This years awards saw Africa's oil, gas & energy industry come together in-person for the first time in two years to celebrate extraordinary individuals and companies actively engaged on the African Continent. The winners were voted on by the audience, both in-person and online and were presented by former Award winner Keith Hill, CEO & President of Africa Oil Corp. who had flown to London to meet with governments and partners at the Africa E&P Summit. Frontier also announced the dates for the Africa E&P Summit 2022 and invite the industry to engage with the Frontier Team on the opportunities available.

Winners of the Big Five Board Awards 2021 presented by Frontier, in their 25th Anniversary Year and the longest running Awards in Africa's Upstream are:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Firoze Din

Distinguished Individual Contribution to the African Industry – Elephant 

The Nominations were:

• Anne McAfee, Core Laboratories
• Effiong Okon, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
• Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, TotalEnergies
• Nantenaina Rasolonirina, OMNIS 
• NJ Ayuk, Africa Energy Chamber
• Scot Evans, ReconAfrica

Winner 2021: Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, TotalEnergies

Corporate Contribution to African Petroleum & Excellence – Lion

The Nominations were:

• Eni
• Galp
• Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
• Shell
• TotalEnergies
• ExxonMobil

Winner 2021: TotalEnergies

Best Independent Player in Africa – Leopard

The Nominations were:

• Africa Oil Corp.
• Chariot Transitional Energy 
• Impact Oil & Gas
• Invictus Energy
• ReconAfrica
• Waltersmith Petroman

The Winner 2021: Africa Oil Corp.

Best Service & Supply Company – Buffalo 

The Nominations were:

• Afrishore
• Aker Energy
• ION
• Maersk Drilling
• Polarcus
• Xcalibur Multiphysics

The Winner 2021: Maersk Drilling

Best African National Oil Company/ Ministry – Rhino

The Nominations were:

• ANPG, Angola 
• Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA)
• Ministry of Petroleum & Energy, The Gambia
• ONHYM, Morocco
• OMNIS, Madagascar 
• PETROSEN, Senegal

The Winner 2021: ANPG, Angola

Africa’s Oil Legend Award – Special Category

The Nominations were:

• H. E. Fafa Sanyang, The Gambia
• Jean-Jaques Koum, SNH
• Jim Gulland, GeoPartners 
• Jan Maier, Africa Energy Corp.
• Luca Bertelli, Eni
• Paul McDade, Afentra plc

The Winner 2021: Luca Bertelli, Eni

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this years Big Five Board Awards! Frontier look forward to seeing you at the next edition of the Africa E&P Summit and Exhibition from the 17th - 19th May 2022 in London & Online.

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