The
Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced the dates for this year’s
Kenyan Blog Awards that will culminate in a winners’ gala event on Saturday, 2nd
May 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi.
The
annual event singles out bloggers with great creative and innovative, useful
and regular content and posts.
This
year’s awards themed “Content
is King” will bring together various online content creators
including corporate organizations, celebrities, SME’s, county governments, and
national government agencies for an evening to celebrate the growth of the
Kenya blogging space.
The
awards will fete bloggers in 18 categories; technology, photography, creative
writing, business, food, environmental, agriculture, fashion, politics, sports,
topical, corporate, Lifestyle/Entertainment, Travel, New Blog, County,
Education, Health & the Kenyan Blog of the Year.
Over
1800 blogs were submitted and people are still voting for their favorite Kenyan
blogs in the competition till April 30th 2015 at www.blogawards.co.ke/vote.
Airtel
Kenya are the Gold sponsors of this year’s Kenyan Blog Awards. Commenting on
this year’s awards, Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi said that Airtel
recognizes the crucial role that Kenyan bloggers continue to play in providing
real-time information through their exceptional creativity and in-depth
insightful writing which is important in creating an informed society.
“As
more blogs emerge as a source of vital information, Airtel will continue to
continue to ensure that Kenyans from all walks of life increasingly access the
internet by offering data services such as #unlimiNET that continues to give them the freedom to make #UnlimitedConnections with their
favorite blogs,” added Mr. El Youssefi.
BAKE
Chairman Kennedy Kachwanya added “BAKE is extremely happy with the reception
this year’s awards has received both from Kenyan bloggers and the public. We
are also grateful for the support that we have received from our partners
especially our Gold sponsors Airtel Kenya. We can’t wait for the winners’
announcement at the May 2nd event. Good luck to all the nominees.”
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