2018 African Infrastructure Project Developers Awards shortlist announced

24-04-2018
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Africa investor (Ai) recently announced the shortlisted candidates for its 2018 African Infrastructure Projects Developer Awards. The awards will be presented during the Ai CEO Infrastructure Project Developers Summit on 18 June at the St Regis Hotel in Mauritius.

Commenting on the release of the shortlist, Hubert Danso, CEO and vice chairman of Ai, said, “Africa investor is delighted to provide the Ai African Infrastructure Projects Developer Awards platform to assist in raising Africa’s infrastructure investment profile worldwide. The awards highlights the important role developers and financiers play in providing the essential infrastructure required to increase the continents intra-African and global trade and investment pipeline. We applaud our candidates and wish them the best with their entries.”

2018 African Infrastructure Project Developers Awards shortlist

African Social Project Developer of the Year Solar Freeze, Kenya Bigen Africa Village Energy Makiber, Angola Lekela Power Promaths GE Africa Econet Wireless Eden Gardens Hospital Project Nethys

African ICT Project Developer of the Year SITA SONATEL FinComEco/ Wala/ Dala BitHub Africa (Nairobi) Algérie Telecom Zambia Telecommunications Company (ZAMTEL) Mauritius Telecom MTN Liquid Telkom Telecom Egypt

African Renewable Energy Project Development of the Year Quantum Power Elicio Wärtsilä Energy Solutions & Essakane Solar Total Eren Black Rhino Group ACWA Power Access Power ENGIE & Eleqtra Scatec Solar SolarReserve

African Logistics/Transport Project Developer of the Year Bechtel Kenya ports Authority (KPA) Transnet DP World GE Africa-Transport Bolloré Logistics Black Rhino Group APM Terminals WESGRO African Ports and Corridors Holdings (APCH)

African Energy Project Developer of the Year Redox Power Solutions Ltd Gigawatt Mozambique (Gigajoule) Azura Power Themis Energy Quantum Power Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation (CJIC) Wärtsilä Energy Solutions Meridiam Nethys Mainstream Renewable Power

Private Sector Co-developer of the Year Investec Siemens Dangote Access Power Bouygues Bâtiment International and Colas Bolloré Nethys WESGRO ENGIE & Eleqtra Actis

Public Sector Co-developer of the Year Department of Energy, Independent Power Producers Office (IPP) South Africa Energy & Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP) Africa Electricidade de Moçambique E.P. (EDM) Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) Coega Development Corporation Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Transnet with South African Government & Swaziland railway DP World and the Government of DRC

Construction Company Co-developer of the Year China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) WBHO Bouygues Bâtiment International China Railway Group (CREC) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CRCC) Bolloré Group Five Aveng Murray & Roberts Raubex Orascom Construction Limited and FCC Aqualia

African Project Development Financier of the Year Climate Investor One (CIO) Industrial Development Corporation, South Africa Energy & Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP) Africa InfraCredit, Nigeria United States Trade and Development Agency – USTDA DBSA-EIB Project Development and Support Facility (PDSF) ALTEN Africa Denham Capital Trade & Development Bank (TDB) FMO and the Africa Finance Corporation

African Project Development Advisor of the Year Credit Agricole HSBC Africa Finance Corporation (AfricaFC) Aviva Investors Société Générale Fasken Fieldstone Africa Linklaters Barclays Africa Norton Rose Fulbright

Project Preparation Facility of the Year DBSA- Project Development and Support Facility (PDSF) NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) PIDG Technical Assistance Facility EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund Africa Water Facility SADC Project Perparation and Development Facility (PPDF) Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility – EBRD Africa Energy Guarantee Facility United States Trade and Development Agency – USTDA

Project Development Fund of the Year African Infrastructure Investment Fund 3 (AIIF3) IFC InfraVentures Africa Finance Corporation DBSA- Project Development and Support Facility (PDSF) CDC Group & Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) InfraCo Africa Energy & Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP) Africa Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund Africa50

African Developer of the Year Themis Energy Coega Development Corporation Redox Power Solutions Ltd Scatec Solar Endeavor Energy Holdings LLC GE Africa Lekela Power ACWA Power Mainstream Renewable Power ENGIE

African Sponsor of the Year Ministry of Infrastructure Rwanda (Peat Power Plant) Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt (Benban Solar Park) African Development Bank (AfDB) Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) African Trade Insurance (ATI) Africa Finance Corporation CDC Group/ Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Japanese International Cooperation Agency