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Awards Nominees

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)