GACCI 2023 : Kalo Africa Media Recognises Supporters of African Communities
Lagos, Nigeria
Kalo Africa Media, a media organization based in Lagos, Nigeria with a focus on African development has recognised some spirited individuals that have playing some supporting roles for African communities in their fields of endeavours .
This recognition took place virtually yesterday at the 5th edition of Grassroots Africa Awards and Conference International, the main event of the Grassroots Africa Awards with the theme “Activating the Well-being of African Communities”.
welcoming the gathering was the Founder and Convener, Mr. Kazeem Balogun also the CEO of Kalo Africa Media who echoed the importance need for more spirited Africans to start supporting their various communities in their own little ways within their chosen areas.
The Keynote Speaker of the event was Amb. Dine Bouraima, Vice President of the African Tourism Board and CEO Benin Royal Hotel, Cotonou while Hon. Mahmoud Mousa, the Lord Mayor of Zanzibar and Amb. Michelina Sanquest, the Goodwill Tourism Ambassador of Zambia in Rome were both guests of Honour.
The Recipients :
The 2023 recipients of GACCI were drawn from various sectors such as health, education, business, Tourism, Youths, Women, Maritime among others from within and the Diaspora.
List of the Recipients :
1 Hon. Cuthbert Ncube, President, African Tourism Board, South Africa. Category : Lifetime Achievement
2. Mr. Brahim El Mazned, Founder, Visa For Music, Rabat, Morocco.
Category : Lifetime Achievement
Nana Albert Adu-Akoratia IV,
Kumasi, Ghana.
Category : African Champion
Mrs, Torio James Fadumila
CEO, Royal Orchid Enterprises LLC, United States of America.
Category: African Champion
Mr. Adekunle Adebowale,
Passport Officer,
Nigeria Immigration Services, Abeokuta Command, Ogun State.
Chief, Dr. Captain, Anthony Onogharigho, FCILT
Rector of Conarina Maritime Academy Delta state Nigeria
Category : African Champion
Queen Krystal Chanchangi
Founder/CEO Africa Multicultural World Foundation, USA
Category : African Champion
Dr. Augustine Chidiebere Njoku
CEO, Heart Alive Training Inc. USA
Category : African Champion
Mr. Bini Ouattara Daouda, Founder Adayé Kessie Foundation, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
Category: African Champion
Amb. Peace Nwankaego Onuiri
Coordinator, Albino Foundation, Nigeria.
Category: African Champion
Ms. Ihuoma Harrisson
CEO, Steppers Arts Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria.
Category: African Champion.
Kalo Africa media has been in the vanguard of recognizing individuals, corporate organisations and government establishments that are reaching out to various African communities for the past five years, starting from Accra, Ghana in 2019.
The aim of is to project the positve gestures of these individuals to the world in order to encourage them to do more.
