The 2016 Best Practice Awards and International Business Bonding was held in Indaba Hotel, Fourways Johannesburg South Africa.

The five days programme which was organized by the Chartered Institute of Financial and Investment Analysts- South Africa was formally climaxed on Saturday 3rd December, 2016.

The programme was highly patronized and attracted participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethopia, South Africa and Canada.

The theme for the conference was Global Economic Trends; Investment Determinants, Drivers and Techniques for Revenue Generation.

In a citation read to confirm the award, Dr Olusegun Moses Agoro (General Secretary), admonished members to be hard working irrespective of age, nationality and gender.

Dr. Agoro onwardly confirmed on Dr. Gabriel Odeh Apotey a fellow membership into the Chartered Institute of Financial and Investment Analyst- South Africa amidst a standing ovation.

Dr. G.O.Apotey holds a Bachelor in Educational Psychology, Master of Business Administration in Accounting, Doctoral Fellow from CIMS and PhD in Finance. He is a native of Yilo Krobo (Somanya) in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

His area of expertise is in Rural Banking, Staffing Psychology, Financial Strategy, Strategic Coaching, Branding Psychology and Advance Human Networking.

He is a Branch Manager of Upper Manya Kro Rural Bank Limited with its Head Office at Asesewa in the Eastern Region of Ghana.