Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Private Equity Africa Awards. In their 5th year, the Private Equity Africa Awards exclusively celebrated the achievements of GP Investors and Advisors in 2015.
The final award winners were selected by an independent panel of judges and recommendations from the London Business School Institute of Private Equity nomination team.
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Honourable Okey Enelamah, founder of African Capital Alliance – Minister for Industry, Trade & Investment, Government of Nigeria.
Award presented by Right Honourable Baroness Lynda Chalker of Wallasey.
>This accolade is awarded based on voting by leading industry investors.
HOUSE AWARDS
HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Sub-Saharan Africa House of the Year
Helios Investment Partners
>Award collected by Henry Obi, Chief Operating Officer at Helios.
North Africa House of the Year:
Abraaj
>Award collected by Lloyd West, Director at Abraaj.
Francophone Africa House of the Year
Adenia
>Award collected by Antoine Delaporte, Managing Director at Adenia.
West Africa House of the Year
Synergy Capital Managers
>Award collected by Ayodele Arogbo, Partner at Synergy.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: HOUSES
The event also recognised investors that had delivered exceptional transactions during 2014 that do not fall into the main award categories.
Credit Investor
Investec Asset Management
>Award collected by Nick Tims, Managing Director at Investec.
Mid Cap Investor
Development Partners International (DPI)
>Award collected by Runa Alam, Partner and Chief Executive Officer of DPI.
SSA Fund of the Year
This award is in partnership with Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA).
Helios Investment Partners for Helios III
>Award collected by Souleymane Ba, Principal at Helios.
Pan-Africa Exits
Actis
>Award collected by Rick Phillips, Partner at Actis.
Outstanding First-Time GP
Verod Capital
>Award collected by Danladi Verheijen, Chief Executive Officer at Verod.
DEAL AWARDS
EXIT OF THE YEAR
Large Cap Exit of the Year
Helios Investment Partners for Equity Bank
>Award collected by Souleymane Ba, Principal at Helios & Henry Obi, Chief Operating Officer at Helios
Mid Cap Exit of the Year
AfricInvest for UAP Holdings
>Award collected by Skander Oueslati, Senior Partner at AfricInvest.
Small Cap Exit of the Year
Adenia for Newpack
>Award collected by Antoine Delaporte Managing Director at Adenia.
DEAL OF THE YEAR
Mid Cap Deal of the Year
Amethis for Novamed
>Award collected by Hamada Touré, Director at Amethis.
Small Cap Deal of the Year
Databank for Norish
>Award collected by Brian Frimpong, Managing Partner at Databank.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: DEALS
The event also recognised deals that had delivered exceptional transactions during 2015 that do not fall into the main award categories, are had not comparable contenders.
Debt Deal
XSML for Médecins de nuit
>Award collected by Barthout van Slingelandt, Managing Partner at XSML.
Infrastructure Deal
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) for Azura Power
>Award collected by Romain Py, Senior Director Transactions at AIIM.
Large Cap Deal
Abraaj for North Africa Hospital Holdings Group
>Award collected by Ragheb El Rami, Managing Director at Abraaj.
Frontier Deal – Morocco
TPG-Satya for Ecoles Yassamine
>Award collected by Yemi Lalude, Managing Partner at TPG Africa.
Frontier Deal – Côte d’Ivoire
Duet for SAPLED
>Award collected by Maty Ndiaye, Director at Duet.
Frontier Deal – Uganda
8 Miles for Orient Bank
>Award collected by Hemen Shah, Partner at 8 Miles.
PORTFOLIO AWARDS
PORTFOLIO COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Development Impact
Emerging Capital Partners for CIPREL
>Award collected by Andrew Brown, Chief Investment Officer at ECP.
Social Impact
Fanisi for Haltons
>Award collected by Tony Wainaina, Managing Partner at Fanisi.
Innovation
Adenia for Syrse
>Award collected by Antoine Delaporte Managing Director at Adenia.
Improvement
Mediterrania Capital Partners for CashPlus
>Award collected by Albert Alsina, Managing Partner at Mediterrania.
ADVISOR AWARDS
ADVISORS OF THE YEAR
Overall Legal Advisor (Deals & Funds)
Clifford Chance
>Award collected by Spencer Baylin, Partner at Clifford Chance.
Funds Legal Advisor
King & Wood Mallesons
> Award collected by Cindy Valentine, Partner at King & Wood Mallesons.
Deals Legal Advisor
Webber Wentzel
>Award collected by Sally Hutton, Managing Partner at Webber Wentzel.
Single Deal Advisor of the Year
Linklaters for NSIA
>Award collected by Marc Petitier, Partner at Linklaters.
Single Fund Advisor of the Year
O’Melveny & Myers for Helios III
>Award collected by Eve Ellis, Partner at OMM.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: ADVISORS
Advisor of the Year – Fund Administration
Trident Fund Services
>Award collected by Karine Seguin, Business Development Director at Trident.
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: ADVISORS
The event also recognised investors that had delivered exceptional transactions during 2015 that do not fall into the main award categories.
Mid-Cap Advisor
Dentons
>Award collected by Nicholas Plant, Partner at Dentons
Local Legal Advisor
Anjarwalla & Khanna
>Award collected by Roddy McKean, Director at Anjarwalla & Khanna.
Regional Legal Advisor
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
>Award collected by Rob Cant, Partner at Freshfields.
Corporate Finance Advisor
Intercontinental Trust
>Award collected by Ben Lim, CEO at Intercontinental Trust.
AWARDS JUDGES
- Vivina Berla, Co-Managing Partner, Sarona Asset Management
- Daniel Broby, Director CeFRI, University of Strathclyde
- Matthew Craig-Greene, Founder, Craig-Greene & Co
- Arnaud de Cremiers, Partner, Adams Street Partners
- Mark Flanagan, Assoc. Partner, Aon Hewitt
- Mark Florman, ex-CEO, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
- Jean-Luc Koffi Vovor, Founder, Kusuntu
- Peter Maila, Investment Director, CDC
- Tom Minney, CEO, African Growth
- Rory Ord, Executive, RisCura
- Charles Rose, Chairman, Hainsford Renewable Energy
- Daniel Schoneveld, Principal, Hamilton Lane
- Hervé Schricke, President, AFIC Africa
- Dushy Sivanithy, Portfolio Director, CDC
- Arjette van den Berg, Independent Private Equity Advisor
- Erika van der Merwe, CEO, SAVCA
- Gail Mwamba, Editor, Private Equity Africa (Awards Chair)
ADVISORS
- Adeola Dosunmu, Head of Research, Private Equity Africa (Awards Director)
- Mark Artivor, Independent Private Equity Advisor
- Alfonso Campo, Reporter, Private Equity Africa
- Joe Walsh, Reporter, Private Equity Africa