African Infrastructure Investment Award Winners announced at 2015 Africa investor Infrastructure Summit
Cape Town, South Africa; 4 June 2015: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced the winners of the Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards at the Ai CEO Infrastructure and Sovereign Investment Summit in Cape Town, South Africa.
Now in their 8th year, these highly sought-after Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards formally recognised achievements across the main infrastructure sectors in Africa, and rewarded the institutions and personalities driving transactions and improving the continent’s infrastructure investment climate.
Commenting on the Awards, Hubert Danso, Ai’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman said, “Showcasing Africa’s infrastructure investment success stories is critical to creating references and increasing the required finance and institutional infrastructure investment to develop and implement the continent’s unparalleled infrastructure investment opportunities. Africa investor is therefore delighted to host these unique awards and congratulates the winners and all those that entered and participated in these important Ai Awards.”
The Uganda National Roads Authority was awarded the Ai Infrastructure Regulator of the Year Award, Webber Wentzel took the Award for Ai Legal Advisor of the Year, and Fieldstone was awarded Ai Advisor of the Year. The Ai Bank Arranger of the Year went to Rand Merchant Bank, and OPIC was awarded Ai PPP Champion of the Year.
In the project category, UBA took home Ai Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Water Deal of the Year went to Rand Water and Rand Merchant Bank was awarded Oil and Gas Deal of the Year. Ecobank/IHS Towers shared the Award for the Ai ICT/Telecoms Deal of the Year. Ai Transport Deal of the Year went to GE Africa and Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited won Ai Power Deal of the Year.
Harith’s PAIDF 2 fund was awarded the Ai Infrastructure Fund of the Year, the Ai Regional Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year Award went to the African Development Bank, the Botswana Public Officers’ Pension Fund took the Ai Pension Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year Award, and the Ai Sovereign Wealth Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year Award went to Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) Hotel Fund.
The full winners’ list is below.
Infrastructure Investment Awards Winners 2015
CATEGORY 1 Ai Infrastructure Regulator of the Year
Uganda National Roads Authority
CATEGORY 2 Ai Legal Advisor of the Year
Webber Wentzel
CATEGORY 3 Ai Advisor of the Year
Fieldstone
CATEGORY 4 Ai Bank Arranger of the Year
Rand Merchant Bank
CATEGORY 5 Ai PPP Champion of the Year
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
CATEGORY 6 Ai Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year
UBA
CATEGORY 7 Water Deal of the Year
Rand Water
CATEGORY 8 Oil and Gas Deal of the Year
Rand Merchant Bank
CATEGORY 9 Ai ICT/Telecoms Deal of the Year
Ecobank/IHS Towers
CATEGORY 10 Ai Transport Deal of the Year
GE Africa
CATEGORY 11 Ai Power Deal Of the Year
Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited
CATEGORY 12 Ai Infrastructure Fund of the Year
Harith – PAIDF 2
CATEGORY 13 Ai Ai Regional Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
African Development Bank
CATEGORY 14 Ai Pension Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund
CATEGORY 15 Ai Sovereign Wealth Fund Infrastructure Investment Initiative of the Year
Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) Hotel Fund
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Note to Editors
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