Kwame Eugene among the 129 nominated for Africa Youth Awards

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Africa Youth Awards has announced its shortlisted nominees for the 2020 edition of the Pan African awards scheme that honours inspirational young Africans championing the development of the continent in diverse fields.

With strong representation from South Africa and Ghana on the list with 19 nominees each, the award also features 18 Nigerians, 14 Kenyans, 10 Ugandans and nine Tanzanian nominees.

The awards shortlisted nominees comprised of 46 females, 65 Males and 18 Organisations.

According to the founding president of Africa Youth Awards, Prince Akpah, “over 1000 nominations were received from across the African continent and globally, and after an extensive vetting process, 128 individuals and organisations from 32 African countries were shortlisted.”

The 2020 Awards which is being held in partnership with Kenley College and Avance Media opened public voting on Monday 14^th December on www.africayouthawards.org/vote.

The voting process will present the opportunity for Africans to select their most outstanding young African nominees from each category up to the 28^th December 2020 when the voting portal will be closed, which will enable winners to be selected and announced on Friday 1st January 2021.

Notable Past recipients of the Africa Youth Awards include AU Youth Envoy, Aya Chebbi, 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Ilwad Elman, former Commonwealth Youth Council President, Ahmed Adamu, Activist Farida Nabourema, Ashish Thakkar, Ato Ulzen-Appiah and Hon Buumba Malambo.