GAB Awards London 2019

GAB Awards 2020 (Virtual) - Call for Nominations

You can nominate yourself or be nominated by someone else for a honour at the 22nd Annual GAB Awards which takes place as a Virtual event on:

Tuesday December 22 2020 (6pm - 9pm GMT)

The GAB Awards was established by The Trumpet Newspaper in 1999 - to reward excellence among Africans and Friends of Africa on the Continent and in the Diaspora who are contributing to the promotion of the positive image of Africa and Africans. The excellence displayed by these, no doubt, enhances the positive image of Africa and Africans.

Criterion

The criterion for winning a GAB Award, broadly speaking, is to have contributed to the enhancement of the positive image of Africa and Africans in any part of the world.

As simple as the criterion sounds, there are numerous people who satisfy this criterion which means that the best of Africa’s Best are matched against each other to produce a high quality list of GAB Awards recipients. The GAB Awards is competitive, prestigious and highly coveted.

Award Categories

There are usually 8 – 15 awards given out at each event.

The GAB Awards categories cover most areas of human endeavour and we accept nominations from all areas of human endeavour.

As there are more than 15 possible areas of human endeavour that nominations can come from, we tend to streamline and shortlist the categories at the stage of drawing up Finalists. This means that you can feel free to nominate as many people as you wish from any area.

Some of the common categories are:

  • Accountancy, Banking & Finance
  • Beauty
  • Building, Construction & Property
  • Business
  • Charity
  • Communication & Media
  • Community Development
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Fashion
  • Future Leader & Youth
  • Governance
  • Health
  • Innovation
  • Legal
  • Life Time Achievement
  • Public Sector
  • Science & Technology
  • Sports

This list of categories is not exhaustive.

The Nomination Process

You can nominate yourself or be nominated by someone else for a GAB Award.

Nominations must be sent via email to gabawards@the-trumpet.com. It should contain:

a) The name of the Nominee.

b) The Award Category.

c) The reason for the Nomination.

d) Contact telephone numbers and email addresses of yourself and the person being nominated.

e) Biography and Photograph of the Nominee which must be sent at the point of nomination or by the Nomination deadline.

There is a 3-stage Selection process in the lead up to the GAB Awards.

a) Nomination for a GAB Award.

b) Initial screening of Nominees to a shortlist of Finalists.

c) Announcement of GAB Awards Recipients from the list of Finalists.

Nominations Calendar

Deadline for the receipt of Nominations and Biographies:

Saturday 12 December 2020   - 11.59pm

Notification and Announcement of Finalists:

from Monday 14 December 2020.

Final Recipients announced at the GAB Awards Ceremony:

#GABAwardsVirtual - Tuesday 22 December 2020 (6pm - 9pm GMT)

Good Luck!

Register to attend Awards Ceremony

* Nominees, Finalists and Attendees must register their attendance by getting a Free Ticket from our Eventbrite page.

* This free ticket will contain all the details needed to access the Awards Ceremony.

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M: +44 (0) 7956 385604

E: gabawards@the-trumpet.com