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All is set for the 5th Africa Illustrious Awards, which holds today, June 21 at Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Time is 3pm.
The annual award is instituted to recognize and honour African excellence, as a means of mainstreaming incremental contributions of Africans to the progress of the continent.
This year’s edition promises to attract captains of industries, political heavyweights, tech innovators, inventors, youth leaders, community leaders, administrators, and other trailblazers in diverse walks of life across Africa.
According to the organizer, “It is a well-known pattern that in Africa, not much attention is paid to efforts toward building a functional African society. But maladministration and other lapses in African countries or societies are echoed with such intensity that often suggests a lack of progress. Therefore, the Africa Illustrious Award was inspired to showcase the other side of Africa not often dramatized by major foreign media.”
Like in the past editions, today, there will be recognition for distinguished Africans in tech invention and innovation. There will also be recognition for entrepreneurs who are changing the face of business and investment in Africa. Similarly, there are categories in community service, public administration, political governance, corporate governance, and youth leadership, among others.
