The inaugural Young Entrepreneurs Awards (YEA) 2018 organized and hosted by Bizna Kenya is now open to Kenyan business owners aged between 18 and 35 years. The Awards will see the Top 4 YEA winners walk away with marketing and business support services worth over Sh. 1 million.
The Young Entrepreneurs Awards aims to recognize, highlight and support successful Kenyan young entrepreneurs in a bid to improve the performance of their businesses. The Awards will also be seeking to put a spotlight on the participating entrepreneurs’ businesses to enhance their efforts to attract opportunities for additional business, networking and funding.
The awards are targeting ten diversified key areas in which the young entrepreneurs have established scalable and sustainable businesses. The ten categories include; Fashion and Beauty, Entertainment, Real Estate, Events and Hospitality, Digital, Artisan, Printing and Design, Auto, Agripreneur, and Manufacturing from across the country.
“We are delighted to announce the launch of Young Entrepreneurs Awards (YEA). We wish to recognize and appreciate the significant role young entrepreneurs play in changing the society through business. Young entrepreneurs are revolutionizing how business is done throughout the world and we are humbled to a play a role in making this happen.” said Tonnie Mello, CEO and Founder of Bizna Kenya.
An entrepreneur can nominate themselves or be nominated for the awards website: www.yea.co.ke. Nominations will run for one month followed by shortlisting and public voting. Winners will be announced in November 2018.
