Mai Atafo Oyinkansola Fawehinmi Latasha Ngwube Olumide Makanjuola Adim Isiakpona Aisha Augie Mark Okoye Aisha Yesufu Dr. Melvis Ndiloseh Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi Tolulope Adedeji Ayo mairo-Ese Oluwasola Obagbemi
The 16th Edition of ‘The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) recognized young Africans driving and shaping change across the continent. In this edition, we celebrated the continent’s brightest who have been exceptional through innovation, transformation, advocacy and pioneering in various fields of endeavour. Themed “Celebrating Challengers and Builders”, this…
THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA PRIZE FOR CONTENT CREATION Isaac 'Zicsaloma' Aloma (30) Isaac 'Zicsaloma' Aloma is a Nigerian comedian and skit maker, whose skits have amassed hundreds of thousands of views. Zicsaloma’s career in comedy began in 2017 after his eviction from The Voice Nigeria; a singing competition…
Meet the 119 Challengers and Builders –of the 16th edition of The Future Awards Africa Themed “Celebrating Challengers and Builders”, this year’s Awards is celebrating trailblazers that have chosen to defy the status quo and redefine the norm in their various fields within the past year. Making the…
Poetry was not Logan Toluwalase Akinwale’s first love—music was. Born in 1999, they grew up around a variety of music. Then, when they were 16, a friend asked them for help with an assignment on the American writer Sylvia Plath. They read two of her collections, The Colossus and Ariel.…
Tobiloba Ajayi has over 10 years of experience working with various organizations in the Disability Management sector in different countries. She holds a degree in Law and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2008. She also holds a Master’s Degree in International Law. In 2017, she…
Acting – Jide-Kene Achufusi, 28. To the uninitiated Jide-Kene Achufusi, better known as Swanky JKA, seemed to fall out of nowhere to land the most coveted film role in all of Nollywood in 2018, the lead in the Charles Okpaleke remake of Nollywood classic, Living In Bondage. But…
Seven extraordinary individuals including innovators, activists and entrepreneurs from across Africa were shortlisted for The Future Awards Africa 2020 Young Person of the Year prize. This year, the awards received over 1500 entries for this prize from over 30 African countries. Of those shortlisted, the top candidates were…
On Saturday, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), held its first-ever TV and digital edition of The Diversity Summit, incorporating a series of panel discussions covering a number of topics inclusion, equality, spirituality, identity, capitalism, environment, special needs and human rights. The Summit which brought together over 100 of…
The Future Awards Africa on Saturday, 28 November 2020 held its first-ever TV and digital edition (inspired after the Covid-19 pandemic), to celebrate the transformative power of youth on its 15th edition. The show which aired on Africa Magic, Pop Central and MTV Base, featured guest appearances from…
In light of the resurging cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, leading African intervention database, BeatingCorona.Africa has announced The Beating Corona Telethon which serves as the Day 1 activity of The Future Festival by The Future Awards Africa (TFAA). The telethon is a 6-hour television program, top of every…
The Central Working Committee of The Future Festival has announced that its 15th edition of The Future Awards Africa will hold on Saturday 28 November, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm on Africa Magic, MTV Base, and POP Central TV. The Future Awards Africa will be celebrating extraordinary young…
The Central Working Committee of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) today has announced that its first-ever TV and digital edition of The Diversity Summit will hold on 28 November, 2020. The TV and digital diversity summit will bring together over 100 of the most influential leaders and thinkers…
The Future Awards Africa Prize for Film Johnson. E. Awolola, 28. The Nigerian film industry is constantly evolving, with new opportunities to collaborate with streaming giants and internationally renowned corporations. All this progress is being championed by a generation of young filmmakers who are honouring the past while…
Rema, Jemima Osunde, Mr Macaroni, Odunayo Eweniyi, others make The Future Awards Africa nominees list… all nominees are under the age of 28 As the kick-off date of The Future Awards Africa's (TFAA) first-ever 3-day digital festival draws near, the Central Working Committee has announced this year's nominees…
Africa’s biggest youth awards, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), has unveiled the nominees for its only category open to public voting, The Future Awards Africa Prize for Service to Young People. The category, a first in the Awards’ 15-year history, recognises outstanding individuals (aged below 55 years) who…
Africa’s biggest awards event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), is set to unveil the nominees for its 15th edition this Sunday, November 8, 2020. Hosted by Ghana’s media personality, Dela Michel and Nigeria’s media personality, Tomike Adeoye; the unveiling will be televised by 3pm on Rubbin minds on…
For its first ever TV and Virtual event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced on-air personality and one of Africa’s biggest social influencers, Toke Makinwa as host for the 2020 edition of TFAA in a cross-platform online exclusive event. It is also the 15th year anniversary of…
In a bold move that pioneers a new way of delivering immersive event experiences in the age of Covid, The Future Awards Africa in partnership with Y! Africa has announced The Future Festival 2020 - a 3-day TV & Digital Festival to celebrate the transformative power of youth,…
Now in its 15th year, Africa’s most prestigious award, The Future Awards Africa, has announced the nominees for its prize for community action in commemoration of this year’s International Youth Day which holds August 12, 2020. The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), are a set of awards given by…
Now in its 15th year, Africa’s most prestigious award, The Future Awards Africa, has announced the nominees for its prize for community action in commemoration of this year’s International Youth Day which holds August 12, 2020. The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), are a set of awards given by…
The leading African intervention platform www.beatingcorona.africa has released a report spotlighting ten insights on COVID-19 interventions in Nigeria. The report features vital facts that provide a comprehensive deconstruction of how non-governmental interventions fared in the early stages of the Coronavirus in Nigeria and how they are coping with…
Africa’s Most Prestigious Youth Awards, The Future Awards Africa, has announced its jury. Now in its fifteenth (15th) year, the historically relevant award, known for discovering, spotlighting, and recognizing young African talents has assembled an impressive list of personalities, social activists, creatives, human rights advocates policy-movers, pioneers, culture-shapers,…
Ahead of its fifteenth edition, The Future Awards Africa has rolled out an exciting lineup of activities surrounding its iconic award event. TFAA is pioneering a near-complete pivot to virtual platforms in response to global trends accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic. the Future Awards will be hosting many…
Ahead of its fifteenth edition, The Future Awards Africa has rolled out an exciting lineup of activities surrounding its iconic award event. TFAA is pioneering a near-complete pivot to virtual platforms in response to global trends accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic. the Future Awards will be hosting many…
Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu, Israel Adesanya, Timini Egbuson, Simi ‘Drey’ Adejumo, Tolani Alli, and Adetola Onayemi emerged winners in their categories at the 14th edition of The Future Awards Africa held on Sunday, 24 November 2019 at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. The event was attended…
Adah Clarence (30) Adah Clarence (Gottay) is an internationally recognized creative photographer specialized in fine art/fashion and portrait photography and hails from Kogi state. Adah Clarence finds inspiration in capturing magical moments from everyday life to an unimaginable beauty of nature to unveil the glamour of life when…
Aisha Salaudeen (25) Aisha Salaudeen is a multimedia journalist with years of experience telling and helping people tell stories. She has worked in full time and freelance journalism, using images, videos, and text to report and investigate diverse human-interest stories in Africa. Her work has appeared in the Financial…
Adekunle Hassan (31) Adekunle Kunle-Hassan is a quintessential young leader and astute entrepreneur, passionate about technology and social impact in Africa which has informed his investment in digital technology for quality healthcare delivery. He manages Summitech Computing Limited, a digital agency (software development, digital marketing, software testing and…
Andrea Iyamah (26) Andrea founded and created the Andrea Iyamah apparel brand strongly inspired by color and ethnic cultures at the age of 17. The Andrea Iyamah brand is popularly recognized for its creative take on swim swear using vibrant colors, an array of cuts inspired by diverse African cultures. In she was…
Chinedu Azodoh/ Adetayo Bamiro (29/32) Adetayo Bamiro and Chinedu Azodoh are co-founder and chief growth officer for Max.ng, a Nigerian motorcycle transportation and delivery app operating across Nigeria. Azodoh and his co-founder, Adetayo Bamiro, came up with the idea for the company as part of an assignment while…
Olaseni Cole (32) Olaseni is a General, raising an army of young innovators, inventors, builders and problem-solvers in and from Africa. His project, Empowered Programmers, is an initiative aimed at preparing and equipping children with skills within the tech space helping them solve everyday problems using tech. As a Youth Corper and ICT Instructor in…
Al-farouq Aminu (29) Al-Farouq Aminu is a professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays internationally with the Nigeria national basketball team, the Tigers. Aminu was picked by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2010 non draft with the eighth overall pick. He has also played…
Adetola Onayemi (28) Adetola Onayemi, LLB, LLM (Cambridge) is Assistant Chief Negotiator for Nigeria & Head, Trade Remedies at the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), with sole responsibility for “leading Nigeria’s trade negotiations” and which chaired the negotiating rounds that resulted in the single market for goods…
Osato ‘EDK’ Edokpayi (27) Osato Edokpayi, popularly known as EDK was born in Benin City, Edo State. His love for broadcasting stemmed from watching the seasoned presenters such as; Cyril Stober on television as a child and listening to veteran radio presenters in and around Benin City. He…
Bukky Akomolafe (31) Bukky Akomolafe is the Commercial Manager at Travelstart, Africa’s largest online travel agency. Bukky is in charge of Travelstart Nigeria’s local brand strategy, offline marketing and selecting mutually beneficial partnerships. All with the goal of further deepening Travelstart’s penetration in the Nigerian market. Since launching…
Teniola ‘Makanaki’ Apata (26) Teniola Apata always knew she would perform music for a living. She’d grown up watching her father dazzle audiences with his band and learned the ropes of performance very early in her life. But she wasn’t quite what kind of musician she would be.…
Peace Itimi (24) Peace Itimi is a Digital Marketing Professional, Trainer and budding YouTuber. Thus far, she has personally handled over $200k in advertising budget and worked with brands across different industries and clients from different countries. Some of the brands include Benson Idahosa University, Glo Nigeria, Oando,…
Akwaeke Emezi (32) Akwaeke Emezi is an lgbo and Tamil writer, best known for their debut novel Freshwater. The New Yorker called it "a startling début novel", The Guardian called it "a remarkable debut", and the LA Times called it "dazzling". Freshwater was longlisted for numerous significant awards. Freshwater was a New York…
Kayode Kasum (28) 10 years ago, in his first year at YABATECH, Kayode Kasum set a goal for himself to work hard to be nominated for The Future Awards someday. Working as a director, cinematographer and animator, his work has come to be recognized for the depth of creativity employed in his storytelling. He has…
Arinze Stanley (26) Arinze Stanley Egbengwu was born in Lagos, Nigeria and graduated from Imo State University with a B.Eng. in Agricultural engineering. Starting at an early age of 6, Arinze had always been enthusiastic about drawing realistic portraits on paper. Being exposed to his family's paper business,…
Hamzat Lawal (32) Hamzat Lawal is a colossus when it comes to social advocacy in Africa, driving activism with vigorous intensity even in the most remote area especially in northern Nigeria where transparency and accountability is almost a myth. As an activist, Hamzi, as he is fondly called,…
Emmanuel Maduka (24) Malnutrition has been a problem of over 200million Africans and about 80million who live under 2USD in Nigeria. In order to combat this, Emmanuel Maduka noticed the vast potential locust bean, which is described as the cheapest source of nutrients, and he capitalized on this…
Timini Egbuson (32) While having famous siblings is a challenge other thespians have to overcome to find their own voice as actors, Timini Egbuson’s path into Nollywood was paved by the charisma and goodwill that his famous big sister Dakore Akande earned in her near two decades in…
The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled former Big Brother Naija 2019 contestant, Khafi Kareem and media personality, Temisan Emmanuel as season hosts for the 14th edition of the event which is scheduled to hold in Lagos. Maintaining the theme, Nigeria’s New Tribe, the Awards which recently received…
The event which was anchored by the COO of The Future Project, Bukonla Adebakin had in attendance Adebola Williams, Olumide Makanjuola, Chinwe Egwim, Femi Oye, Fisayo Okare, Tosin Ogundadegbe, Mosunmola Umoru, Mark Okoye and more. The intimate reception served as an avenue to set the plans for the…
The Future Awards Africa today announced the call for nomination for this year’s edition of the continent’s biggest youth awards scheduled to take place in November. The launch event which held at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja saw Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations endorsing the…
Kofi Genfi and Nii Osae Dade This duo founded CYST, a software innovation company that specializes in artificial intelligence to create technology solutions in 2013. CYST has a research arm called CYST Research Institute, which focuses on artificial intelligence-based research and development such as natural language processing. In…
