Why API

Open to completed projects between January 2019 – October 2020 and the project must be over 50% let to qualify.

All categories under this section will be judged on the following, please submit a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Description: location, infrastructure and transport access, sensitivity to the local community and integration into the environment
• Aesthetics/Architectural: Technical and architectural quality
• Development Operations: occupancy, financial performance, response to market demands and corporate staff involvement
• Environmental Impact: Sustainability
• Originality of the concept & Innovation

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Describe what you have done in the last 12 months that has positively impacted the business/organization
• Indicate the impact you have had on the industry or organization in the last 12 months
• Indicate how you are a thought leader in the industry
• Indicate how you have shown great potential to lead
• Describe how the business has performed under your leadership in the last 12 months

Please provide a brief document that stipulates all the above points.

The Lifetime Award is only entered by nomination. Finalists will be hand-picked by stakeholders.

• Describe how you/your nominee has been consistent and resilient in the African real estate sector
• Indicate how you/your nominee is a thought leader in the industry
• Provide any quantifiable achievements in the last 20 years
• Describe how businesses/organizations have performed or transformed under you/your nominee’s leadership
• Indicate how you/your nominee have had a Pan-African presence in real estate through your/your nominee’s work and that of the organizations you/your nominee has led
• Indicate how you/your nominee stands out from the rest in the African real estate industry.

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Size of deals/number of transactions completed during the last 12 months
• Quality and quantity of the deals concluded during the last 12 months
• Innovation in deal structuring or lending practices for new or refinanced deals in the last 12 months
• Indicate the diversification of deals and services either across real estate sectors or the African continent
• Indicate how the institution stands out from its competitors
• Describe the impact the institution had on the Pan-African real estate footprint over the last 12 months

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Size of deals/number of transactions completed during the last 12 months
• Quality and quantity of the services provided during the last 12 months
• Innovation in solutions provided in the last 12 months
• Indicate the diversification of services provided either across real estate sectors or the African continent
• Indicate how the business stands out from its competitors
• Describe the impact the business had on the Pan-African real estate footprint over the last 12 months

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• What is the product and what problem is the product solving?
• How is the product serving the demand?
• What impact has the product had on the real estate sector?
• How much business has the product generated over the 12 months?
• How innovative the product is?
• How user friendly is the product?

YOUNG AFRICAN PROPERTY PERSON OF THE YEAR

Legible candidate must be under 35 years

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Outline your career profile to date
• Your achievements in the last 12 months
• Impact the you have had on the industry or organization in the last 12 months
• Indicate how you are a thought leader in the industry
• Indicate how you have shown great potential to lead

WOMAN IN AFRICAN REAL ESTATE AWARD

This category will be judged on the following, please provide a brief document that stipulates all the below points:

• Outline your career profile to date
• Your achievements in the last 12 months
• Impact the you have had on the industry or organization in the last 12 months
• Indicate how you are a thought leader in the industry
• Indicate how you have shown great potential to lead
• Describe how you have progressed the woman’s movement in the African real estate sector