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2011 Young Achievers Awards Unveiled

Kampala Uganda, September 28 - 2011.

YAA is proud to announce that nominations for the 2011 Young Achiever's Awards (YAA) are now open. The nominations process will last a month (September 29 – Oct 29). The Evaluation process will commence thereafter, leading to the grand finale on, December 2. His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of the republic of Rwanda, was invited as Key note speaker and Chief Guest, and he has expressed willingness to preside over the ceremony. This year the official Host for the 2011 Awards ceremony is Her Royal Highness the Nnabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda.

The YAA was first held in 2009 with an objective of rewarding innovation and excellence of the Ugandan youth. This was because Uganda had many unsung heroes, and extraordinary achievers whose success and contribution towards development deserved recognition. The awards are held annually to inspire the young generation to work harder and be innovative. Our vision then, and now, was to make the awards a platform to inspire innovation and excellence in the country and the region. We have made great strides towards achieving this goal.

To date, the YAA are arguably the best platform in Uganda to showcase youth enterprise and innovation. For the first time in the history of the Awards we shall have an East African Young Achiever Award category. This award will recognise one individual from each of the five East African Countries. The five will be nominated by the Chambers' of Commerce and Industry of their countries. The East African Young Achiever Award has been introduced to empower young people through an East African framework. The other categories are; Business and Trade, Media and Society, Leadership and Governance, Art, Fashion and Culture, Music and Entertainment and Sports. The two that fall into the special category are, Heroes/Heroine Award and A Lifetime Achievement Award. The YAA secretariat will work with established organisations and media houses to indentify the nominees for 2011.

The public is encouraged to nominate their choice of Achievers for the different categories by downloading the nomination forms and returning them to the Tetea Uganda offices plot 33A Bukoto Crescent, or UNCCI Offices on Plot 1A Kiira Road. Forms can be obtained online www.youngachievers.ug. Young Achievers has been able to come this far because of continued support from sponsors and well wishers. This year, the awards are made possible because of the kind support from MTN Uganda, Ericsson Uganda, Uganda Communication commission, Uganda National Youth Council, Tullow Oil, National Information Technology, Edulink Uganda and Sendairtime.com.

The co-sponsors include Uganda Tourism Board, African Alliance, Housing Finance Bank, UBC, NTV, New Vision Group and Red Pepper among others. For more info, contact: Eshban Kwesiga (YAA Coordinator) email: eshbankwesiga@gmail.com Mob: +256 772 613 527 or Enoch Kassenyi (Tetea) email: enoch@teteauganda.com or Mob: +256 782 844 638