The Southern African round of Africa’s most prestigious business awards, the annual CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards Presented By Johnnie Walker Blue Label (AABLAs), will take at Johannesburg’s Monte Casino on October 2, celebrating the bold, game-changing leaders in the region’s business landscape.
“The CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards, presented by Johnnie Walker Blue Label, recognise those indelible business leaders who have made a distinctive contribution in their respective sectors by demonstrating accountability, best practice, integrity and innovation on the continent,” says Roberta Naicker, managing director of CNBC Africa parent company, ABN Group.
Following on from the success of the East African regional round, which took place in Nairobi on September 20, the Southern African round will be the penultimate regional ceremony, with West Africa’s winners to be named on 23 October.
The nominees feature across four categories, representing the full, dynamic scope of Africa’s thriving business sector from Business Leader of the Year to; Young Business Leader of the Year; Entrepreneur of the Year and; Lifetime Achievement Award categories.
Southern Africa’s winning business champions will then move on to contend against the regional victors from West and East Africa in the glittering AABLA Finale, to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 14, vying for the title of Africa’s most exceptional businesspeople in their respective fields.
The finalists for each category in the Southern African round are:
Business Leader of the Year
- Asher Bohbot – CEO of EOH Holdings Limited.
- James Benoit – CEP and executive director of AfrAsia Bank Limited
- Fred Robertson – Executive chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation
- Adrian Saville – Executive director and chief investment officer of Cannon Asset Managers
Entrepreneur of the Year
- Denford Magora – CEO and chief creative officer of Jericho Advertising
- Gil Oved & Ran Neu-Ner – Group co-CEOs of The Creative Counsel
- Fred Robertson – Executive chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation
- Adrian Saville – Executive director and chief investment officer of Cannon Asset Managers
- Asher Bohbot – CEO of EOH Holdings Limited.
Young Business Leader of the Year
- Ludwick Marishane – Founder and chief of Headboy Industries
- Siyabulela Xuza – Rocket scientist and energy-engineering student at Harvard University
- Gil Oved & Ran Neu-Ner – Group Co-CEOs of The Creative Counsel
Lifetime Achievement Award
The winner in this category will be announced at the event
