The daughter of Delta State Governor, Orode Uduaghan-Okpu, music
star, Omawunmi, Chief Executive Officer, Bella Nija, Uche
Pedro,the Sunday Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Toyosi Ogunseye and
Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish J. Thakkar have been listed for
the 2013 Future Award Africa.
The Executive Director of The Future Projects, Chude Jideonwo, made
this known on Thursday while unveiling the lists of nominees for the
awards slated to hold on 29 September and 6 October.
He said, “after the nominations, there was a period of intense
research and verification of nominees before the final selection
process, but thanks to the Independent Audit Committee and the Board of
Judges. They worked tirelessly over two months and are proud of the
process.”
The members of the committee are – Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV,
Mo Abudu; a former Governorship aspirant in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje; Stanbic
IBTC director Yemi Osindero; and LEAP Africa founder Ndidi Nwuneli
amongst others.
“All the nominees deserved to win and we are immensely inspired by
them as the vetting process has been daunting, and the intense scrutiny
that successful nominees have gone through has been illuminating for
them as well. We stressed the importance of a combination of structure,
quantifiable measures of success and impact, to get the most inspiring
and worthy to rise to the top,” he added.
Jideonwo said the decision to move the award to continental level
was taken after visiting Ghana, South Africa and Ethiopia.”Seeing the
great synergy and impact an Africa-wide awards would have on Africans,
especially youths who have distinguished themselves in their various
endeavors is captivating, ” he stated.
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