The 2021 Africans Rising Activism Awards initiative will recognize African activism through the presentation of three awards: the Africans Rising Activist of the Year award, the Africans Rising Movement of the Year award, and the Africans Rising Artistic Activist award.

The awards initiative will be conducted in three phases: a public call for nominations, a vetting process by an appointed committee to select the final nominees for each  category, and an online public voting round to determine the winners and runners-up for each award. All top three nominees will be invited to attend an online awards ceremony.

The Africans Rising Activism Awards serve the purpose of profiling and advancing African activists and movements and highlighting their engagement of activism as a means of positive change in African communities. Through the example of award nominees and recipients, this award initiative showcases activism as a worthy cause in African society and aims to inspire similar actions among other civil society actors on the continent and in the diaspora.

Read more about the award and criteria for nomination on http://www.africansrising.org/activismawards

Please email engagement@africans-rising.org with any questions about the nomination process.