By Toma IMIRHE The inaugural West African Banking Awards have been launched in Accra. The awards which will be held next year, will be held under the auspices of the Business In Africa publishing group, which publishes the pan-African Business in Africa magazine as well as a prominent local bi-weekly business newspaper in Ghana, Business & Financial Times. The launch of this year’s awards was done at a gala dinner at La Palm royal Beach Hotel last week during the maiden two-day West African Banking Congress, also organized by the Business in Africa Group. Indeed the maiden awards will be held at the 2009 West African Banking Congress which the organizers have promised to make an annual event. The awards will recognize best banking practices across the sub-region. The inaugural West African Banking Congress attracted senior professional bankers, economists, IT experts and the likes from across Anglophone West Africa, particularly Nigeria and Ghana. Issues addressed by various presen...