GAGE Awards announces nominees and opens portal for votes!

Nigeria's leading digital award that recognizes, promotes, and rewards digital personalities and brands; the GAGE Awards has announced nominees for its 2024 edition and will open its voting portal to the public today.

The Company also announced its partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the Co-Create Africa International Exhibition. The Annual Co-Create Africa International Tech Expo will now be themed ‘’NITDA Co-Create W.Africa Tech Exhibition’’.The 2-day West Africa Tech exhibition will precede the awards ceremonies

The awards for all public categories will open for voting by 5 pm today. Our esteemed panelists will determine the winners in the other categories. The GAGE Awards is an eclectic mix of core tech offerings along with categories that include content producers and influencers who have leveraged the digital space to make our lives easier and more joyful.

"The call for votes is open to the public and is an opportunity to recognize and appreciate the hard work put in by your favorite digital personalities and brands, and it is centered on the conversations around digital technology and the innovative solutions in the ecosystem along with its many applications in Africa," the organizers said. 

This year’s GAGE Awards slated to be held on the 2nd of March, 2024, will feature nominees in many categories, Some of them include :

ONLINE COMEDIAN

Isaac A. Ọláyíwọlá (Layiwasabi)

Lawal Michael Nasiru (Iamnasboi)

Shanks boi

Chukwuebuka Emmanuel (Brainjotter)

Taaoma

WISDOM247COMEDIANN

ONLINE TV

REDtv

Accelerate Tv

Pulse Tv

NdaniTV

TRACE DIGITAL ARTISTE

Kizz Daniel

Spyro

Fave

Jonny Drill

Young John

BEST ACTOR (LEAD AND SUPPORTING) IN A WEB SERIES

Shanty Town - Chidi Mokeme

Ric Hassani (When are we getting married)

Scarlet Gomez (Wura)

Bimbo Ademoye (Selina)

WEB SERIES

Shanty Town

When are we getting married? (Redtv)

Selina

Wura

BEST WEB MOVIE

Battle on Buka Street

Gang of Lagos

Anikulapo

The Black Book

The Trade

BEST ACTOR (LEAD AND SUPPORTING) IN A WEB MOVIE

Sola Sobowale (Battle on Buka Street)

Tobi Bakre (Gangs of lagos)

Blossom Chukwujekwu (The Trade)

Kunle Remi (Anikulapo)

RMD (Black Book)

Inidima Okojie (Blood Sister)

FOOD INFLUENCER

Hilda Bacci

Opeyemi Famakin

Diary of a Kitchen Lover

Ifyskitchen

Kiki Foodies

It would be recalled that on the 8th of May 2023, GAGE Awards officially closed public nominations of candidates to be considered for the prestigious honor of joining the ranks of past winners. This was immediately followed by the unveiling of the panel of judges who have officially made up the academy responsible for selecting the most innovative tech brands and personalities in Nigeria in the past year.

According to the organizers, the highly eminent roster of the Panel of Judges comprises the following personalities; Chizor Malize: Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer - of Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC); Justina Oha: Founder and CEO of Digital Equity, Lucy Pearson: Country Director- British Council Nigeria and Director West Africa, Sola Oke: Managing Director- Pernod Ricard Nigeria &Western Africa, Adewale Yusuf: CEO- AltSchool Africa, Richard Johnson: Managing Director -West Africa Tobacco, Jennifer J. Salau: Founder- The Retention Concierge, Adebola Akindele: Group Managing Director -Courtville Business Solutions, Fisayo Fosudo: Tech and Finance Creator, Dr Krish: Regional Executive- West Africa for Africa Data Centres, Daniel. F. Solomon: Founder- HeroGo and Ugodre Obi-Chukwu: Founder and partner- Nairametrics Financial Advocates.

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