The Kenyan Blog Awards 2016 enters voting phase

Nairobi, 3rd March 2016: The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has today announced the nominees in this years’ Kenyan Blog Awards. The unveiling will also see the opening of the third and most active part of the awards; the online voting phase.

This follows a grueling exercise, by judges, who sifted through a whopping 4,899 blog submissions that were received. The judges who were tasked with selecting the best 5 blogs in each category are:

1. Mikul Shah, Director at EatOut

2.  Ahmed Salim, GM at Qube Ltd

3.  Terryanne Chebet, Senior Anchor & Associate Editor at Citizen TV

4.  Muthoni Maingi, Digital Manager at Safaricom

The nominees for this year’s awards include: magunga.com, lyraoko.com, pendolamama.co.ke and biznakenya.com. Voting in the awards begin today and will close on 1^st May 2016.

To vote for their favourite blog in the Kenyan Blog Awards, Kenyans should visit blogawards.co.ke/vote. Votes will be limited to one vote per person.

The Kenyan Blog Awards were launched on 8th January, which also coincided with the launch of the submission phase. Blogs were submitted in the competition until 10th February 2016. The judges then took over and selected their best 5 in all the categories.  Winners of the competition will be announced at a gala event on 7th May 2016.

And the nominees are…

 

1. Best Technology Blog

http://www.techweez.com

http://www.mbuguanjihia.com

http://www.droid254.com

http://tech-ish.com

http://moseskemibaro.com/

 

2. Best Photography Blog

http://mwarv.click.co.ke

http://benkiruthi.com/blog3/

http://victorpeace.com

http://buoart.com/

http://leonmuli.com/

 

3. Best Creative Writing Blog

http://www.bikozulu.co.ke

http://magunga.com

http://lubnah.me.ke/

http://okumu.co.ke/

http://khanfarhazart.wordpress.com

 

4. Best Business Blog

http://biznakenya.com/

http://bankelele.co.ke

http://biznews.co.ke

http://sokodirectory.com

http://www.herbusiness.co.ke

 

5. Best Food Blog

http://thefitfabfoodie.com

http://www.tastesafari.co.ke

http://pendolamama.co.ke

http://thewineandfoodreview.com

http://www.kaluhiskitchen.com

 

6. Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog

http://graduatefarmer.co.ke

http://RocKeSci.Co.ke

http://www.farmbizafrica.com

http://farmerstrend.co.ke/

http://africancityplanner.com

 

7. Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog

http://luciamusau.com

http://itsacurvyaffair.com

http://wamboikay.com

http://mskibati.com/

http://justjoykendi.com

 

8. Best Political Blog

 

http://info.mzalendo.com

http://gathara.blogspot.co.ke

http://brainstorm.co.ke

https://kanalispeaks.wordpress.com/

http://maunduville.blogspot.co.ke/

 

9. Best New Blog

http://cherriesvineyard.com

http://afyapress.com

http://stylebyshary.com

http://theycallmedaktari.com/

http://www.e-techafrica.co.ke

 

10. Best Corporate Blog

http://blog.ongair.im

http://blog.jovago.com

http://ihub.co.ke

http://www.kuzabiashara.co.ke/blog/

https://www.travelstart.co.ke

 

11. Best Topical Blog

http://owaahh.com

http://amiraafrica.co.ke/

http://thewondercores.com

http://stillamum.com/

http://mummytales.com

 

12. Best Sports Blog

http://www.michezoafrika.com

http://www.futaa.com

http://goonerpark.org

http://osbke.com

http://thedugout.co.ke

 

13. Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog

http://www.ghafla.co.ke

http://www.niaje.com/

http://www.potentash.com

http://lyraoko.com

http://meanwhileinkenya.com

 

14. Best Education Blog

http://funkescience.co.ke

https://creativesacademy.wordpress.com/

 

15. Best Travel Blog

 

http://holidayafrika.com

http://www.safari254.com

http://theadventuresofcathy.com

http://theartofwanderlusting.wordpress.com

https://funtravelke.wordpress.com

 

16. Best Health Blog

http://afyapress.com

http://sitawa.blogspot.com/

https://couchhealthandfitness.wordpress.com/

http://healthkenya.co.ke/

http://lindaafya.co.ke/

 

17. Best County Blog

http://lifeinmombasa.com/

http://county-yangu.com/default/

http://kakamega411.com

http://loitokitok.com

http://laikipiaruralvoices.blogspot.co.ke/

 

18. Best Religious/Spiritual Blog

http://www.braveheartedliving.com

http://ummah.co.ke/

http://imwashigadi.wordpress.com

http://ernestwamboye.blogspot.com/

http://njerigichuki.blogspot.com

 

19. Kenyan Blog of the year

http://owaahh.com

http://lyraoko.com

http://www.niaje.com/

http://www.bikozulu.co.ke

http://www.techweez.com