SanlamAllianz Nigeria’s website/portal, www.sanlamallianz.com.ng, has been adjudged winner of the NiRA .NG Awards 2025.
Nigeria Internet Registration Association, NiRA, is the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names and maintains the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain. NiRA is a Not-for-Profit, Non-Governmental Self-Regulatory body established by the order of the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Internet Community to manage Nigeria’s Country Code Top Level Domain.
The .ng Awards celebrate the achievements and innovation of Nigerian internet initiatives and aims to showcase Nigerian businesses, individuals, charities, public and private sector organisations that help to make the Internet a more secure, open, accessible, and rewarding experience for all.
According to the .ng awards website, the criteria for the awards include: Local Content, User Experience, Functionality, Website Relevance and Website Dynamism.
Commenting on the awards, Chris Ekwonwa, Group Head, Strategy, Marketing and Customer Relations, SanlamAllianz Nigeria, said “this award is another testament to the overall quality of our website. Last year, we were finalists at this same award as Sanlam Nigeria, now as SanlamAllianz Nigeria, following our JV with Allianz, we finally brought this home. This reinforces our rebrand theme of two giants coming together; two forces joining forces. Indeed with this award, we unequivocally reaffirm our enhanced technical and innovation capabilities to deliver a delightful experience to our customers and prospects who interact with us across all our touch points.”
In a further testament to the increased strength of the company’s digital exertions, days earlier, Netcore/Infytel, a leading marketing services firm with strength across automated email marketing, adjudged SanlamAllianz as the most innovative user of its platform. “When it comes to digital adoption, we are clearly one of the leading lights in our industry ,” said Bankole Banjo, Marketing and Corporate
Communications Manager at SanlamAllianz Nigeria. “From our easy-to-use customer app called SanlamAllianz Connect, to the agents’ app which allows for seamless paperless sales by our over 5000-man field force, we have shown the industry that innovation is not just a core value for us, but a way of life”, he concluded.
Recall that Sanlam, Africa’s biggest non-banking financial services firm and Allianz, easily the world’s most recogniseable insurance brand executed a JV across 28 countries on the continent to form SanlamAllianz.
The merger has seen the giants become the clear leader in their industry in Africa with strong commitments to be top two in every market in which they operate. Consummated in Nigeria as SanlamAllianz Nigeria in June 2025, the brand immediately embarked on a rebrand campaign which saw it dominate headlines to the delight of industry watchers.
