The Central Working Committee for The Future
Awards Africa (TFAA) 2015 has announced the
hosts of the 10th anniversary! They are Bonang
Matheba, South Africa’s favourite media
personality, Bonang Methaba and award-winning
artiste and music entrepreneur Dare Art-Alade.
The hosts represent the best of young Africans
from across the continent, and will be presenting
the 10th year celebrations of TFAA in grand style.
Darey returns as a host after first hosting in
2009.
“I am excited to be coming to Nigeria for The
Future Awards Africa," said Matheba, who is also
the first international brand ambassador for
Revlon. "This is an exceptional platform telling
Africa's story in a unique, impactful way. Young
Africans see these nominees and winners and
have been inspired over the past 10 years to to
act right, to get involved and to live their dreams
to the fullest."
Darey just released his 4th studio album #Naked,
highlighting a career at the top of songwriting,
performing, running a music label and hosting
West Africa's most prestigious events.
“The Future Awards Africa is Africa’s biggest
youth event because consistently for
10 years they have celebrated efforts of youths
across the continent," Darey said.
"It's an honour to be a part of this landmark
celebrations, and I am excited to be back on the
TFAA stage!"
The Future Awards Africa 2015 - celebrating 10
years! - is presented by RED and UBA.
The award is held in partnership with the British
High Commission, the Ford
Foundation, Microsoft, the US Consulate, the
Canadian High Commission, Sterling Bank and
The Tony Elumelu Foundation.
The Future Awards Africa (official hashtag:
#TFAA10) will hold on 6 December in Lagos,
Nigeria at the Intercontinental Hotel. The event is
strictly by invitation.
About The Future Awards Africa
The Future Awards Africa has been called the
‘Nobel Prize for Young Africans’, and the ‘most
important youth awards’ by Forbes. It is a set of
prizes given annually to celebrate and accelerate
innovation, creativity and enterprise amongst
young Africans aged 18 – 31. It has produced
over 150 winners and over 1550 nominees since
its first edition in 2006.
It is presented in conjunction with The Future
Project, which has a mandate to build empowered
citizens across Africa, through (inclusive)
enterprise and (active) citizenship. This focus on
Human Capital Development is informed by our
value proposition: Africa's growth needs a
generation of young people who are gainfully
employed and able to demand and secure better
leadership.
Our projects include Aiki.ng, an employability
portal presented with Microsoft; the Nigeria
Symposium for Young & Emerging Leaders,
#StartupsAfrica, Intern4Jobs, The m-Hub, The
Future Enterprise Support Scheme and The Future
Africa Awards & Summit, described as 'The Nobel
Prize for Young Africans'.
With a network of funders and partners including
the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ford Foundation,
the US Government, First Bank, MTN, The
Canadian Embassy, HP, the Nigerian Government
and the British Council, our work has spanned
Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Liberia,
Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi, Cameroon,
Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast and
Kenya.
Founded by the Chude Jideonwo and Adebola
Williams, TFP is supervised by a Global Board of
Advisors drawn from Africa, Europe, North
America and the Middle East, including the Senior
Advisor at one of the world’s leading financial
advisory and asset management firms, Lazard
LTD, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Senior Economic
Advisor with the Open Society Foundations, Dr.
Obiageli Ezekwesili; co-founder of ONE, Jamie
Drummond and the Chief of Cabinet with the
Africa Development Bank, Anne Kabagambe.
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