For over four decades, the awards have been acknowledging the best financial journalism in Africa and have attracted widespread interest from the continent. In 2020, the judging panel received 100 entries from journalists representing more than 40 media organisations. The Africa Growth Story, a popular category in the competition, received 23 entries spanning countries across the geopolitical and economic blocks of the continent.

The judging panel consists of Nixon Kariithi (Chair of the panel), Paula Fray (expert Media Trainer), Charles Naude (retired Business Editor), Ulrich Joubert (retired independent Economist), Ylva Rodny-Gumede (Head of the division for Internationalisation, and Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Johannesburg), Angela Agoawike (Communications Consultant based in Nigeria), Tom Indimuli (Media Consultant based in Kenya), and Emily May Brown (Media Lecturer at Polytechnic of Namibia).

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