DealMakers AFRICA has said it plans to host the Mergers & Acquisition Awards for 2023 in Lagos to celebrate the achievements of the advisory firms in West and East Africa.
The Managing Director ofCE Gleason Publications (Pty) Limited, and Editor-In-Chief of DealMakers AFRICA, Marylou Greig, stated this in a statement.
According to Marylou, DealMakers AFRICA was first launched in 2008 and records mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance activities such as equity raising, listings, debt financing, and private equity transactions across Africa (excluding South Africa). Transactions are recorded quarterly and, where possible, list as many, if not all, the firms involved advising parties on those transactions. Advisory firms are ranked by deal value and flow, and transactions recorded are country-specific.
The DealMakers AFRICA Annual Awards was launched as a standalone event in Nairobi in March 2019, sponsored by Ansarada and Brunswick. In addition to recognizing both regions’ top Financial and Legal Advisers, the top Deal of the Year and Private Equity Deal of the Year are awarded for West and East Africa.
The Managing Director of TSM Network, UK and Nigeria, Mr Dominic Ajayi, who is a strategic partner for the DealMakers Africa Awards, noted that the top special of honour guests to expect at the event is not limited to the following: Gleason Publications (Pty) Ltd team, Mary Louise Greig and Vanessa Ann Aitken. This year’s top Sponsors include PSG Capital’s Hendrik Benninghof De Kock, Chief Executive Officer. Mish-al Magiet: Head of M&A. Khayalethu Hlophe; Deputy CEO: Head of Private Markets. Ansarada’s Arie Maree is the strategic growth director at Ansarada. Diketso Phiri: Director – Sub Saharan Africa. Brunswick Group, Koketso Iris Pilane, and Lead Director are just a few. Other top Bank CEOs, Venture capitalists and dignitaries within the M&A Space will also be present.
