20th November, 2022
The 2022 Africa Illustrious Awards will hold on the 9th of December at Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Africa illustrious awards is a revered and prestigious African honor, conferred on individuals and organizations who have excelled and left indelible marks in leadership, philanthropy, community development, business, academia, technology, education, agriculture, and entrepreneurship across Africa.
The African Illustrious Awards aims at searching, discovering, and recognizing highly distinguished Africans who have been outstanding and exceptional in private and public Service.
Convened by My Media Africa, the Africa Illustrious Awards is designed as part of My Media Africa’s effort to tell the African success stories in diverse works of life.
Since its inception about four years ago, Africa Illustrious Awards has deployed utmost prudence to carefully search, locate and select deserving Africans who are rewriting the narrative through hard work and excellence.
Each awards year has attracted scores of entries that exemplify the talent, dedication, and innovation of individuals across all our categories.
This year’s edition has created and thrown up some new categories and all the categories and nominees will be announced soon.
The prestigious and famed awards have so far recognized and hosted Presidents, Governors, ministers, technocrats, and captains of industries across the African Continent.
Some of the previous winners included; Former President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR), Prof Patrick Lumumba of Kenya, Prof Charles Esimone(Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), The Ooni of Ife, HRH Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Dr Alfred Mutua (Former Governor of the Machakos County in kenya), Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Ambassador Prof Monique (Nigeria’s Ambassador to Angola) and Joseph Yobo (Ex Super Eagles captain and Assistant Coach).
Others are Engr Dozie Mbanefo (Chairman and Founder of Newcrystal communication), Commissioner of Police Aderemi Adeoye, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, Mohammed Salah Of Egypt, Acp Chioma Ajunwa, Emmanuel Tuloe of Liberia, Usman Touray of Gambia amongst other trailblazing Africans too numerous to mention.