Nomination for a GAB Award

The GAB Awards rewards excellence among Africans and Friends of Africa on the continent and in the Diaspora who are contributing 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 & Finances
  • Legal
  • Building, Construction & Property
  • Charity
  • Health
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Sports
  • Science & Technology
  • Communication & Media
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Community Development
  • Innovation
  • Future Leader
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Public Sector
  • Life Time Achievement

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 of the Nominee which must be sent at the point of nomination or by the Nomination deadline.

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

a) Nomination for a GAB Award.

b) Screening of Nominees to a list of Finalists.

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

Nominations Calendar

Deadline for the receipt of Nominations and Biographies - Monday 9 November 2015.

Announcement of the list of Finalists by  - Monday 16 November 2015.

Final Recipients announced at the GAB Awards Ceremony - Sunday 29 November 2015

Good Luck!