Young Achievers Award

Young Achievers Award
Country Uganda
Presented by YAA
First awarded September 14, 2009[1]
Official website http://www.youngachievers.ug/
Usama Mukwaya at the Young Achievers Awards

The Young Achievers Awards is a national competition held annually in Uganda which selects and promotes the best practice and excellence in youth creativity.[2][3] By demonstrating a young person’s potential to create an outstanding nation built on entrepreneurship, YAA aims at recognizing Uganda’s leaders of tomorrow today.[4][5] It provides an opportunity for people from all walks of life to work together to address national developmental challenges in ICT, the Arts, Health, Education, Gender and access to better lives.[6][7][8]

History

Founded in 2009, the Award was created as a platform to showcase Africa’s best talent as an encouragement in their quest to create economic opportunity, attain financial independence and improve their leadership abilities to ultimately play meaningful roles in managing the affairs of society.[9]

Award categories

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chimpreports.com-Uganda News - Young Achievers Awarded Amid Calls for Empowerment". chimpreports.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Young Achievers Awards 2013, A Mélange of Inspiration and Aspirations". bigeye.ug. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Chimpreports.com-Uganda News - Chimpreports Journalist Eyes Young Achievers' Award". chimpreports.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Young Achievers awards". independent.co.ug. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Young achievers honour President Kagame". newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Tetea Uganda". teteauganda.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Young Achievers Awards | Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry". www.chamberuganda.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Ugandan Young Achievers Awards entrants double". bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  9. ↑ "Young Achievers Awards 2013 | The Pearl Guide Uganda". thepearlguide.co.ug. Retrieved 2014-03-25.


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