{"id":57738,"date":"2018-12-14T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=57738"},"modified":"2018-12-13T19:06:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T19:06:49","slug":"2018-africa-youth-awards-nominees-announcedsee-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/2018-africa-youth-awards-nominees-announcedsee-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Africa Youth Awards Nominees Announced(See List)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nominees for the 5th edition of Africa Youth Awards, the continent\u2019s most coveted<\/p>\n

award for young people has been announced.<\/p>\n

The nominees which features 60 young people across 5 categories were selected from 23<\/p>\n

African countries for their outstanding works in diverse fields.<\/p>\n

Out of the 23 countries nominated, Kenya leads with 7 nominees whiles Ghana, Nigeria,<\/p>\n

South Africa also follow with 6 nominees each.<\/p>\n

Speaking about this year\u2019s edition, Prince Akpah, President & co-founder of Africa Youth<\/p>\n

Awards, noted that in commemoration of the 5 years anniversary of the awards, co-founders<\/p>\n

of the award decided to only release 5 categories to be contested for across the continent.<\/p>\n

Also speaking about the next phase of the awards, Prince Akpah noted that, the awards<\/p>\n

from next year would be modelled to promote the African Union\u2019s Agenda 2063 as it takes<\/p>\n

turn to award young individuals working on promoting the African Union\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

Africa Youth Awards has over the years recognized the works of young Africans and continues<\/p>\n

to expose their works to the world. Previous recipient of the award include: Dr. Ahmed Musa,<\/p>\n

Sara Nana Yeboah, Ashish Thakkar, Aya Chebbi, etc.<\/p>\n

Africa Youth Awards is also noted for its prestigious ranking of the 100 Most Influential<\/p>\n

Young Africans which has received publication on various international media platforms<\/p>\n

across the world.<\/p>\n

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Public voting for the awards is opened via www.africayouthawards.org\/vote and will end<\/p>\n

on December 26th ahead of the winners announcement on January 1st 2019.<\/p>\n

Below is the list of nominees;<\/h3>\n

AFRICA YOUTH OF THE YEAR FEMALE<\/h3>\n

Amina Abdi Wako (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Atangche Zita Ngeche (Cameroon)<\/p>\n

Brownie Ebal (Uganda)<\/p>\n

Buumba Malambo (Zambia)<\/p>\n

Dr. Yakama Manty Jones (Sierra Leone)<\/p>\n

Juana A. Boateng (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Liina Mutilifa (Namibia)<\/p>\n

Micah Dandaula (Malawi)<\/p>\n

Monbolade Urchelle Pamela Akplogan (Benin)<\/p>\n

Nerima Wako Ojiwa (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Nthabeleng Likotsi (South Africa)<\/p>\n

Wadi Ben-Hirki (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

AFRICA YOUTH OF THE YEAR MALE<\/h3>\n

Arnold Nyendwa (Zambia)<\/p>\n

Ato Ulzen-Appiah (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Badru Juma Rajabu (Tanzania)<\/p>\n

Bhongolwethu Sonti (South Africa)<\/p>\n

David Momanyi (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Leslie Addae (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Jovita Efehi Obadolagbonyi (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Lamin Saidykhan Gambia)<\/p>\n

Letsatsi Lekhooa (Lesotho)<\/p>\n

Mohamed Roshdy (Egypt)<\/p>\n

Othman Mezouar (Morocco)<\/p>\n

Twin Mawela Mosia (South Africa)<\/p>\n

ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR<\/h3>\n

Ghislain Muhiwa (DR Congo)<\/p>\n

Hope Mwanyuma (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Isaac Success Omoyele (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Kelebogile Simula (Botswana)<\/p>\n

Lamin Saidykhan (Gambia)<\/p>\n

Prince Tam Yai (Cameroon)<\/p>\n

Samuel Charandura Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n

Thomas Mwiraria (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Valerio O. Thompson Boco (Equatorial Guinea)<\/p>\n

Victor Ugo (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Winston Muleba (Zambia)<\/p>\n

Zyna Mejri (Tunisia & Libya)<\/p>\n

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR<\/h3>\n

Adnane El Idrissi Ammari (Morocco)<\/p>\n

Amon Sheefeni Namundjebo (Namibia)<\/p>\n

Arnold Nyendwa (Zambia)<\/p>\n

Benjamin Fernandes (Tanzania)<\/p>\n

Clifford Ndecham (Cameroon)<\/p>\n

Gilbert Peters (Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n

Joyce Boadi Okyere (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Kelvin Macharia Kuria (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Moemedi Senwelo (Botswana)<\/p>\n

Nalubega Joan (Uganda)<\/p>\n

Nkululeko Mhlaba (South Africa)<\/p>\n

Vukile Manzi (South Africa)<\/p>\n

LEADER OF THE YEAR<\/h3>\n

Armstrong Poleeno Addae (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Bhongolwethu Sonti (South Africa)<\/p>\n

Brenda Mcwilson-Okorogba Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Ntonjira (Kenya)<\/p>\n

Julius Karl D. Fieve (Ghana)<\/p>\n

Martin Muyuya (Zambia)<\/p>\n

Nthatisi Miriam Lesala (Lesotho)<\/p>\n

Nyandoh Paho Tadfor Tadfor (Cameroon)<\/p>\n

Sabere Anselme Traore (Burkina Faso)<\/p>\n

Samson Wambuzi (Uganda)<\/p>\n

Segun Fatudimu (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Ssekitto Kalule Emmanuel (Uganda)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nominees for the 5th edition of Africa Youth Awards, the continent\u2019s most coveted award for young people has been announced. The nominees which features 60 young people across 5 categories were selected from 23 African countries for their outstanding works in diverse fields. Out of the 23 countries nominated, Kenya leads with 7 nominees whiles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":57739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[55628],"class_list":["post-57738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-africa-youth-awards-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57740,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738\/revisions\/57740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}