The winners will be selected by the registered readers of CPI Financial products and services - in other words, your peers in the financial services industry. Voting for the Banker Africa North Africa Banking Awards will run until 31 May 2014 on the website.
Those institutions shortlisted are not necessarily the largest, as the awards are designed to reward innovation and the ability to gain market share, not simple size.
Each shortlisted entry will be automatically linked to the institution's own homepage online. In addition you may wish to read supporting material for the specific award where provided by the shortlisted institutions before casting your votes. Once voting closes, the results will be tallied and revealed in the subsequent edition of Banker Africa.
This year there are more than 150 institutions nominated across the following ten categories:
The core philosophy of CPI Financial is transparency, ensuring accurate reporting of economics and financial matters, the factors determining the future of the banking and finance community and the business deals driving the industry forward. The awards programmes are designed to reward and promote excellence and competition in the drive to set new standards in the industry in quality of service, best practice and financial performance.