[2008-07-01]  Ecobank’s Arnold Ekpe for topmost business award
On the day hundreds of personalities will be decorated with the now seemingly controversial National Honours, Africa’s topmost business leaders and other company representatives will also gather at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London for the African Business Awards 2008.

Designed to celebrate the great strides the continent has made in the world of business, the African Business Awards according to the organisers is also an opportunity “to contribute to the acceleration of the rapidly transforming business landscape in Africa by celebrating entrepreneurial excellence, promoting world-class best practices in business.”

Organised by the African Business Magazine under the patronage of the Commonwealth Business Council and supported by the African Development Bank, the awards ceremony is expected to create global visibility for Africa’s business brands.

Among the potential honours list would be the Group Chief Executive of the Ecobank Group, Arnold Ekpe who has been nominated together with five other equally deserving business leaders for the African Business Leader category.

As Chief executive of Africa’s foremost and largest regional banking group, Mr. Ekpe is in the reckoning for the topmost award. The Ecobank is not only operating in 22 African countries now, but has also under Mr. Ekpe’s leadership grown into one of Africa’s leading financial institutions and brands.

Also nominated for the 2008 African Business Leader Award are Aliko Dangote of the Dangote Group, Tony Elumulu (UBA Bank), Patrice Motsepe (African Rainbow Minerals), Issad Rebrab (Cevital) and Nassef Sawiris (Sawiris Group / Orascom Group).

Source: Ghanaweb