Tolu Ogunlesi Toluwalope Oluwagbemiga Ogunlesi, 27, is a journalist, a poet and a creative writer. He is one of the youngest editors of a mainstream Nigerian newspaper (NEXT) and then won the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards (Art & Culture). In the past year, he was invited as Guest Writer, African Literature Week, Oslo, Norway, November 16...
Style Entrepreneur Of The Year
Ugonna Umeruo (House of Nwaocha), 25 House of Nwaocha is a fashion house that provides affordable clothing to everyoneThe company has ben running for 3 years with staff strength of 5. In 2009, the company was contracted for the Ovation Red Carol, Tinapa (Abuja) and Manchester United. Nnaji Uchechukwu Godswill (Ouch!), 31 Nnaji is into clothing designing and...
Screen Producer Of The Year
Chukwuka T. Ejorh, 22 A film and video editor working in production since 2006, he finished editing Big Brother Africa 3 in November 2008, in December 2008; edited Pantomine, an M-Net SA annual stage production and edited inserts for Face of Africa 2008. He edited Comedy Club – Live in Lagos in January 2009 and Wildtouch, a wildlife documentary show both...
Professional Of The Year
Fopefoluwa Adelowo An investment banking associate at Goldman Sachs International where she works on the Emerging Markets Sales team, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, she has been with the EM team at Goldman Sachs for the last 3 years where she started out covering Eastern European Financial Institutions before moving to focus on Financial Institutions in...
Music Producer Of The Year
Jesse Garba Abaga, 25 An artiste and head producer of Righteous Era productions (Loopy Records/Chocolate City) which began in 2000. He won “Producer of the Year” – Hip Hop World Awards, produced a track for Mode 9 which got an award for “Lyricist on the roll” – Hip Hop World Awards, and was nominated for this award last...
Model Of The Year
Ibukun Jegede, 22 Jegede began modeling aged 16 now has a contract with Mahogany Models UK. He is winner of Britain’s Next Top Model of Colour and Best Male Model of the Year UK 2009. His fashion shows include the London Fashion Week, London Alternative Fashion Week, Wimbledon Fashion Week, Croydon Fashion Week, Mahogany Bridal Show, AD Fashion Show...