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Bonang Matheba & Darey Art Alade To Host The Future Awards Africa 2015

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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.

Christopher Kolade, Oby Ezekwesili, Tunde Bakare & Audu Maikori Lead Intergenerational Dialogue As EiE Celebrates 5th Anniversary

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“Of all the institutions of a democratic society, there’s none as formidable as an awakened and conscious citizenry.”

Shehu Sani

March 16th marked the 5th anniversary of the historic 2010 protest to the National Assembly led by young Nigerians – students, entrepreneurs, professionals & celebrities – to demand compliance with the rule of law.
At the time, President Yar’Adua was sick and had been out of the country for months and a group of people were bent on preventing then Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan from becoming Acting President. In addition, the killings in Jos were at an all-time high, there was fuel scarcity and young people had just had enough!
After the Abuja protest, a Lagos protest followed on April 10th and the organisers decided to start an organisation that would focus on empowering young Nigerians to participate in the governance process starting with elections. That was the birth of Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria).
On Monday, April 27th, EiE will mark its 5th anniversary with an Intergenerational Dialogue on Citizens & Governance in Nigeria. The theme – Building the Office of the Citizen – is taken from the teachings of Oby Ezekwesili that the ‘Office of the Citizen’ is the highest office in the land. The decision to focus on this is to reemphasize the power of citizens and EiE’s commitment to placing Nigerians at the center of governance.
Joining Mrs Ezekwesili will be Dr Christopher Kolade giving the keynote address and interventions by 6 influential individuals sharing how citizens can engage governance from their sector – Chude Jideonwo (Media), Tunde Bakare (Faith-based institutions), Idayat Hassan (Civil society organisations), Jeffery Hawkins (Diplomatic community), Audu Maikori (Government), Bolaji Owasanoye (Academia).
Kadaria Ahmed, just off her stint as an Elections 2015 consultant for Channels Television will moderate the conversation. Pita will share his gift of music and one of Nigeria’s leading comedians, Gbenga Adeyinka, will MC the evening.
The dialogue will take place at the Metropolitan Club in Victoria Island, Lagos from 4:30-7:30 pm and it is open to the public.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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EnoughisEnough Nigeria (www.eienigeria.org) is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to developing active citizens to institute a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria through advocacy, activism and the mobilization of the youth population as responsible citizens.  It is also one of Nigeria’s leading advocacy groups leveraging technology. The coalition includes The Future Project; Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN); Education as a Vaccine (EVA); Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND); LYNX Nigeria, Budgit, RISE Networks; Chocolate City Group and EME.

EiE Nigeria created the RSVP (Register|Select|Vote|Protect) Campaign to leverage technology, especially social media to mobilize significant participation from citizens in the 18-35 age bloc in the 2011 elections and beyond.

Enough is Enough Nigeria
+234 (0) 708 778 4788
info@eienigeria.org

April 21, 2015. Lagos, Nigeria