Call for Nominations

The nominations for The Future Awards Africa 2025 are now open, celebrating the remarkable individuals who are shaping Africa’s future. Whether you’re an innovator, artist, entrepreneur, or changemaker, this is your chance to gain recognition. Nominate yourself or someone who is making a significant impact. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of Africa’s most prestigious awards!

Award Category

The Future Awards Africa is a prestigious recognition that celebrates excellence and innovation across various sectors of the African economy. Each award category highlights remarkable individuals and organizations driving impactful change in their fields.

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Prize For Art

This category honours young creatives excelling in using line, colour, shape, and texture to convey ideas and emotions...

Prize For Literature

This category honours young creatives excelling in writing poetry, drama, prose, and other written works...

Prize For Service to Young People

This award honours individuals who have made significant contributions to the empowerment, development...

The Future Awards Africa

The Future Awards Africa, also popularly known as The Future Awards, are a set of awards given by The Future Project (TFP), a social enterprise set up with a strong, practical commitment to human and capital development, especially in Africa.

TFAA celebrates young people between the ages of 18 and 33, who have made outstanding achievement in the year under consideration.

“Most important awards for outstanding young Africans” – Forbes

Why TFAA Matters

We need all hands-on deck. This is a truly great initiative, with impressive results achieved in entrepreneurship development and getting the message of acting out to young Africans.

Dr. Frannie Léautier

If you are wise here you will pay attention to The Future Awards Africa, you will take it seriously because it's an incredible platform that hosts and reaches hundreds of thousands of our young people.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Networking Breakfast

On the morning of The Future Awards Africa, we host an exclusive Networking Breakfast—a gathering designed to bring together various individuals from various sectors, including nominees, past winners, industry leaders, partners, and changemakers. This intimate event sets the tone for the day, creating space for collaboration, mentorship, and dialogue around legacy, impact, and the future of Africa’s next generation of leaders.

Winners Spotlight

Olive Emodi

Emmanuel Oyeleke

Zainab Balogun

John Obidi

I crashed the Future Awards 4years ago because I had no invite, no one knew me. I was just a young girl trying to find my way in the media industry. I saw the way the Future Awards celebrated young people making an impact and I decided I wanted that for myself. So I wrote these words on the whiteboard "One day, I will win the Future Awards" Four years later... My dreams came true. This award is a BIG DEAL to me.

It is Such an honor to be nominated, even more, humbling to be announced the winner! Thanks to The Future Enterprise Support Scheme for giving me the platform to learn this skill 6 years ago and now thanks to The Future Awards Africa for this recognition, It is a testament that hard, smart work pays!

I am a living example that with hard work, passion and faith that you can achieve that which you never planned for. This is my first award as an actor and I have been on this journey for quite a while now. You too can win by going against the grain. You can win by saying “no” and holding your spirit of excellence. You can win by refusing to shift your moral compass and keeping your standards when they ask you to throw it away.

5 years ago (2013), I was nominated for this same prize and though I didn’t win then, the nomination boosted my then budding career as a Social Media Strategist. Years later, after much growth, I am celebrated as a TFAA winner. Thanks to TFAA for this honor, I am very grateful. Growth is intentional, Growth takes time.

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