Investment Awards 2024 letter

THEME: HARNESSING INTEREST IN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT

Wednesday, 2^nd October, 2024

Dear Sir/ Madam,

RE: Invitation to participate in the Investment Awards 2024 – 11^th Edition

We invite you to participate in the Investment Awards 2024. These awards are being revived this year after a 5-year hiatus. The awards Gala Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, 10^nd December, 2024 starting at 6.30 pm at the JW Marriott Hotel, Nairobi.

The theme for this year’s awards is, ‘Harnessing Interest in Sustainable Investment’.

The Investment Awards was launched in 2009 and held consistently every year until 2018 when we took a break. The awards are designed for fund managers, collective investment schemes, pension funds, investment advisers, listed companies, stock brokers among other players in the capital markets.

The awards’ main focus is not only be on the companies that remain financially sound while ensuring good returns to shareholders, but also those that contribute greatly to the growth of the sector by embracing best practice in corporate governance, innovation, education and engaging in sustainable growth. The judging process involves research that examines key areas of performance including customer experience.

For the 11^th edition, we have put effort more effort in improving the awards category and judging criteria to make them more inclusive and relevant for the dynamic and fast-paced ever-changing business environment.

Think Business has been a leading competitive intelligence purveyor in the financial sector in Kenya, for over 20 years, engaging in strategic research, data analysis, publishing and industry awards, among them banking, insurance and investment.

A panel of expert judges will decide the winners in each category. The Judges’ decisions will be based on entries as presented by companies coupled with financial information, statutorily published by the companies. Entries may not be required in categories where only financial information is applicable for judging. Judges may contact companies directly for any information they might need to help them in the judging process.

PKF East Africa, our Judging process partner, will oversee and audit the entire judging process including the selection of judges, financial data and market information presented as well as the determination of winners based on set criteria.

All entries must be submitted on the new ThinkAwards platform accessible through the Think Business Investment Awards portal https://uat.craftsilicon.com/InvestmentAwards/

Below is a breakdown of our schedule for the INVESTMENT AWARDS 2024:

We have attached the Award Categories & Judging criteria that has more details on the process

Eligibility

•     Entries are open to all licensed companies in the Capital Markets, Collective Investment Vehicles, Fund managers and Pension Funds and all other professionals in the industry licensed and regulated by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA).

•     Entries must be for projects that have been implemented within the previous 12 to 18 months.

•     Each award category has its eligibility criteria. Kindly refer to it to ensure you are entering in the most appropriate categories.

• Where entry is submitted jointly by one or more parties, the judges have the authority to assess and determine if the entry was really a joint effort.
• The judges reserve the right to amend the judging criteria, change the maximum allocated score for any criteria, accept or reject entries.

Submission Guidelines

• Log on to our ThinkAwards portal https://uat.craftsilicon.com/InvestmentAwards/ . You need accreditation to login.
• To get accreditation, share with use at least 2 emails addresses and telephone numbers of the people you have picked to submit your entries.
• Make sure it is clear what individual, department, company (or companies in the case of joint entries), you are entering. You can enter more than one project or program in a category.
• Fill in the entry slots with the required information. Note that each slot has a specified number of characters that should not be exceeded. 
• Each category has its own judging criteria and parameters. Ensure that you provide information for each parameter as indicated in each award category.
• Pay attention to the maximum score awarded for each parameter.
• Attach relevant reference/supporting details including photos, videos as well as customer testimonials where applicable and available.
• If measurable targets were achieved, it is important to provide that evidence, i.e what the target was, if and how it was achieved.

N/B All information contained in your entries remain confidential and will only be used for the intended purpose of the awards and will not be released to any third parties without prior consent of the entrant.