by Oge Okonkwo

 

The Central Working Committee for Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Africa Awards & Summit (TFAAS) has announced an extension of nominations – young, inspiring Africans can be nominated until 21 June, 2014.

Nominations can be done via the website www.thefutureafrica.com/awards or via SMS on +234 802 2222 6712. Nominees must be aged 18 – 31.

This year’s categories are:

The TFAA Prize in Education

The TFAA Prize in Agriculture

The TFAA Prize in Advocacy

The TFAA Prize in Technology

The TFAA Prize in Public Service

The TFAA Prize in Community Action

The Tony O. Elumelu Prize in Business

The TFAA Prize in Entertainment

The TFAA Prize in Enterprise Support

The TFAA Prize for African Young Person of the Year

 

TFAAS has also been expanded to The Future Africa Awards & Summit, a 2-day ideas-fest, where the continent’s most influential leaders and institutions with portfolios on youth will gather to chart immediate action-points for expansion of jobs and opportunities, as well as good governance and citizen engagement.

The Future Africa Awards & Summit 2014 is supported by Microsoft, the US Consulate and the Tony Elumelu Foundation. Official Media Partners are EbonyLife TV, AfricaMagic, Ventures Africa, Bloomberg TV Africa and Y! Africa.

Official Online Partners are MemeBurn, BellaNaija, NigeriaNewsDesk, GidiTraffic, 360Nobs and Premium Times. The official bloggers for 2014 are LindaIkeji, Omojuwa, LadunLiadi, Olorisupergal, Gidi Traffic and Ameyaw. Cool FM is the host radio station. Channels Television is the host TV station.

Last week, the committee announced a global expansion for the Brain Trust of The Future Project – with a Global Board of Advisors, Board of Judges and Independent Audit Committee of leaders from across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America.

For more information, visit @TFAAfrica on Twitter or / TheFutureAwards on Facebook. The official hashtags for 2014 are #ThisIsAfrica and #TFAAS2014.