Best Performing Listed Company of the Year
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. The winner of this award will have demonstrated that it is a responsible, fully accountable, dynamic business with strong growth prospects. The Company of the Year’s growth potential will be excellent. Above all, the winner will be a serious, well-managed business, having attracted public funding to enhance and develop its growth potential to the full. The winner of this award will be a company that has clearly demonstrated that success is not just a short-term phenomenon. The company will undoubtedly be successful in share price terms, but with full realisation that share price is but one method of measurement. Improved, sustainable profitability is a given. The winner will be a professionally managed, conservatively run growth business with a long-term vision and strategy in place together with leadership in terms of environmental, social and governance guidelines. The winner will be cognisant of its stakeholders and supply chain and will have championed diversity and inclusion throughout the workplace. The company’s development to date will have been soundly financed in a way which supports the longevity, sustainability and resilience of the business, including effective succession planning.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
NOMINEES:
- Simbisa Brands Limited
- Innscor Africa Limited
- Axia Corporation Limited
- African Distillers Limited
WINNER: Simbisa Brands Limited
Environmental Social Governance Award
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. The winning company will go beyond ‘box ticking’ and demonstrate the actions it has taken in the year and how these link to the business strategy and purpose. Communication on how the company fulfils its role in cascading the tone from the top throughout the organisation and how it employs social and environmental governance through engagement with wider stakeholders will be critical to success in this award category. Good governance is about building and nurturing a healthy culture, ensuring engagement with investors, customers and the workforce and maintaining key governance virtues such as evaluation, audit and risk, independence, diversity and strong succession planning.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
NOMINEES:
- Simbisa Brands Limited
- Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd
- National Tyre Services
- Delta Corporation Zimbabwe
WINNER: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited
Best M&A Transaction of the Year
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. The winner of this award will be a company that has been transformed by a single financial or commercial transaction during the period under review. This is necessarily a wide-ranging award, given to recognise a significant achievement by a company in transforming itself, literally at a stroke, and thereby creating significant shareholder value. The M&A Awards are committed to commending those who work tirelessly throughout every stage of the merger process to navigate and guarantee the successful completion of transactions through which benefits can be reaped and the course of a business can be changed indefinitely. With the ability to increase market share, reduce labour costs and expand distribution, a good merger deal can create many opportunities for a business seeking to drastically improve its performance in a competitive market.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
NOMINEES:
- Delta Corporation
- African Sun
- First Mutual Holdings
- Zimplow Holdings
WINNER: Delta Corporation Ltd
Best Performing Asset Manager
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. The Asset Management Awards are designed to recognise outstanding achievement in the Zimbabwe institutional and retail asset management spaces. The main objectives of the awards are to honour the outstanding professionals and firms in the many and varied fields of asset management; to recognise, celebrate, and promote best practice; to support continuing development; contribute towards raising the standards of asset management and to provide recognition for those who are providing effective support to the sector.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
NOMINEES:
- Old Mutual Investment Group
- Zimnat Asset Management Company
- Smartvest Wealth Managers
- ABC Asset Management Company
WINNER: Old Mutual Investment Group
Best Equities Fund Manager
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. The award recognises fund managers whose stock picking ability is unparalleled in the period under review, and who also have a demonstrable track record over a longer period. They will have proven their ability to identify new disruptors and also to spot the ‘next big thing’. They will be known for their exceptional analytical skills and understanding of the macro landscape, as well as being capable of taking risks, with proven results. The voting panel will use market standard performance measures in their decision making process.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
NOMINEES:
- Datvest Asset Management Company
- ABC Asset Management Company
- Zimnat Asset Management
- Old Mutual Investment Group
WINNER: ABC Asset Management
Best Investment Research Provider
This award will be nominated by a judging panel. This award will be presented to the company which has gone above and beyond their role to make a significant contribution to the capital markets sector. The judges will consider areas including: a track record of exceptional performance or service to the industry; dedication and enthusiasm for promoting the investment company sector and increasing investor engagement; as well as creating opportunities for others to succeed in the industry through mentoring, volunteering or educational initiatives.
This award will be nominated by a judging panel.
Nomination Closed
NOMINEES:
- Akribos Securities
- IH Securities
- Morgan & Co Pvt.Ltd
- Imara Capital Zimbabwe
WINNER: Morgan & Co
Best Investor Communication Award
This award will be nominated by a public poll and a judging panel will adjudicate. Good shareholder and investor communications are about more than just a well-produced Annual Report and website, although there is no disputing the importance of these within a company’s IR programme. They are also about maintaining open and clear conversations with all shareholders, effectively communicating bad and unexpected news as well as the good. The winning company will have demonstrated honest, accurate and consistent communication with all levels of shareholders and potential shareholders. Having adapted to life as a public company, the winner will have engaged effectively with new shareholders, promoting the company to professional and private investor audiences using all available channels, including social media.
Nomination Closed
NOMINEES:
- CBZ Holdings Limited
- Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited
- Delta Corporation Limited
- Simbisa Brands Limited
WINNER: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
Best Stockbroker of The Year - Individual
This award will be nominated by a public poll and a judging panel will adjudicate. Individuals can nominate themselves or be nominated by colleagues. Judges will consider professional progression and performance but will also take into account factors including: passion for the sector; excellence in their role; improvements to existing processes or products; engagement in industry-wide initiatives; and helping promote the investment company sector more widely.
Main Areas of Focus:
- Very good in trades execution
- Deep understanding of markets and trends.
- Customer service – The customer service scores of each broker are based on meaningful client interactions with their support service which will include live chat, email, SMS or phone.
Nomination Closed
NOMINEES:
- Davide Muchengi
- Benson Gasura
- Langton Nyatsanza
- Coreen Madanha
WINNER: Davide Muchengi
Best Stockbroker of the Year
This award will be nominated by a public poll and a judging panel will adjudicate. Individuals can nominate themselves or be nominated by colleagues. Judges will consider professional progression and performance but will also take into account factors including: passion for the sector; excellence in their role; improvements to existing processes or products; engagement in industry-wide initiatives; and helping promote the investment company sector more widely.
Main Areas of Focus:
- Trades executed in terms of volume
- Account opening – We will compile information on several aspects of account opening, like the ease of the process itself, what account types are offered and the minimum deposits required.
- Research – Higher costs can be justified by a range of in-depth, unique and useful research reports. These allow you to get information on market sentiments, trends, tickers and companies. We look at all of the research tools the broker provides.
- Customer service – The customer service scores of each broker are based on meaningful client interactions with their support service which will include live chat, email, SMS or phone.
- Education – Brokers with useful, information-packed education tools earn higher ratings. These tools include newsletters, webinars, videos, podcasts, articles, emails, and SMS. Well-structured and quality educational content can help the client to be more comfortable with the brokers’ platform, or trading itself.
Nomination Closed
NOMINEES:
- Platinum Securities
- FBC Securities
- Morgan & Co
- EFE Securities
WINNER: Morgan & Co
Lifetime Achievement Award
This Award recognises and honours individuals who have contributed significantly, and demonstrated outstanding achievements within the markets and exchanges landscape of Zimbabwe’s financial sector.
Nomination Closed
WINNER:
- Bartholomew Mswaka
NOMINATION PROCESS
- To make a nomination a public poll will be run on the www.indabaafrica.com website providing the following information: name of nominee; company name; and a short statement of no more than 100 words explaining why they should win this award this year (optional).
- The nomination process is free and there is no limit to the number of nominations that one person can make.
- Nomination submission closing date is Wednesday 01 November 2023