After recording a successful event last year during the first edition of the Ghana-Francophone Awards, the 2nd edition of the Awards ceremony which is mainly supported by the French Embassy in Accra has been duly launched.
The Ghana-Francophone Awards 2017 is slated to take place on Saturday 6th of May, 2017 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra at 7pm.
The event is being mainly organized by Infos d'Accra Limited, the first ever French Digital Media & Communications Agency in Ghana, registered at the Registrar General according to the laws of Ghana and located at Mile-7 here in Accra.
This year's event will be a gala dinner where 10-prizewinners, who positively impacted the French Community, each in their respective sectors in 2016, will be awarded prizes out of the 50 selected nominees
It is a highly spirited show designed to reward outstanding contributions of individuals and people associated with the Francophone community.
The organization also has an online news portal Infosdaccra.com which is strictly Ghana news but in the French language, making it the first of its kind in Ghana.
As a Digital Media, it has more than 100,000 subscribers and followers on various social media and also offers some programs on its WebTV.
It against this background that Infos d'Accra led by its Chief Executive Officer, Adopo Amidjo, it initiated the Ghana-Francophone Awards mainly to motivate the Francophones in Ghana to do more in the development of the nation and Africa at large.
The CEO of Infos d'Accra, at a media launch at the Company's Head Office in Accra said his outfit has a vision to ensure that in order to contribute to the Francophone networks, he and his team intend to make the Ghana-Francophone Awards the most important of all events in Ghana.
"We plan to do this by creating an annual space for exchanges where all the members of the Francophone diaspora could meet to facilitate integration within the Ghanaian society."
The 10-Categories announced to be honored include:
1. Religious leader of the year
2. Expatriate employee of the year
sme/start-up of the year
3. Bilingual French school of the year
4. Socio-cultural initiative of the year
5. French restaurant of the year
6. Association/Community group of the year
7. Language school of the year
8. Musician artiste of the year
9. Fashion designer & beauty center of the year
About 1,000 guests comprising Consular Officials, Ghanaian Authorities, Expatriates, Business Men and Students are expected to attend. The gate fee charge is ranging from GHC150 to GHC200.
