Organisers have unveiled the nominees for the competitive categories on Sunday, 16th July 2023, of the 2023 Exclusive Men of the Year Africa (EMY) Awards set to take place later in the year.
The nomination announcement was hosted by actor and two-time EMY Africa Awards honoree, Adjetey Anang, and TV host and actress, Sika Osei. Nominees for five competitive awards were announced – Man of the Year – Music, Discovery of the Year, Actor of the Year, Man of the Year, Sport, and Designer of the Year.
Award-winning Ghanaian musical stars King Promise and KiDi nominated three consecutive times in a row, and will once again battle it out with the reigning 2022 VGMA Artiste of the Year Black Sherif; BET award-winner, Stonebwoy and BET award nominee Camidoh for the ‘Man of the Year – Music category’.
The reigning ‘EMY Actor of the Year’, Adjetey Anang will also battle it out with Nigeria’s actors Tobi Bakre, and Chidi Mokome and Ghana’s very own Anthony Woode and Bill Asamoah in the same category.
Under the ‘Designer of the Year’ category, actor and fashion designer Elikem Kumordzie (Elikem the Tailor) secured his spot as he will compete keenly with names like Free the Youth, JayRay Ghartey (JayRay Fashion), Andrew Mackenzie (Jesu Segun Lomdon) and Kenneth Tetteh.
Footballer Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian Olympic athlete Joseph Paul Amoah and 2022 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist Abraham Mensah will also compete with the reigning ‘Man of the Year – Sport’, Benjamin Azamati in the category.
For ‘Discovery of the Year’, Journalist Manuel Koranteng, Renowned Photographer, Paul Ninson, Musician Perez Musik, and Mohammed Kudus were shortlisted for the category.
The eighth EMY Africa Awards will take place on Saturday, October 14, 2023, in Accra.
He, however, announced that EMY Africa will be holding a soirée in Lagos, Nigeria, in August, as part of the buildup activities for this year’s awards.
Fans can power their preferred nominees to victory by liking the post of the nominee on the EMY Africa Awards’ Instagram page or texting their name and the category to the shortcode 1393 (toll-free) across all local networks. Alternatively, they can visit the awards’ official website here to click on the poll button.
Voting is free and ends on Friday, October 6, 2023, and it is 50% board/academy vote, and 50% public vote.
Below is the full list of nominees in the voting categories:
Man of the Year (Music)
- Black Sherif
- Stonebwoy
- Camidoh
- KiDi
- King Promise
Discovery of the Year
- Manuel Koranteng
- Mohammed Kudus
- Perez Music
- Paul Ninson
Designer of the Year
- Elikem Kumordzie
- Andrew Mackenzie
- Free the Youth
- JayRay Ghartey
- Kenneth Tetteh
Man of the Year (Sports)
- Benjamin Azamati
- Mohammed Kudus
- Joseph Paul Amoah
- Abraham Mensah
Actor of the Year
- Adjetey Anang
- Chidi Mokome
- Anthony Woode
- Bill Asamoah
- Tobi Bakre