Cross-sector. Cross-border. Global.
Building Resilient Institutions Across Borders. A Global Platform. An African Home. Bringing together regulators, policymakers, financial institutions, corporate leaders, law enforcement, technology innovators and GRC and financial crime professionals from Africa and across the world.
THE GLOBAL PERIMETER brings the full Awards & Summit experience to Nairobi — a morning of rigorous dialogue and an evening of well-earned recognition, uniting the profession from across the world in one African home.
For six years, the GRC & Financial Crime Prevention Awards & Summit established its foundations in Lagos, Nigeria, building a growing community of leaders and practitioners committed to strengthening governance, risk, compliance and financial crime prevention.
In 2026, the platform enters a new chapter. The 7th Annual GRC & Financial Crime Prevention Global Awards & Summit is hosted in Nairobi, Kenya — marking the evolution of the platform into one annual global flagship, hosted in Africa and connected to the world.
The host city rotates. The home does not.
Six editions established the platform, the award pillars and the community that built it.
The first host outside Nigeria, and the point at which the platform becomes a single global flagship.
One annual Global Awards & Summit, hosted across strategically significant African markets, with international forums year-round.
Established in Lagos · Growing across Africa · Connecting the world
Not a vendor showcase. MLROs, chief compliance officers, chief risk officers and heads of financial crime; board and audit committee members; regulators, supervisors and financial intelligence units; correspondent banking, sanctions and trade finance leads; and RegTech, fintech and payments risk leadership — whose work crosses African, European and international markets.
A transparent, four-stage journey — combining public voice with independent, conflict-free judging.
Individuals and organisations across all sectors are nominated for recognition across the six award pillars.
The public votes; the top 5 per category by public vote proceed to independent judging. One vote per person per category.
Judges score each shortlisted nominee against published, sector-specific criteria — without conflict, bias or visibility of other scores.
The top 3 finalists per category are recognised at the black-tie Gala; only the winner is revealed on the evening.
Celebrating excellence, keynotes, panel discussions, and gala awards ceremonies across our past events.
Organisations who partnered with us to champion GRC and financial crime prevention excellence.
Banks, microfinance, fintech, insurance and asset management leading on AML/CFT and GRC.
Energy, engineering, manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, telecoms, legal, agriculture & public sector.
Influencers, FinCrime and GRC leaders, cyber champions, auditors and rising stars.
Recognising women advancing excellence and equity across the profession.
Reporters, publications, broadcasters and digital media advancing the conversation.
Training, advisory, RegTech and recruitment providers — plus the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Recognition is only worth what the panel is worth. The 2026 Global Awards are assessed by an independent panel constituted internationally — drawn from regulators, supervisory bodies, financial institutions, academia and practice across Africa, Europe and international markets. Judges declare conflicts and recuse from any category in which their organisation is nominated; criteria are published in advance and applied uniformly to every entry, and panel members are named publicly.
One panel. One published set of criteria. Every entry assessed the same way.
Lifetime Achievement · 2025
GRC & FinCrime Influencer · 2025
Governance Leadership · 2025
Risk Leadership · 2025
Honouring the individuals and organisations recognised across previous editions of the GRC & Financial Crime Prevention Awards.
A Global Platform. An African Home.
Spirit of Excellence Distilled…
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Full Delegate Pass — Global Summit 09:00–15:00 and
Global Awards Gala 18:00–21:00.
10% off early bookings and
groups of ten.