AIDF Africa Innovator of the Year Award 2019, Kenya

Aid & International Development Forum are pleased to open nominations for their AIDF Africa Innovator of the Year Award 2019. This competition celebrates individuals as well as teams who have introduced game-changing initiatives, created research or inventions that have made an impact on the humanitarian aid and development sectors in Africa over the past year. The aim is to recognize individuals for their inspiring leadership, forward-thinking, creative problem-solving and implementation of innovative programs that have helped drive the African progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. The finalists will be showcased at the AIDF Africa Summit and the winner of the award will be announced on 26 February 2019 at the AIDF Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.

The AIDF Africa Summit was launched in 2015 to engage all the relevant aid and development stakeholders within Africa and beyond. The two day conference features four different streams and attracts 350 senior attendees from regional governments, UN agencies, international and regional NGOs, CBOs, investors and donors, research institutes and the private sector.

The agenda has been developed in consultation with key organisations, such as WFP, IRFC, World Vision, USAID, UNICEF, World Bank, Save the Children, UN Habitat, CRS, FHI360, Oxfam, Habitat for Humanity International, IRD and will include case studies, panel discussions, exclusive breakfast briefings, workshops, and interactive roundtable sessions.

The AIDF Africa Summit advocates for cross-sector approach through inclusive, effective collaboration and coordination between national and international NGOs, government and UN agencies, Red Cross, donors, investors, development banks and the private sector.

AIDF team ensures high-level participation of key stakeholders so that all discussions have impact. The audience includes senior attendees from the following sectors:

Operations, Procurement, Logistics, Supplier and partner management, ICT, Health & WASH, Shelter, Transport, Safety and security, Infrastructure, HR and Training, Financing and payments and many more.

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Benefit:

The award winner will benefit from extensive media coverage and industry recognition for their achievements in humanitarian aid and development. The recipient will be awarded the following:
A crystal award at the AIDF Africa Summit 2019
Free registration for the AIDF Africa Summit 2020
A press release announcing the award winner will be published on aidforum.org as well as the event website with details of the winner’s initiatives, research or inventions that made an impact on the global humanitarian aid and development sectors over the past year
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Criteria:

Inspired innovation: nominees should exhibit a thoughtful, creative and innovative approach to resolving humanitarian and development challenges in Africa over the past year
Proven impact: the initiatives, research or inventions that nominees have introduced or implemented should demonstrate a positive impact on solving global humanitarian aid and development challenges in Africa
Building on success: nominees should be looking to enhance and grow the impact of their initiatives, research or inventions to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goals, including future plans to take their idea to the next level
All finalists should be available to attend the awards ceremony on 26 February 2019 at Trademark Hotel, Nairobi

Requirement:

Nominations are open to individuals who work within the humanitarian aid and development sector An award can be based on the work of a team but needs to contain a name of the team leader i.e. nominee, who will accept the award on the team's behalf
Self-nominations are allowed
Please obtain the nominee’s consent to participate in this award program
There is no submission fee, however, if you are entering a nomination, please ensure that you complete all required fields of the nomination form
Open for all nationality