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 the awards.

Makinwa along with a co-host to be announced in November, will be taking the stage in the show’s first-ever virtual hosting arrangement, a move that is an homage to the tremendous feats accomplished in the year 2020 in spite of COVID-19’s global turbulence.

The awards are part of the 3-day TV & Digital Festival which will hold in November, 2020 and would be presented in an exclusive partnership with continental giants; Africa Magic, MTV alongside Pop Central TV.

“There has been so much confusion this year that there have been times when one would not have been seen to be exaggerating if they said they see no hope for stability or a light at the end of the tunnel,” says Bukonla Adebakin who is Chief Operating Officer  of RED | For Africa, presenters of the awards and Senior Advisor to The Future Project. “Yet one thing has remained consistent, and that is the power that the youth unleashed in 2020.”

The Future Festival will be donating 25% of all accrued profits to a coalition of NGOs working to end sexual and gender-based violence. The NGOs are Stand To End Rape, The Mirabel Centre, Wine and Whine Ng as well as Women at Risk International Foundation.

Updates on the festival can be monitored via @tfaafrica on all social media platforms. The official hashtags for 2020 are #TFAA15, #TheFutureFestival, #TheAgeOfRevolution