The much talked-about awards event which celebrates and honour Nigeria's
Diaspora foreigners must have come and gone, but the memories will sure linger
for a while. The colourful event which held at the prestigious Oriental hotel
Lagos on St. Valentine's day, February 14th, 2020 was well attended by revered
members of the international community and Nigerian celebrities.
The debut
edition of the laudable awards' project had the duo of super broadcaster and
FreeThe Sheeple campaigner, Daddy Freeze and Ghanaian actress, Ella Mensah as
compere.
The award
project honour foreign businesses and personalities in different categories
which include Auto Company of The Year won by Kia Motors; the award, according
to the organizers was given in recognition of the brands' impressive track
records on Nigerian Roads.
The Ethnic
Financial Institution of The Year award goes to Stanbic IBTC and the bank was
recognized for its outstanding performances in the banking sector and in the
same vein, Household Appliances Company of The Year was presented to Scanfrost in
recognition of the brands' popularity and performances in Nigeria while Electronics
Company of The Year is LG.
The Indian
Community in Nigeria is the Ethnic Group of The Year for having demonstrated
peace and unity amongst other communities and one of Nigeria's longstanding
energy drink, PowerHorse won the CSR Brand of The Year in recognition of its
support and corporate social responsibility.
The Ethnic Product of The Year
which goes to a particular product's popularity and outstanding performance in
the Nigerian market was given to Always from the stable of Procter & Gamble.
In the
Ethnic Beauty Product of The Year category, a beauty soap manufactured by
Givanas Industry, Ivory Beauty soap walked tall for its brand's relevance and
market-leading status while an employment solution firm, Iota-Group was
presented with Employment Friendly Ethnic Firm of The Year for its outstanding
achievements to raising employment standards in Nigerian Labour Markets.
And in the
entertainment category, gorgeous actress of Ghanaian descent, Ella Mensah who
doubled as the event's hostess won the Cross Over-Actress of The Year and her
Ghanaian male counterpart, talented Mawuli Gavor is the Cross-Over Actor of
2019/20.
The Ethnic
Airline of The Year award goes to Delta Airlines in recognition of its sterling
achievements in the Nigerian Air Space while the Ethnic Entrepreneur of The
Year Award was given to Contec Global boss, Dr. Benoy Berry in recognition of
his business prowess and contributions in the Nigerian Labour Market.
Other
interesting categories are the Ethnic Telecommunication Company Of The Year
which was won by Airtel and the Ethnic Revelation Award which was presented to
a Gambian-Malawian bunch of talent, Lilian Azizi in recognition of her
promising talent In the Nigerian entertainment terrain.

The peak of
the event was the presentation of the Ethnic Man and Ethnic Woman of The Year
awards, special and biggest categories that were won by Art-House Contemporary
CEO, Kavita Chellaram and Jean Philippe-Bolot in recognition of their residency
and outstanding contributions to the Nigerian society at large.
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