British Council and The Future Awards Africa announce finalists for Young Media Entrepreneur Award.
By on September 13, 2013
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The
British Council, in partnership with The Future Awards Africa has
announced the finalists for The Young Media Entrepreneur of the Year
Award. Both organisations announced the award in June 2013.
“After an intensive three month search, we are very excited to announce the finalists of the new category – which was evolved from our prize in entertainment and media enterprise,” said Chude Jideonwo, who is Executive Director of The Future Project. “This collaboration opens up the winner to a vista of opportunities for expansion, spotlight and networking in the United Kingdom, and we are excited to be able to provide that platform, which is our focus. It is not just about winning the awards, it’s about opening up spaces, and expanding impact.”
The winner will participate in a UK tour with finalists from up to 10 other countries and the tour will include:
The finalists are:
The awards event – to be televised exclusively for Africa Magic – holds in September 2013. It is presented in partnership with the African Union Commission, the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Microsoft.
For more information, visit @TFAAfrica on Twitter or the website www.thefutureafrica.com/awards. The official hashtag for the event is #TFAA2013.
“After an intensive three month search, we are very excited to announce the finalists of the new category – which was evolved from our prize in entertainment and media enterprise,” said Chude Jideonwo, who is Executive Director of The Future Project. “This collaboration opens up the winner to a vista of opportunities for expansion, spotlight and networking in the United Kingdom, and we are excited to be able to provide that platform, which is our focus. It is not just about winning the awards, it’s about opening up spaces, and expanding impact.”
The winner will participate in a UK tour with finalists from up to 10 other countries and the tour will include:
- Attendance at London Film Festival’s Cross Media Forum, including exclusive access to non-public events and the exclusive award ceremony.
- “Trend Safari” tour of innovative UK media businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them: including Channel Flip and Britdoc.
- Access to some of the most exciting and innovative tech start-ups, developers, funders and creatives at MiniBar.
- Round table discussions with media experts, creative leaders and funders.
The finalists are:
- Uche Pedro, new media entrepreneur
- Lydia Sobogun, event organiser and publisher
- Kenneth Gyang, filmmaker
- Olawale Adetula, media consultant and new media entrepreneur
- Kemi Adetiba, on-air personality and director
The awards event – to be televised exclusively for Africa Magic – holds in September 2013. It is presented in partnership with the African Union Commission, the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Microsoft.
For more information, visit @TFAAfrica on Twitter or the website www.thefutureafrica.com/awards. The official hashtag for the event is #TFAA2013.
