…….Celebrate theNation’s High-performing Companies
NextMoney, a publication of Centre for Financial Journalism Ltd/Gte, is set to unveil Nigeria’s
Top 100 Companies and host NextMoney Top 100 Companies Awards to celebrate the country’s
high-performing companies.
The unveiling and the award ceremony is scheduled for 5.00pm on October 3, 2025 at the Civic
Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The theme of the awards is Nigeria’s Top 100 Companies: Yesterday, Today and the Future,
and it will be keynoted by Mr. Olufemi Awoyemi mni, Chairman of Proshare Nigeria. The event
will be chaired by Dr Ije Jidenma, Chairman of Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce and
Chief Executive Officer of Leading Edge Consulting.
Nigeria’s Top 100 Companies is a special edition of NextMoney magazine, the prime source of
business, financial and economic intelligence on Nigeria. The edition focuses on the performance
of publicly-held companies in Nigeria and their ranking based on Assets, Revenue, Profit (profit
after tax), Market Capitalisation, Number of Employees and Tax Payment.
NextMoney Top 100 Companies Awards is designed to recognise and celebrate high-performing
companies in Nigeria that come out on top in the performance analyses and ranking of publicly-
held companies in Nigeria by analysts at NextMoney. These companies emerge from the top 100
companies in Nigeria ranked by Assets, Revenue, Profit (profit after tax), Market Capitalisation,
Number of Employees, and Tax Payment.
NextMoney Top 100 Companies Awards will be in two categories – Global and Sectoral. The
global awards is for the companies that emerged as the best performers in terms of Assets,
Revenue, Profit, Market Capitalisation, Number of Employees and Tax Payment among the top
100 companies. The awards will be as follows: The Largest Company in Nigeria (the company
that posted the largest total assets in the year), The Most Profitable Company in Nigeria, The
Largest Company in Nigeria by Revenue, The Most Valuable Company in Nigeria (the company
that recorded the highest market capitalisation in the year), The Largest Company in Nigeria by
Number of Employees (the company that employed the most people in the year), The Highest
Tax Paying Company in Nigeria (the company that paid the highest corporate income tax in the
year).
The sectoral award-winners are the companies that come out on top in the sectoral rankings, also
based on Assets, Revenue, Profit, Market Capitalisation, Number of Employees and Tax
Payment. The sectoral awards in this maiden edition of NextMoney Top 100 Companies Awards
will be restricted to Banking, Insurance and Manufacturing.
According to the Editor-in-Chief of NextMoney, Dr. Ray Echebiri, NextMoney Companies
Awards is unique because unlike other awards, it is based strictly on objective criteria – the
remarkable performance of the companies as surmised from their audited financial reports.
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