Bidemi Zakariyau, Folake Folarin-Coker, Kunmi Otitoju nominated in 2018 AWIEF Awards | Full List

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has officially announced the finalists for AWIEF Awards 2018. The aim of the AWIEF Awards is to promote excellence in entrepreneurship and innovation amongst women-owned businesses in all sectors and across the 54 African countries.

Forty (40) women founders and entrepreneurs have been selected as finalists, from twelve (12) different African countries, across eight (8) categories.

The AWIEF Awards will follow the 2018 AWIEF conference and exhibition holding on 8 – 9 November at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town.

AWIEF Awards category winners will be announced at a glamorous black tie ceremony and gala dinner on Friday, 9 November, at the prestigious The Westin Cape Town Hotel.

See full list below:

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Jane KAGIRI–CreativeEdge Solutions – Kenya
Nomso Faith KANA – Sun n Shield 84 Tech – South Africa
Juliet NAMUJJU – Kimuli Fashionability – Uganda
Kunmi OTITOJU – Minku – Nigeria
Bidemi ZAKARIYAU – LSF|PR – Nigeria

TECH ENTREPRENEUR AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Benji COETZEE – Empty Trips – South Africa
Faith KIMEU – Dial A Pad – Kenya
Beth KOIGI – Majik Water – Kenya
Darlene MENZIES – Findfind – South Africa
Juliana ROTICH – BRCK.Org – Kenya

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Essma BEN HAMIDA – Enda Inter-Arabe – Tunisia
Madalitso CHIDUMU – IMPACT-CEED – Malawi
Shamim NABUMA KALIISA – Community Dental and Reproductive Health – Uganda
Lorna RUTTO – EcoPosts – Kenya
Amina SLAOUI – Groupe AMH – Morocco

GLOBAL BRAND AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Sarah COLLINS – Wonderbag – South Africa
Adele DEJAK – AdèleDejak, Kenya
Renchia DROGANIS – Africology – South Africa
Njeri RIONGE – Wananchi Group – Kenya
Bethlehem TILAHUN-ALEMU – SoleRebels – Ethiopia

AGRI ENTREPRENEUR AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Ngabaghila CHATATA – Thanthwe Enterprises – Malawi
Elorm GOH – Agrisolve – Ghana
Jeanne GROENEWALD – Elgin Free Range Chickens – South Africa
Joyce KYALEMA – Josmak International – Uganda
Jane MAIGUA – Exotic EPZ Ltd – Kenya

EMPOWERMENT AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Emma DICKS – CodeSpace – South Africa
Kate EKANEM – Kate Tales Foundation – Nigeria
Chiedza Daneek Nobuhle KAMBASHA – Hemmingworth Cartwright – Zimbabwe
Irene KIWIA – The Women of Achievement – Tanzania
Marvella ODILI – Save Our Need Organisation – Nigeria

CREATIVE INDUSTRY AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Folake FOLARIN-COKER – Tiffany Amber – Nigeria
Nana Akua OPPONG-BIRMEH – Archxenus – Ghana
Soraya PIEDADE – Soraya da Piedade Ltd – Angola
Abai SCHULZE – ZAAF Collection – Ethiopia
Winnifred SELBY – Afrocentric Bamboo – Ghana

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CATEGORY FINALISTS
Iyalode ALABA LAWSON – NACCIMA Business Women Group – Nigeria
Margaret HIRSCH – Hirsch’s Homestores – South Africa
Tabitha KARANJA – Keroche Breweries – Kenya
Wendy LUHABE – Women Private Equity Fund, South Africa
Jennifer RIRIA – Echo Network Africa/Kenya Women Holding – Kenya