The Judges

The judging of the CBC-African Business Awards will be overseen by a distinguished panel of business experts covering all the regions in Africa.

Each panel will include different nationalities and the judges will be well-versed in the business and economic aspects of each of the finalists' categories and countries of operation.

The Judges have been carefully chosen for their experience, business acumen and expertise. They are fully independent and therefore provide the programme with its rigor and robustness.

The judges receive no personal or financial benefit from their participation other than experiencing at first hand the success stories of all the finalists and the opportunity to encourage and promote the highest standard in business.

The 2008 judging panels:

- Mr Omari Issa

Chief Executive Officer, Investment Climate Facility for Africa

- Mr Tim Turner

Director of the African Development Bank – private sector

- Mr. Jean-Louis Ekra

President of Afreximbank, leading promoter and financer of intra and extra African trade

- Dr. Mohan Kaul

Director-General/Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Business Council

- Ms Yvonne Ike

Regional Director, West Africa at JPMorgan Chase International

- Mr Amadou Mahtar Ba

President and Director, AllAfrica Global Media