The judges for the 12th All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™) are selected through a rigorous process to assure the quality and high standards that identify the awards programme. Invitations are sent only to those businessmen and women who have demonstrated the key principles of the award programme throughout their career. Judges are recruited from commercial, academic, entrepreneurial and media arenas, from all over Africa.
Sam Bhembe
Founding Director ABN Group
Head Judge
Godfrey Mutizwa
Editor-in-Chief, CNBC Africa
Stavros Nicolaou
Group Senior Executive, Strategic Trade Aspen Pharma Group
Renuka Methil
Managing Editor, Forbes Africa
Pierre Celestin Rwabukumba
Chairman of the East African Securities
Exchanges Association (EASEA) and Chief
Executive Officer of the Rwanda Stock
Exchange Ltd
Geoffrey Qhena
Chairperson of Exxaro Resources, Chairperson, Telkom board and Non-Executive Director at Investec Bank
Naseem Banu Lahri
Managing Director, Lucara Diamonds, Botswana
Professor Sarah Chiumbu
Associate Professor Department of Communication and Media School of Communication.
Professor Chris Ogbechie
Professor of Strategic Management
Dean, Lagos Business School
JACQUES LE ROUX
General Manager: Henley Business School
DR EMMANUEL ARTHUR
Provost and CEO at Lancaster University Ghana
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