AfricaFora’s CEO Winifred U. Gaillard was awarded the Africa Culture Excellence award on September 29th 2023, for her contributions to policy discussion, harnessing the diaspora’s strength for the advancement of Africa and more, as part of the annual Voice Achievers Awards ceremony, held by The Voice.
About The Voice Achievers Award
The Voice Achievers Award aims to recognize Africans and friends of Africa of outstanding achievements on a yearly basis. Since 2012, the award took a global outlook recognizing people outside of the Netherlands and it has become a global event attended by hundreds of people.
The Editorial Board of The Voice magazine (the first and biggest African news Magazine published in the Netherlands) constituted an Award Committee that under strict but objective appraisal; nominate distinguished Africans and friends of Africa, worthy of appreciation and Honour at every forthcoming “The Voice Achievers Award”. Its goal is to be an annual event to encourage Africans and friends of Africa in various fields of human endeavours to do more and attain an outstanding status. We are in no way saying these people we have chosen are the best but they do have outstanding qualities that we are proud to present to the world. The award is designed to serve to mentor people to aspire for excellence in all facets of human activities. It is a mixture of young and older minds being rewarded on the same platform.It is unique because it offers not only recognition per excellence to the winners but also create an opportunity to meet other professionals and entrepreneurs from other communities in an interactive atmosphere to exchange new ideas. For more information, please visit Voice Achievers Award.