CSR-in-Advocacy, the philanthropy arm of the leading development consortium, CSR-in-Action Group, has removed two award categories from the list of nine Community and Human Rights (CAHR) Awards Africa 2024 Awards, due to an internal review for efficiency. This has brought the total number of awards to seven. The Awards Continue to honour individuals and businesses that have made substantial contributions to their communities and championed human rights causes.
The organisers decided to exclude the company variants of the Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Award and the Hajiya Gambo Award, in keeping with the original design of the Awards. Also, given that the MKO Abiola Award for Community Engagement has a similar scope to these awards, the decision was made to maintain consistency and clarity throughout the selection process.
Starting in 2025, in addition to the seven awards, individual innovators and organisations will stand a chance to win exciting prizes as the organisers will launch a new tech category to honour achievements in that necessarily burgeoning sector.
The CAHR Awards Africa, now in its 6th year, and which commenced nominations on Saturday, 11 May 2024, is a platform that intentionally puts the power of agency in the hands of the people. It gives them the democratic opportunity to nominate their heroes – outstanding individuals and organisations committed to achieving social change – for a chance to win an illustrious award, and to receive global acclaim. Changemakers working in a variety of disciplines, including business and advocacy, are eligible for awards in categories such as human rights, environmental protection, gender equality, social justice, community development, and more.
The organisers apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage anyone who has nominated an organisation for the Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Award (Company) or Hajiya Gambo Award (Company) to consider nominating them in any of the other categories.
The new tech category, the name to be announced, will recognise individuals or organisations who have made substantial contributions to promoting community development and human rights through technological innovation.
Nominations for this year are open in the following categories for companies: MKO Abiola Community Engagement Award, Mallam Aminu Kano Award for Leadership, and Ken Saro-Wiwa Environmental Management Award. Individual nominations are the Hajiya Gambo Sawaba Community Impact Award, Josephine Nkemdilim Masade Equal Rights Award, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Human Rights Award, and Apostle Hayford Alile Humanitarian Award.
The Convenor of the event and Chief Executive of CSR-in-Action, Bekeme Masade-Olowola said “We have been committed to recognising outstanding initiatives these past five years, and aim to dig even deeper this year. As we refine our categories and processes, our goal is to find and recognise partners in development, who represent the spirit of social change and who, importantly, are the people’s choice.”
The CAHR Awards Africa team anticipates receiving nominations from individuals and companies whose remarkable work deserves recognition with the nominations deadline set for 31st June 2024. The Awards are sponsored by the reputable global philanthropic entity, Ford Foundation. For more information and to submit nominations, please click HERE.