GAB Awards 2026 - Call for Nominations

Nominations

You can nominate yourself or be nominated by someone else for a honour at the 28th Annual GAB Awards and 4th GAB Awards Future Gems which takes place on: Sunday November 29 2026 in London.

The GAB Awards has two Cohorts:

a) GAB Awards - (Open to all ages)

b) GAB Awards Future Gems - (35 years old or under as at 31 December 2026)

- GAB Awards Future Gems cohort is our attempt to showcase Rising Stars that all eyes need to watch.

- Please note: the fact that you are 35 years old or under DOES NOT EXCLUDE you from being nominated in the GAB Awards cohort.

- The Judging Team reserves the right to swap Nominee's cohorts as it deems fit.

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 10 – 20 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 20 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
  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Building, Construction & Property
  • Business
  • Charity
  • Communication & Media
  • Community Development
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Fashion
  • Food & Drink
  • Future Leader & Youth
  • Governance
  • Health
  • Innovation
  • Legal
  • Life Time Achievement
  • Public Sector
  • Science & Technology
  • Social Media
  • 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 info@gabawards.com. It should contain:

a) The Name, Contact Telephone Numbers and Email Address of the Nominee.

b) Which Cohort: GAB Awards or GAB Awards Future Gems?

c) The Award Category.

d) The reason for the Nomination.

e) Confirmation that the Nominee will be 35 years old or under by 31 December 2026 for GAB Awards Future Gems cohort.

f) Confirmation that the Nominee will attend (or be represented) at the Award Ceremony on Sunday 29 November 2026.

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

h) The Name, Contact Telephone Numbers and Email Address of the Nominator.

i) Please note that because of the huge number of Nominations we receive, we are unable to offer Complimentary Tickets to Nominees or Finalists.

Selection Stages

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 screened from the list of Finalists and Conferment of Awards.

Nominations Calendar

Deadline for the receipt of Nominations and Biographies:

Saturday 26 September 2026  

Notification and Announcement of Finalists:

from Saturday 5 September 2026.

Announcement of Recipients and Conferment of Awards:

Sunday 29 November 2026. (At the GAB Awards Ceremony)

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