CATEGORY 1: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Acting
This award recognizes the outstanding talent and remarkable achievements of an actor or actress whose work has distinguished them.
CATEGORY 2: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Advocacy and Activism
This award recognizes an individual’s contributions to ensuring that their work influences decisions within political, economic, social systems and institutions for the development of the country in their chosen causes.
CATEGORY 3: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Agriculture
This award recognizes exceptional talent and achievements in agriculture. This award celebrates those who have distinguished themselves through innovative thinking & exceptional leadership, making a positive impact towards food security and rural development in Africa.
CATEGORY 4: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Arts and Literature
This prize seeks to highlight the extraordinary achievements of visual, performance and digital artists in the field of creative and visual arts within the year in review. The award for literature is given to a young person who has successfully written, published or marketed books.
CATEGORY 5: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Community Action
This prize seeks to acknowledge the contributions of individuals across Africa, to community building within the year in view.
CATEGORY 6: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Content Creation
The spectrum of new media has changed and this award recognizes the contributions of individuals or teams who have dedicated themselves to creating quantifiable impact using the media as a tool for advancement in their chosen fields.
CATEGORY 7: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Creativity and Innovation
This award celebrates individuals or groups who demonstrate exceptional innovation, originality, and imagination in their work. This could include groundbreaking projects, artistic endeavors, technological advancements, or any other creative pursuits that push boundaries and inspire others. Candidates in this category are recognized for their ability to think outside the box, challenge conventions, and contribute to positive change through their creative endeavors.
CATEGORY 8: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Education
The award celebrates exceptional talent, innovative thinking & sustainable educational solutions with far-reaching impacts in African education.
CATEGORY 9: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Entrepreneurship/Business
This award is conferred to an entrepreneur who has founded, led and grown a business or private enterprise to measurable success through extraordinary vision, leadership, and commitment to innovation in the year in view.
CATEGORY 10: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Fashion
This award rewards the work of an individual(s) in the fashion industry who have impacted the industry through his/her chosen medium and created a tangible body of work.
CATEGORY 11: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Film
This award recognizes the contributions of professionals in the film industry towards improving the craft of film making and influencing global audiences within the year in review.
CATEGORY 12: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Governance
This award recognizes leaders who have distinguished themselves with exceptional skills, innovative ideas, and unwavering dedication to the development of Africa. They are the protagonists of a new era of governance that will usher in a better, brighter future for our communities and nations!
CATEGORY 13: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Health and Wellness
This award recognizes the contribution of an individual or team who has made tangible impact in the health and wellness industry.
CATEGORY 14: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Intrapreneurship
This award acknowledges the exceptional talent and remarkable achievements of intrapreneurs whose innovative work has distinguished them in their organizations.
CATEGORY 15: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism
This award is given to a writer, reporter, presenter, producer, and other professionals working in the journalism profession who have demonstrated excellence in the storytelling and bringing news to the public.
CATEGORY 16: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Law
This award is given to a young person who has recorded remarkable achievement in the legal sector within the year in review.
CATEGORY 17: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Music
This award is conferred to a recording and performing artist whose music has made a significant impact in the industry and earned them local and international repute in the year in review.
CATEGORY 18: The Future Awards Africa Prize for On-Air Personality (TV & Radio)
This award acknowledges the exceptional skill and remarkable accomplishments of on-air personalities whose work has distinguished them in the entertainment industry.
CATEGORY 19: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Photography
The award honors outstanding talent, creativity and remarkable achievements in photography. This award celebrates photographers who have distinguished themselves through exceptional skills and innovative thinking, using their art to create positive impact and tell compelling stories.
CATEGORY 20: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Professional Service
This award recognizes the contributions of a professional who has dedicated themselves to creating tangible impact in the private sector through innovation and collaboration in the year in view.
CATEGORY 21: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Public Service
This award is given to a technocrat who has made an outstanding contribution in the public service sector within the year in view (excluding politics). This is an institution aligned category.
CATEGORY 22: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Sport
The award celebrates remarkable achievements and outstanding talent in the world of sports. This award recognizes athletes who have distinguished themselves through exceptional skills, determination, and perseverance, overcoming obstacles and inspiring others.
CATEGORY 23: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Technology
This award acknowledges the work of a researcher, scientist, innovator, inventor who have contributed to the advancement and application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) either for personal gain, professional advancement, charity or administrative duties within the year in review.
CATEGORY 24: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person Of The Year
This prize is awarded to a young person who has become a force for change, capturing the collective imagination of all Africans through their personal achievements, public image, and personal triumphs.