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Chibuzor Alli
The Editor in Chief, DealMakers Africa, Marylou Greig has announced it plans to hold 2023 Award in Lagos.
The Program is said to be the first in Lagos to celebrate the achievement of the advisory firm in west and East Africa.
This was made known in a statement contained by National Telescope Tv on Saturday.
Greig in the statement discloses that the primary aims of the establishment is to grow mutual relationships with advisory firms, initially in East and West Africa but expanding to North and Southern Africa in due course.
It reads, “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. A new award, sponsored by PSG Capital, recognizes the Top DealMaker of the Year (West Africa) for the year under review, whose deal activity and characteristics are noteworthy and who has significantly contributed to the region or industry.
“DealMakers AFRICA primarily aims to build close relationships with advisory firms, initially in East and West Africa but expanding to North and Southern Africa in due course. We feel that the purpose of establishing such ties will ensure that DealMakers AFRICA develops into a relevant publication with a better understanding of the M&A space in these areas and also assist us in shaping bespoke league tables and awards that will fully reflect the type of work undertaken by the local advisory firms”.
However, speaking at the event, the Managing Director of TSM Network, UK and Nigeria, Mr Dominic Ajayi, identified as strategic partner for the DealMakers Africa Awards, called out names of top special guests expected at the event are as follows: “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”.
