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About Executive & Business Award

Ethiopia’s National Platform for Excellence, Leadership & Economic Impact

The Executive & Business Award (EBA) is Ethiopia’s premier national, independent, multi-sector excellence recognition platform, established to identify, validate, and elevate outstanding leadership, organizational performance, governance integrity, and sustainable economic contribution across the country’s most impactful sectors.
EBA is purpose-built to sit at the intersection of business, policy, finance, and development, providing a credible national mechanism through which excellence is measured, benchmarked, and publicly recognized.
The Ethiopia Business Awards (EBA) serves as an institutional benchmarking platform that recognizes measurable performance and national impact aligned with Ethiopia’s macroeconomic priorities, sectoral realities, and ESG imperatives.
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Why EBA Matters to Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s growth trajectory depends not only on scale, but on standards.EBA does not reward visibility or influence — it rewards measurable performance, responsible leadership, and national impact.
  • Reinforce merit-based recognition
  • Encourage ethical leadership and strong governance
  • Elevate sectors critical to GDP growth, foreign exchange, employment, and inclusion
  • Align private-sector excellence with public development objectives
  • Strengthen trust between business, government, finance, and society
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Meet Our Team & Professional Expertise

Angelina Holy

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Jenson Button

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Harnold Min

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Matthew White

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Michael Dover

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Jane Hamilton

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Jenson Button

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Patrick Spencer

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Our Award Categories

Organizational Excellence Awards

Financial Sector Excellence Award

Banking | Insurance | Capital Markets | Fintech Why it matters: Investment, stability, financial inclusion

Manufacturing & Industrial Excellence Award

FMCG | Construction Materials | Textiles | Pharmaceuticals Why it matters: Industrialization, value addition, jobs

Export & Trade Performance Excellence Award

Coffee | Horticulture | Minerals | Logistics Why it matters: Foreign exchange, global integration

Urban Development & Real Estate Excellence Award

Real Estate | Housing | Urban Infrastructure Why it matters: Urban productivity, investment confidence

Infrastructure & Energy Excellence Award

Power | Transport | Construction | Utilities Why it matters: National enabler sector

ICT, Digital Innovation & Technology Excellence Award

Platforms | Startups | AI | Digital Services Why it matters: Competitiveness, youth employment

Service Sector Excellence Award

Logistics | Healthcare | Hospitality | Aviation Why it matters: Employment and service quality

Agriculture & Agribusiness Excellence Award

Commercial Farming | Processing | Inputs Why it matters: Backbone of the economy

ESG & Sustainability Excellence Award

Environmental | Social | Governance Leadership Why it matters: Future finance, donor credibility
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