Africa investor Agribusiness Investment Awards 2010 shortlist announced

The Africa investor Agribusiness Summit will be held in association with the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal, and will pave the way for strategies that support agribusiness and agro-industrial development within the scope of agricultural and economic development frameworks and financing mechanisms.

Africa investor Agribusiness Investment Awards 2010 Nominees:

Structured Trade Finance Deal of the Year
Rabobank
Standard Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Africa Export-Import Bank
Ecobank
Barak Structured Trade Finance Fund


Export Credit Initiative of the Year
CIC Energy Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Export Credit Guarantee Department (UK)
Quality Food Products Ltd
African Trade Insurance Agency
Coface

Development Finance Initiative of the Year
Commonwealth Development Corporation
African Development Bank
European Investment Bank
Japan Bank for International Co-Operation
Standard Bank
Development Bank of Southern Africa

Agro-processing Initiative of the Year
Diageo
SAPPI
Afrotropic
Agromundo
Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development, KZN
Illovo Group

Agribusiness Investment Initiative of the Year
Dangote
Agriterra
African Food Fund (Silk Invest)
Senwes
Barak Structured Trade Finance Fund
Ministry of Agriculture, Angola
Olam
DSM Corridor Group

Export Finance Deal of the Year
ABSA Trade Finance Division
International Development Corporation
Ghana Cocoa Board
Denton Wilde Sapte
Scipion Capital

Minister of Agriculture of the Year
Hon. Stephen Wasira, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security & Co-operatives, Tanzania
Dr Bingu wa Muthanka, Minister Agriculture, Republic of Malawi
Hon. Soares Nhaca, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Mozambique
Hon. Hope Mwesigye, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Uganda
Hon. Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
Dr Abbo Ruma Sayyadi, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Republic of Nigeria
Hon. Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Agriculture, Ghana
Hon. Hamath Sall, Minister of Agriculture, Senegal
Hon. Afonso Pedro Canga, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Angola

Trade Finance House/Bank of the Year
Standard Chartered Bank
African Development Bank
Rabobank
Africa Export-Import Bank
Ecobank
Barak Structured Trade Finance Fund

Commodities Initiative of the Year
Ethiopia Commodities Exchange
Bourse Africa
Barak Structured Trade Finance Fund
Rijk Zwaan Q-Sem
South African Breweries
Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID)
Olam
Uganda Commodity Exchange

Biofuels Initiative of the Year
Monsanto
South African Breweries
BFP Africa
PhytoEnergy SA
Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development
Rijk Zwaan Q-Sem

Agricultural Development Bank of the Year
Ghana Agriculture Development Bank
Agricultural Finance Corporation Kenya
LandBank
The Principal Bank for Development and Agriculture Credit, Egypt
Agribank of Zimbabwe
The Development Bank of Mauritius
National Bank of Malawi