Nominees’ shortlist

Business Leader of the Year

• Aliko Dangote (Dangote Group)
• Arnold Ekpe (Ecobank)
• Tony Elumelu, (UBA Bank)
• Patrice Motsepe (African Rainbow Minerals)
• Issad Rebrab (Cevital)
• Nassef Sawiris (Sawiris Group / Orascom Group)

Recognition of Leading Contribution From Businesswoman

• Sylvia Banda (Sylva Food Solutions)
• Cecilia Ibru (Oceanic Bank)
• Wendy Luhabu, (IDC)
• Nku Nyembezi-Hweita (CEO ArcelorMittal SA)
• Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke (Nigeria Stock Exchange)
• Evelyn Oputu (Bank of industry)

African Business of the Year

• Celtel (Zain) (Pan-African) 
• Ecobank (Togo)
• MTN (South Africa)
• Orascom Construction Industries (Egypt)
• Poulina Group (Tunisia)
• Safaricom (Kenya)

Best Global Business in Africa

• Anglo-American 
• Coca Cola
• Diageo
• Dubai World
• Renaissance Capital
• Tata

Best SME

• Africa Invest (Malawi) 
• Afsat
• Good African Coffee Company (Uganda)
• Innoson (Nigeria)
• Jem Afrik creations (Uganda)

Telecoms Company

• Celtel (Zain) 
• Gateway
• Glo
• MTN
• Orascom Telecom
• Safaricom

Airline of the Year

• Afriqiyah 
• Ethiopian Airways
• Kenyan Airways
• Royal Air Maroc
• South Africa Airways
• Virgin Nigeria

Brand of the Year

• Celtel (Zain) 
• Ecobank
• MTN
• Zenith Bank

Best Corporate Citizenship/Social Responsibility

• Bamburi Cement 
• Debswana
• Diageo
• Standard Chartered
• Fidelity Bank

Leader in Contributing to Achieving MDGs

• Anglo- American 
• Diageo
• IDC
• MyC4

Leader in social innovation

• Al Nafeza - Egypt
• Association of Women in Development Experts - Ghana
• COBATI (Community Based Tourism Initiative) - Uganda
• Small Enterprise Foundation – South Africa

Award for Gender Sensitivity

• Access Bank 
• Anglo-American
• Banque Populaire pour la Promotion de la femme
• Goldman Sachs
• Standard Chartered Bank

Leader in Reducing Digital Divide

• Afsat
• Regenersis
• Submarine Cable
• Unido & Microsoft

Award for Technological Innovation

• Ecobank
• CMC
• Malaria Engage
• Microsoft
• My C4