SBM Bank Kenya CEO Nominated for Prestigious African Banker Award

CEO Moezz Mir of SBM Bank Kenya is one of the top African bankers contesting for the prestigious African Banker of the Year award, which is presented by African Banker magazine.

The awards recognize the best individuals and institutions driving Africa’s fast-changing financial services sector.

It was designed to acknowledge the banking and financial system’s reforms, quick modernization, consolidation, integration, and expansion throughout Africa.

The Rixos Sharm El Sheikh Adults Only in Egypt will host the ceremony for this year’s awards on May 24, 2023.

Others nominated in the same category are Trade and Development Bank Managing Director Admassu Tadesse and African Export and Import Bank President Benedict Oramah.

The list also includes Yemi Edun of First City Monument Bank, Othman Benjelloun of Bank of Africa, Esther Kariuki, the head of the agriculture business of Co-operative Bank of Kenya, and Bank of Africa.

Under the bank of the year category, Kenya’s Co-operative Bank will square off with Afreximbank, Bank of Africa, and the Mauritius Commercial Bank, among others, for the top accolade.