Inaugural Sowambe Awards to launch in SA

The Sowambe Awards, a social media awards platform for Africa, will be launched in South Africa with nominations starting from 10-19 March 2011. The awards aims to recognise the best social media adopters, talents, agencies, celebrities, politicians, personalities and professionals as well as social media-based web platforms in Africa.

7 Mar 2011

Twenty five categories are open for entry and participants and the public are allowed to nominate and vote online for their favourite people, celebs and brands using social media, based on a clear understanding and good judgment on activities in the social web.

Categories include:

Best Social Media Personality
Best Social Media Celebrity
Best Social Media Politician
Best Social Media Site
Best Social Media Activist
Best Social Media Designer
Best Social Media Thinker/Influencer
Best Use of Twitter (Personal Brand)
Best Use of Twitter (Corporate Brand)
Best Use of Facebook (Personal Brand)
Best Use of Facebook (Corporate Brand)
Best Use of YouTube (Corporate Brand)
Best Social Media Community
Best Social Media On-Air Personality (TV/Radio)
Best Social Media Newspaper
Best Social Media Startup
Best Social Media Jobs Site
Best Social Media TV/Radio Station
Best Micro/Blogging Platform
Best Social Aggregation Tool
Best Ad Campaign on YouTube
Best Ad Campaign on Facebook
Best Digital Media Agency
Best Social Media Hoax/Scandal
Best Twitter Trend

Voting will commence from 22-31 March 2011 and the winners will be announced on 2 April. The awards gala night will be held in December 2011 at a suitable venue and location within Africa (to be decided).

For more information, go to www.sowambe.com.