ZENITH BANK EMERGES “BANK OF THE YEAR, NIGERIA” IN THE BANKER AWARDS 2022

ZENITH BANK WINS “BANK OF THE YEAR, NIGERIA” IN THE BANKER AWARDS 2022

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

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.

Zenith Bank’s track record of excellent performance has continued to earn it numerous awards,

years from 2020 to 2022, by the Ethical Boardroom; Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria and Best

Innovation In Retail Banking, Nigeria in the International Banker 2022 Banking Awards. Also, the

Bank emerged as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the Banker Magazine Top 500

Banking Brands 2020 and 2021, Bank of the Year (Nigeria) in The Banker’s Bank of the Year

Awards 2020 and Retail Bank of the year, for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022, at the

BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards.

Similarly, Zenith Bank was honoured as Bank of the Decade (People’s Choice) at the ThisDay

Awards 2020 and emerged winner in four categories at the Sustainability, Enterprise, and

Responsibility (SERAS) Awards 2021, carting home the awards for “Best Company in Reporting

and Transparency”, “Best Company in Infrastructure Development”, “Best Company in Gender

Equality and Women Empowerment”, and the coveted “Most Responsible Organisation in Africa.