Mental & Emotional Health
Sexuality
Gender
Special Needs
Art
Faith & Spirituality
Human Rights

These are the seven focus areas (categories) for the prize’s inaugural edition.

BE DIFFERENT

That time is finally here - and it is about time.

We are excited to finally launch The Nigeria Prize for Difference and Diversity
– to find, recognise and support individuals, communities, and organizations
creating safe spaces for individuals, free from discrimination and
marginalization with The Nigeria Prize for Difference and Diversity.

The Prize is geared to support the opening up of the voices,
hearts, and spirits of young people across Nigeria, urging them to embrace
their true identities and accept their uniqueness without fear of
being suppressed, oppressed, even misunderstood.

VIEW THE DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY ESSAY
ABOUT THE PRIZE

Fifteen Outstanding Individuals Will Be Selected.

From 30 June 2020, the team will receive public nominations across the six regions of Nigeria till the 4th, September 2020.  A central working committee within the organization will select the best nominee profiles to be sent to the judges. Judges will then select ten outstanding individuals from a pool of nominations to attend a virtual one-week fellowship in October 2020.

The 15 finalists will be announced in October and will be selected for the one week workshop where they will be coached and mentored by a faculty of the brightest minds across media, rights and governance.

This will be followed by an awards presentation in December to commemorate World Human Rights Day, where the overall winner will receive N1 million endowed by journalist and entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo for this first edition. Jideonwo has been at the forefront of diversity and difference storytelling and activism across Africa.

Nominees must be between the ages of 18-35 as at the period of nomination

Presented by:
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Top 15 Finalists

Michael Ernest Nwah
Mental & Emotional Health

Michael Ernest Nwah

Michael Ernest Nwah advocates and creates spaces for Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga. He is the owner of The Yoga Spot ...
Mike Daemon
Human Rights

Mike Daemon

Mike Daemon currently serves as the executive director of NoStrings Development Initiatives, a queer-led and focused organization he founded in ...
Zainab Adakole
Sexuality

Zainab Adakole

Zainab Adakole is an activist, program officer and community mobilizer, with Women Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment (WISE), an organization responsible ...
Sada Malumfashi
Gender

Sada Malumfashi

Sada Malumfashi is a writer and a freelance journalist and one of several scholarship holders of the Berlin Reporters Without ...
Ezeigwe Juliet Chioma
Gender

Ezeigwe Juliet Chioma

Ezeigwe Juliet Chioma is a filmmaker, development communications expert (PR and Digital Marketing), and gender equality advocate. A speaker, trainer ...
Daniel Orubo
Sexuality

Daniel Orubo

Daniel Orubo is a senior editor and producer at Zikoko, whose work focuses on music and lifestyle. He is also ...
Elizabeth Talatu Williams
Gender

Elizabeth Talatu Williams

Elizabeth Talatu Williams is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Impact and Development Initiative working to advance the Sexual Reproductive ...
Solomon O. Ayodele
Gender

Solomon O. Ayodele

Solomon O. Ayodele is a Boy Child Advocate, Afrophile, Social Entrepreneur & Digital Transformation Enthusiast. He is the Founder/Lead Execution ...
Angel Nduka-Nwosu
Gender

Angel Nduka-Nwosu

Angel Nduka-Nwosu is a writer, journalist, editor and feminist. She is the co-founder of As Equals Africa, a media advocacy ...
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
Sexuality

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu is a Biologist, Journalist, Author, and Queer Liberation Activist who lives in Enugu, Nigeria. He earned a ...
Tobiloba Ajayi
Special Needs

Tobiloba Ajayi

Tobiloba Ajayi has over 10 years of experience working with various organizations in the Disability Management sector in different countries. ...
Desmond Vincent
Sexuality

Desmond Vincent

Desmond Vincent is a twenty-one-year-old writer and award-winning journalist living in Nigeria. With his work, he attempts to document the ...
Chisom Ogbummuo
Gender

Chisom Ogbummuo

Chisom Ogbummuo is the Founder and Executive Director of The Conversation Café, a safe space for transformative and educative conversations ...
Toluse Dove Francis
Mental & Emotional Health

Toluse Dove Francis

Toluse Francis is a born teacher-trainer, a biochemist and supply chain professional turned mental health practitioner, behavioral change professional thought ...
Adelola Edema
Special Needs

Adelola Edema

Adelola Edema is involved in Special Needs advocacy.  Through her annual conference, the Special Needs Conference, she educates members of ...

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