait
4 Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)
5 Aabar Investments PJ (UAE)
6 Korea Investment Corporation
7 Investment Corporation of Dubai
8 State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman (SGRF)
9 Russian Direct Investment Fund
10 Senegal Strategic Investment Fund (FONSIS)
CATEGORY 15 Ai Ai Regional Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
1 Rusal
2 World Bank
3 DFID/TradeMark East Africa
4 SADC
5 Governments of Botswana and Namibia
6 COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite
7 African Development Bank
8 EAC
9 ECOWAS
10 Grindrod/Northwest Rail Company
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