Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2022. The award, which was announced by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom, during the awards ceremony held in London on December 1, 2022, was in recognition of Zenith Bank’s strong management, sound business model and strategy, support for small businesses and efforts to cut energy consumption. According to the Banker, Nigeria’s Bank of the Year award was among the continent’s most hotly contested this year, befitting the country’s status as Africa’s largest economy. This is coming on the heels of the award as Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital by The Banker won by Zenith Bank earlier in the year.
Commenting on the award, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, said: “winning the Bank of the Year attests to our tenacity as an institution despite a very challenging operating environment exacerbated by persistent macroeconomic headwinds. Indeed, being recognised by The Banker – the world’s longest running international banking title, is an acknowledgement of the resilience of the Zenith brand as the leading financial institution in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.” He lauded the Founder and Chairman, Jim Ovia, CFR, for his guidiance and pioneering role in laying the foundation and building the structures for an enduring and successful institution, the Board for their outstanding leadership, the staff for their commitment and dedication as well as the Bank’s customers for their unflinching loyalty to the Zenith brand over the years.
Regarded as the industry standard for banking excellence, The Banker’s Bank of the Year award is contested by the world’s leading financial institutions, with winners chosen across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and Western Europe.
Full Details of winners in Africa
REGIONAL WINNER: Equity Bank
Angola: Banco de Fomento Angola
Benin: Ecobank Benin
Botswana: Bank Gaborone
Burkina Faso: UBA Burkina Faso
Cameroon: Société Générale
Cape Verde: Banco Interatlântico
Chad: UBA Chad
Comoros: Exim Bank Comores
Cote d’Ivoire: Ecobank Cote d’Ivoire
Djibouti: CAC International Bank
Democratic Republic of Congo: Rawbank
Egypt: Ahli Unitied Bank Egypt
Equatorial Guinea: Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial
Ethiopia: Dashen Bank
Gabon: Orabank Gabon
Ghana: Fidelity Bank
Guinea: UBA Guinea
Guinea-Bissau: Orabank Guinea-Bissau
Kenya: Equity Bank Kenya
Liberia: UBA Liberia
Madagascar: Société Générale
Malawi: Standard Bank Malawi
Mali: Ecobank Mali
Mauritius: MCB
Morocco: Attijariwafa Bank
Mozambique: Millennium bim
Namibia: First National Bank Namibia
Nigeria: Zenith Bank
Senegal: Orabank Senegal
Sierra Leone: UBA Sierra Leone
South Africa: Standard Bank
Tanzania: Stanbic Tanzania
Togo: Ecobank
Tunisia: Société Générale
Uganda: Equity Bank Uganda
Zambia: UBA Zambia
