In anticipation of the 12
th Edition of The Future Awards Africa, the central working committee of the Awards has announced prominent Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold and TV personality, Mimi Onalaja as the hosts of this year’s event.
The Future Awards Africa, are a set of awards given by the Future Project (TFP), a social enterprise communications firm affiliated to ‘Red Africa’. Forbes described the awards as “Nigeria’s most important awards for outstanding young Nigerians”.
This year’s award themed, “Nigeria’s New Tribe”, will acknowledge inspiring young Nigerians between the age of 18-31, who have made remarkable achievements, and are equally making an obvious impact through social enterprise, social good and social creativity.
105 young Nigerians, including TheCable’s Mayowa Tijani, have been nominated. 21 winners will be announced at the event in categories like; journalism, music, beauty, fashion & design, professional service, sports, and the highly-coveted “Young Person of the Year” among others.
The Future Awards which is going to be held on the 9
th December 2017 at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos is presented by The Future Project and Refreshed by 7Up.
The official hashtags are #TFAA2017 and #NigeriasNewTribe.