Information reaching Newswatch Times revealed that the Central Working Committee (CWC) of Africa’s biggest youth event, The
Future Awards Africa (TFAA), has announced the date and host state for
the 2014 edition of the event: “We are excited to announce that The
Future Awards Africa 2014 will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, 7
December.”
This is the 9th edition of the awards, which became an African prize
last year, with a commemorative ceremony hosted by the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential
Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja.
“We are thrilled to have the awards return to Lagos where it all
started,” said Ohimai Atafo, Chair of the CWC and one of Africa’s
leading fashion entrepreneurs.
“TFAA has
always been excited to fuse inspiration with the best of pop culture, and this
year’s event will underline that tradition – an evening of inspiration, of
hope, and of a continent renewed.”
This year’s event is also dedicated to the cause of fighting Ebola in
West Africa. On 11.11.2014, TFAA will launch a global campaign to get 1
million young Africans involved in the fight against Ebola via
stopebola.com.
In an interview with Yahoo! News last week, CNN’s Isha Sesay made clear:
“We have to realize that the clock is ticking. We have an Ebola United Nations
Emergency Fund and there’s very little money in it. We have pledges
being made, but the pledges aren’t being translated into action,” Sesay
said.
“We are answering to that call to action,” said Mfon Ekpo, Vice-Chair of
the CWC and West Africa Representative on the Mandela Washington
Fellowship Advisory Board. “If Africa will be saved by Africans, then
young people need to take the lead on the problems we face and take
ownership in the solutions we need. Ebola cases are doubling every 2o days in the worst affected countries, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called it “the largest, most complex and most severe we’ve ever seen”.
TFAA will be deploying its network of winners, nominees, alumni,
celebrity, brain trust and continental media partners for this
#StopEbola campaign – to get 1 million young Africans to donate social
media updates and then for young people to donate a minimum of $25
(4,250naira) each directly to the WHO through the United Nations Ebola
Response Fund. It has also selected 50 of Africa’s most influential
celebrities to headline the campaign.
This year’s event is also dedicated to the cause of fighting Ebola in
West Africa. On 11.11.2014, TFAA will launch a global campaign to get 1
million young Africans involved in the fight against Ebola via
stopebola.com.
In an interview with Yahoo! News last week, CNN’s Isha Sesay made clear:
“We have to realize that the clock is ticking. We have an Ebola United Nations
Emergency Fund and there’s very little money in it. We have pledges
being made, but the pledges aren’t being translated into action,” Sesay
said.
“We are answering to that call to action,” said Mfon Ekpo, Vice-Chair of
the CWC and West Africa Representative on the Mandela Washington
Fellowship Advisory Board. “If Africa will be saved by Africans, then
young people need to take the lead on the problems we face and take
ownership in the solutions we need. Ebola cases are doubling every 2o days in the worst affected countries, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called it “the largest, most complex and most severe we’ve ever seen”.
TFAA will be deploying its network of winners, nominees, alumni,
celebrity, brain trust and continental media partners for this
#StopEbola campaign – to get 1 million young Africans to donate social
media updates and then for young people to donate a minimum of $25
(4,250naira) each directly to the WHO through the United Nations Ebola
Response Fund. It has also selected 50 of Africa’s most influential
celebrities to headline the campaign.
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