Awards
2025
Honoured with the title, Commander in the National Order of Gabonese Merit
2022
Honoured with the title, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic
2022
TIME100 Impact list
2020
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World
2019
Man of the Year by Seven Star Awards
2018
Person of the Year by Vanguard Newspapers Nigeria
2017
Inaugural Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Entrepreneurship Award, Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)
2014
Appointed Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA)
2014
Honourary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa) by University of Benin
2013
Leadership Award in Business and Philanthropy by the Africa-America Institute
2012
Honourary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (HonDBA) by Benue State University
2010
Honourary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (HonDBA) by Benue State University
2010
Asked by the Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’adua to serve on the Presidential Committee on the Global Financial Crisis
2008
African Banker of the Year by African Banker magazine
2006
Honourary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (HonDBA) by University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2006
African Business Leader of The Year by Africa Investor magazine
Appointments
2025
Appointed to the IMF Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth
2017
Member, UN WFP x FMHADMSD Zero Hunger Roundtable Committee
2017
Member, UNICEF, Generation Unlimited 2020
2016
Member, World Economic Forum Community of Chairmen
2014
Member, African Union Foundation
2014
Adviser, President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)
2014
Member, World Economic Forum Africa Steering Committee
2014
Member, Global Advisory Board of the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL)
2013
Member, Board of Directors, the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)
2012
Co-Chair, Aspen Institute Dialogue Series on Global Food Security
2012
Member, Private Capital Group for Africa Partners Forum (USAID)
2012
Appointed Chairman, Seadrill Mobile Units Nigeria Ltd.
2011
Appointed Chairman, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc. (Transcorp)
