Awards Nominees
AFIA 2025, the inaugural edition
Chef of the Year
- Chef Hilda Baci (Nigeria)
- Chef Dieuveil Malonga (Congo)
- Chef Selassie Atadika (Ghana)
- Chef Vusi Ndlovu (South Africa)
Restaurant of the Year
Itan Test Kitchen (Lagos, Nigeria)
Midunu Accra (Ghana)
Epicure Johannesburg (South Africa)
Nur Restaurant Fez (Morocco)
Street Food Champion
- Iya Oyo (Abuja, Nigeria)
- Mama Oliech Restaurant (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Fulani Kitchen Street Dine Series (Guinea/Sierra Leone)
- University of Suya (Lagos, Nigeria)
Food Influencer of the Year
- Sisi Yemmie (Nigeria)
- Tolani Tayo-Osikoya (Nigeria)
- Kaluhi Adagala (Kenya)
- Kinorah Awini (Ghana)
- Gina Ehikodi Ojo (Nigeria)
Culinary Storyteller Award
- Ozoz Sokoh (Nigeria)
- Stephen Satterfield (USA/Ghana)
- Imma Adamu (Cameroon/USA)
- Ameyaw Debrah (Ghana)
- Zoe Adjonyoh (Ghana/UK)
African Food Brand of the Year
So Fresh (Nigeria)
AACE Foods (Nigeria)
Yolélé Foods (Senegal/USA)
Nuli (Nigeria/USA)
Java Foods (Zambia)
African Drinks Brand of the Year
Kasapreko Company Ltd (Ghana)
Rite Foods – Bigi & Fearless (Nigeria)
Orijin – Guinness Nigeria (Nigeria)
Savanna Premium Cider (South Africa)
Mutzig Beer (Cameroon/DRC)
Food Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award
- Kola Masha – Babban Gona (Nigeria)
- Wawira Njiru – Food for Education (Kenya)
- Alloysius Attah – Farmerline (Ghana)
- Uka Eje – ThriveAgric (Nigeria)
- Monica Musonda – Java Foods (Zambia)
Sustainability Champion Award
- Chef Fatmata Binta (Guinea/Sierra Leone)
- Dr Agnes Kalibata (Rwanda)
- Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (Nigeria)
- Wawira Njiru (Kenya)
- Chef Dieuveil Malonga (Congo/Rwanda)
Community Impact Award
- Michael Sunbola – Lagos Food Bank Initiative (Nigeria)
- Elijah Amoo Addo – Food for All Africa (Ghana)
- Isabelle Kamariza – Solid’Africa (Rwanda)
- Amb. Gift Emmanuel Agbas – Promiseland Foundation (Nigeria)
- Chef Ali Mandhry (Kenya)
African Diaspora Food Voice
- Pierre Thiam (Senegal/USA)
- Marcus Samuelsson (Ethiopia/Sweden/USA)
- Zoe Adjonyoh (Ghana/UK)
- Eric Adjepong (Ghana/USA)
- Imma Adamu – Immaculate Bites (Cameroon/USA)
Rising Star in Food & Drinks
- Chef Neo Nontso – Dine with Neo (South Africa)
- Chef Tracy Nwapa – Òkàn Lagos (Nigeria)
- Chef Aliyyah Musa – Zanzibar Kitchen Stories (Tanzania)
- Chef Abdoulaye Faye – Dakar Street Grill (Senegal)
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (Zimbabwe/South Africa)
- Chef Christian Abégan (Cameroon)
- Jenny Morris (South Africa)
- Anto Cocagne (Gabon/France)
- Dr Akinwumi Adesina (Nigeria)