Nigerian entrepreneurs and businesses dominate the 2015 African Business Awards

Nigeria is leading the nominations for the upcoming 2015 African Business Awards.

Among the nominees are Aliko Dangote, the Founder and CEO of the Dangote Group, and Oscar Onyema, Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Both have been nominated for Business Leader of the Year award.

Amy Jadesimi – the CEO of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, has been nominated for the Most Outstanding Woman in Business award.

The Dangote Group and Red Media Africa have been nominated in the African Business of the Year category.

In the Good Corporate Governance category are Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

The winners will be presented at the Awards ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday September 23.

Now in their seventh year, the African Business Awards will be held on the eve of the African Leadership Forum, a high level dialogue bringing together some of Africa’s leading political and business actors.

The African Business Awards, launched in 2008, is a platform to celebrate excellence in African business, by recognizing the individuals and companies that are driving Africa’s rapidly transforming economy and creating new economic opportunities for citizens and communities all over the continent.

The awards have had a number of distinguished winners in the past.

The last edition saw Bola Adesola, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Nigeria winning the Most Outstanding Woman of the Year. Other previous winners include Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings who won the African Business Icon.