Meeting at the Tiama hotel in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 120 financial decision-makers appointed the Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin, Romuald WADAGNI, as the Minister of Finance of the year 2018. The 2018 edition of Financial Afrik Awards started with a list of 100 African personalities who are transforming Africa. From this list, it was identified the Ministerial Top 5 which included Benin, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal. And it was at the end of the votes that the choice was made on the Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin.