BCA African Business
Book of the Year
About the awards:
The BCA African Business Book of the Year brings together the foremost figures in African publishing and the business realm to recognise the stories that are reshaping the business landscape. We also honour the talented authors and publishers responsible for bringing these stories to the forefront.
Entries are now open to the public and the submission deadline is May 1, 2025. The award committee will review and shortlist the entries, with the final shortlist announced on May 12, 2025.
The grand prize includes a trophy and a substantial reward of $10,000! Additionally, the second and third place recipients will be awarded prizes of $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. For more details about the Awards ceremony, please scroll down.
Join us in celebrating the transformative power of African business literature.
For more information about the event please contact c.haasz@icpublications.com.
About the ceremony:
Winners 2024
- How Africa Trades by Professor David Luke
- Africa is not a country by Dipo Faloyin
- Ethiopian Airlines: the African Aviation Powerhouse by Jozef Mols
2024 Shortlist

The Digital Continent: Placing Africa In Planetary Networks of Work
Mohammad Amir Anwar and Mark Graham

The BEE Billionaires: Redressing the imbalances of the past, or creating new ones?
Chris Bishop

Ethiopian Airlines: The African Aviation Powerhouse (Airlines Series)
Jozef Mols

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa
Dipo Faloyin

Lagos – Supernatural City
Tim Cocks

Tony O. Elumelu, Leading by Example: A Journey of Business, Philanthropy and Service
Ope Adeleke

Africa’s Sustainable Future & Entrepreneurship Innovations: New Horizons in Africa Economic Development with Loopholes to Funding Opportunities
Dr. Amos Obi

How Africa Trades
Luke David
2024 Ceremony Gallery






Categories
- Biographies & corporate stories
- Business strategy (Entrepreneurship, Investment, Leadership & Management)
- Behavioural Science & Psychology
- Industry specific books (Banking & Finance; Energy & Environment ; Entertainment & Media; Manufacturing & Commerce; Technology & Innovation; Industrialisation; Agriculture)
- Economics
- Growth Markets
- Historical books on the above
Judges

Arnold Ekpe
Chairperson of BCA, and chair of the Judging Committee

Chris Ogbechie
Dean of Lagos Business School

Arunma Otteh
Chair of the Royal African Society

Moky Makura
CEO of AfricaNoFilter

Terhas Berhe
Managing Director and Founder of Brand Communications

Omar Ben Yedder
Publisher of African Business and New African magazine
