The Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC) and crowdfunding platform Narwi were recognised at this year's Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)- Thomson Reuters Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge Awards (EFICA), while former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Founded in 2005, the IFC is a UK based not-for-profit specialist advisory and development body established to promote and enhance the global Islamic and ethical finance industry. Within the UK, the Council pioneered the Ethical Finance Roundtable (EFRT) series. Narwi is a non-profit Islamic crowdfunding platform which allows donors to support micro-entrepreneurs of their choice.