2025 Awards Entry Forms
2025 Award Categories
INVESTORS - ADVISORS - PEOPLE - VOTING
Thank you for registering for the PEA 2025 Awards.
Please select your categories below.
Hard Deadline: 18th October 2025
Investor Awards
LP VOTING
Celebrate your LPs! The LP Voting category recognises the powerhouse backers driving Africa’s private equity engine. It looks at both new LPs and long-term investors, with emphasis on commitments, innovative capital allocation, and the vision that shapes the continent’s future. Subcategories include 1st Time Africa LPs, Commercial Financiers and Developmental Financiers (DFIs).
PRIVATE EQUITY HOUSES
The Private Equity House of the Year category recognises investment activity across various regions, with emphasis on deal-making, commitment, strategy, development and social impact. Subcategories include Regional Investor, Fundraisers, Frontier GP and SME Investor.
VENTURE CAPITAL HOUSES
This category looks at investment activity in the venture capital space across Africa. Judges will look at deal-making, fundraising, strategy, plus social and development impact.
CREDIT HOUSES
This category looks at investment activity in the credit space across Africa. Judges will look at deal-making, fundraising, strategy, plus social and development impact.
INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSES
This category looks at investment activity in the infrastructure space across Africa. Judges will look at deal-making, fundraising, strategy, plus social and development impact.
NEXTGEN FUND AWARD (New Fund Strategies)
This category recognises new and innovative fund strategies across Africa. Judges will look at forward-thinking approaches tackling some of the continent’s biggest challenges, with emphasis on creativity, scalability, and long-term impact.
DEAL OF THE YEAR
The Deal of the Year category looks at individual deals closed. The judges are looking for evidence of innovation, potential development and social impact, uniqueness and deal size. Subcategories include debt and infrastructure deals.
EXIT OF THE YEAR
The Exit of the Year category looks at the returns, innovativeness of exit, size of the deal, value added by investor, development and social impact, holding period and deal uniqueness.
PORTFOLIO COMPANY OF THE YEAR
In the Portfolio Company of the Year category, the judges look for evidence of value added by the investor after acquiring the company, in specific sub-categories.
Advisor Awards
LEGAL ADVISORS
In this category, the judges look for evidence of commitment to the region, overall legal fund and transaction services provided, volumes and geographical reach.
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
The category looks at financial advisory services provided. Subcategories include investor and corporate advisory services.
LOCAL ADVISORS
The category looks at services provided by local advisors. Subcategories include legal, financial, due diligence and other services.
FUND ADMINISTRATORS
The category looks at fund administration services provided.
SINGLE DEAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
The category recognises single deal achievements in 2024. Subcategories include legal, financial and other services.
SINGLE FUND ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
The category recognises single fund achievements in 2024. Subcategories include legal, financial and other services.
People Awards
Investors & Advisors
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (The Bond Award)
The PEA 2025 Awards will recognise exceptional people that have contributed to the growth of the industry. This category covers individuals that have worked on deals and funds both in the investment and advisory spaces.
Voting Awards
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
This category enables industry players to invite members of their communities to vote for them. As private equity is a people’s business, what the community thinks makes a difference. The PEA People’s Choice Award lets you be the judge.