…Winners and Runners-up to be Honoured July 9–10, 2025 at The Landmark Hotel and UK House of Lords
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The African Leadership Magazine (ALM) (www.AfricanLeadershipMagazine.co.uk) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA), following the conclusion of a rigorous, four-tier, points-based selection process. In keeping with our established tradition, this year’s evaluation combined 65% of the final score from the global online poll with 35% from verified documentation, including evidence of institutional growth, innovation, sustainability, and measurable impact.

Breaking News: African Leadership Magazine Announces Winners for the 2025 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA)
The African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) is the continent’s premier platform for recognising exceptional corporate practices, impact-driven leadership, and transformative contributions to Africa’s evolving business and economic ecosystem. The ABLA selection process includes public nominations, editorial board screening, a global public vote, and a final evaluation based on verifiable metrics to ensure that each honoree reflects the highest standards of African excellence, innovation, and measurable impact.
In line with African Leadership Magazine’s unwavering commitment to amplifying Africa’s underreported success stories, often overlooked by mainstream global media, the African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) celebrate policymakers, industry leaders, and resilient brands that are setting standards in corporate governance, innovation, and sustainable development.
Dr. Ken Giami, Founder & CEO of the African Leadership Organisation, said in an official statement: “On behalf of the Board, we warmly congratulate the winners of ABLA 2025 for their unwavering commitment, groundbreaking achievements, and visionary leadership. Their exemplary contributions are not only transforming Africa’s business landscape but also inspiring a new era of sustainable growth and opportunity across the continent.”
The winners and runners-up will be formally presented with award trophies and other honours during the African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) Ceremony—the major highlight of The Africa Summit London 2025—scheduled for 9–10 July 2025 at The Landmark Hotel and the UK House of Lords. Additionally, all honourees will be featured in the highly anticipated ABLA 2025 Honourees Edition of African Leadership Magazine, a prized collector’s item unveiled during the event and distributed globally.
Below is the complete list of winners and runners-up in the various categories of the African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) 2025:
African Business Leader of the Year
- Ntombi Felicia Msiza, CEO, Raubex Group Ltd, South Africa – Winner
- Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, Founder & Chairman, Bouamatou Société Anomyme (BSA), Mauritania – Co-Winner
African Female Business Leader of the Year
- Esther Muchemi, CEO, Samchi Group, Kenya – Winner
- Jesca Mhoja Nkwabi, CEO, KOM Group, Tanzania – Co-Winner
African Regulator of the Year
- Brima M. Baluwa Koroma, Director General, National Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Sierra Leone – Winner
- Leonilde dos Santos, President, Multisectoral Economic Regulatory Authority (ARME), Cape Verde – Co-Winner
Business-Friendly Governor of the Year
- Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Governor, Enugu State, Nigeria – Winner
- Oscar Mabuyane, Premier, Eastern Cape, South Africa – Co-Winner
Africa CSR & Community Development Impact Award
- Standard Chartered Bank, South Africa – Winner
- Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Ghana – Co-Winner
African Finance Minister of the Year
- Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, Egypt – Winner
- Bihi Iman Egeh, Minister of Finance, Somalia – Winner
- Marial Dongrin Ater, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan – Co-Winner
Trade & Investment Promotion Agency of the Year
- Agency for Private Investment and Export Promotion (AIPEX), Angola – Winner
- Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE), Morocco – Co-Winner
Central Bank Governor of the Year
- Mohamed Lemine Dhehby, Governor, Central Bank of Mauritania – Winner
- Johnson Asiama, Governor, Bank of Ghana – Co-Winner
- Rama Krishna Sithanen, Governor, Bank of Mauritius – Co-Winner
Trade & Investment Minister of the Year
- Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria – Winner
- Chipoka Mulenga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia – Co-Winner
African CEO of the Year
- Armstrong Takang, CEO, Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), Nigeria – Winner
- Jeremy Awori, Group CEO, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Togo – Co-Winner
African Brand of the Year
- Ethiopian Airlines – Winner
- Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt – Co-Winner
African Company of the Year
- Bidco Africa, Kenya – Winner
- Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Nigeria – Co-Winner
Industry Personality of the Year
- Ally Edha Awadh, CEO, Lake Oil Group, Tanzania – Winner
- Jemal Ahmed Abdu, CEO, MIDROC Investment Group PLC, Ethiopia – Co-Winner
Africa Business Integrity Leader Award
- Arab Contractors, Egypt – Winner
- Coris Bank International, Togo – Co-Winner
Young Business Leader of the Year
- Mamotake Matekane, Chief Operations Officer, MGC Matekane Group, Lesotho – Winner
- Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun, Co-founder, United Africa Group, Namibia- Co-Winner
African Tech & Digital Economy Leader of the Year
- Mastercard Africa – Winner
- MTN Group, South Africa – Co-Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Kwabena Kesse, CEO, Kessben Group of Companies, Ghana – Winner
Special Commendation Award for Regulatory Excellence
- Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, Director General, Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Kenya – Winner
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Leadership Magazine.
who should be recognised reer hebel that won't happen mister just get used to it onething for complement is that you have tried to become a nation under the banner of tribal system but didn't work . Goo back to your Somali people with love and care
What a mindless person you are,who in their senses would go back to those who once murdered and pillaged them? people like you are driven by ignorance and greed and good riddance to the likes of you.LONG LIVE SOMALILAND where intelligence and tolerance is the norm.
some people,like the above poster are so bereft of understanding,let me ask you a simple question:would you go back to a people who once slaughtered and pillaged your people? apparently you with your mind set would given enough money but the people of somaliland are not selling themselves as your kind would.LONG LIVE SOMALILAND.
You boy, I hate such foolish words comes from your inner stomach. You committed an act of genocide in Somaliland people. Over one million people were displaced , more than 800,000 were made refugees in east Ethiopian camps, were hunger, cold and child labor was the order of the day. And also more than 200,000 have been killed, and more have been maimed or injured.
We will not forget the time we were frightened to walk down our own streets for fear of being murdered, robbery and rape. We have seen pictures of our educated people slaughtered, our fathers having been beaten up, and our sisters having been raped by you.
“Somaliland’s independence is irrevocable and its people will fight for their rights and freedom what ever it costs”
Farhan A. Suleiman (Oday)
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Farhan A.Suleiman i agree with you 100% SOMALILAND IS HERE TO STAY COME WHAT MAY LONG LIVE SOMALILAND AND DOWN WITH ITS ENVIOUS HATERS!!!.
Haloo Guys !!!!
Wax baad illowdeen,
Ma idiin sheega, horta haa yiraada.
Kenya, weligeed dad aya laha.
Daniel Arap Moi Iyo OObootihi Uganda ,
Labada ba skuul anaa Skuul kooda ka bixiyey.
Hadey xuumatoo, Hablo Soomaali kuu sheganaya
MA iyo wexeysheegtaan ba, hortaada la kufsanaya
Soomali , Soomali aya ceebys.
Long live Somaliand !!!!!!!!!!
@Kenya, Ilaahay waxaad galabsateen buu idinka goynayaa. Because adoo kale oo qabyaalad dabada ku wata ayaa idinku badan. Qabyaalad annaku ma naqaanno, kumana adeeganno. Somalilander is a Somalilander to us. Cidda dawladdii qabiil ku burburiyey ee weli dagaal iyo hanjebaad looga fadhiyi waa idinka. goor ayse noqotaba waydin eedi, edeb-darra iyo afka dheer aad Somaliland ku aflagaadaynaysaan. Haddi daandaansiga la dayn waayo, wax aydaan ka soo kabmi karrin ayaa ka dambayne maydin joogi. Ninkii baxaya, indhaha ayaa casaadee! Mar labaad haddii ay Somaliland qoriga qaado, waxaad ogaataan inaannaan dhigi doonin. Ilaahayo, mar la ciil dirirayo itus!
We were a nation and we are a nation now and we are going to stay a nation forever. And nothing you (Somaliland diid) have to say will change anything. So, waxba hays xiiginin.
the somalis are the main course of their treatment by the kenyans,they have destroyed their country by murdering each other by the thousands and then flee across the border to kenya is it a wonder that the kenyans see them as less than human? by writting these words am just pointing out the truth on the ground but far from agreeing with how the kenyans are treating somalis.
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