Ghana Events Awards (GEA), a creative industry player has
awarded over 20 of its members in the creative art sector to boost their morale
and encourage them to work assiduously to make the industry a lucrative job for
the upcoming artists.
The host and co-host, Jay Foley and Roselyn Felli both of Joy
Prime Television at multimedia were very magnificent and hilarious as they are
on top of the game throughout the ceremony giving the audience and invited
guests the pleasure needed to enjoy the awards night at Movenpick Hotel in
Accra.
Also at the 4th GEA night, citations and plaques were presented to winners in various categories like Best MC of the Year, Best Disc Jockey (DJ) player of the Year, Best Event Planner of the Year, Best Event of the Year among others.
Speaking to journalists, the Chief Executive of GEA, Kelvin
Kenneth was delighted and expressed his appreciation to the Board of Directors and
all stakeholders who were involved in making the event possible and successful.
He explained that the nomination and selection of winners in
the various categories are based on lots of considerations from the public,
Board members and the economy which includes a good lighting system, sound
system, stage and the environment in which the event was held or occasioned.
” the public, Board members and other economic issues were
considered and other issues factored in during the nomination and selection of
Best possible winners in the various categories”, he said.
Mr. Kenneth added that his next option is to focus on how to
improve and extend the awards ceremony to other African countries, adding that,
this will even place Ghana in the limelight and also enhance the creative
industry across the African continent.
He, therefore, called for unity among the industry players in
the creative arts in order to fight a common course or agenda for the benefit
of the upcoming artists.
The founder of Jandel Limited who owns the overall Best award
in the creative industry, Afia Moro advised her colleagues to have a passionate
feeling for the creative art rather than seeking money, stating that, your
passion for the job will let you earn good money at the end.
She tasked all stakeholders in the creative art industry to be
innovative and creative through learning in order to enable them to reinvent new
things and bring new ideas to the table which can be a tool to remain in
business even in this era of the pandemic.
“try to be driven by passion whiles you try to earn good money
and also educate yourselves and be on track by using the advance technologies
like the internet and social media that will make us in the creative industry
be at par with our competitors in the outside world”, she added.
She further outlined some challenges like failure to recognize
the industry by government, division among members, failure to be paid the
right amount among others that are facing the industry and wished they can be
addressed as soon as possible to drive them forward.
” We lack so many things and when it comes to certain things, the government fails to recognize us like the sharing of the stimulus packages
during the COVID-19 era, most of our members who also placed in their request
were sidelined and never get anything”, she said.
But she was grateful and optimistic that the challenges will
be addressed due to the government’s establishment of creative art alongside
the tourism sector, adding, we can voice out our grievances at that department
to be addressed by the appropriate authorities.
Also, the Best Master of Ceremony (MC) winner from multimedia,
Andy Dosty appealed to the government to include the industry in the distribution
of the stimulus package or offer some of the members some loans that will
cushion them since the pandemic have already caused huge damage to the
industry and things are difficult for most of the members in the industry in
Ghana.
He also praised the award planners and stakeholders for making
the event successful because according to him, there has been an improvement in
this year’s ceremony and very optimistic the previous award ceremonies will be
greater.
” am considering and wished stakeholders will come together
and put their resources together to ensure a massive awards ceremony in the
next occasion “, he noted.
The winners of the various categories are as follows:
REGIONAL EVENT OF THE YEAR- UPPER WEST CREATIVE ART AWARDS
EVENT ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR – DIANA HAMILTON
EVENT OF THE YEAR – EXCLUSIVE MEN OF THE YEAR AFRICA AWARDS
BEST EVENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR – GENET SERVICES
BEST EVENT VENUE OF THE YEAR – (ACCRA CITY HOTEL)
EVENT INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR (BLOGGER) – RONNIE IS EVERYWHERE
BEST EVENT SECURITY OF THE YEAR – ASUAVO SECURITY
GHANA’S FAVORITE EVENT – 3MUSIC AWARDS
EVENT MC OF THE YEAR (FEMALE) - MZGEE
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – MANUEL PHOTOGRAPHY
CSR EVENT OF THE YEAR- MASK4ALL CHARITY CONCERT
EVENT MC OF THE YEAR (MALE) – NATHANIEL ATTOH
EVENT DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ VYRUSKY
YOUTH EVENT OF THE YEAR – GHANA TERTIARY AWARDS
MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENT OF THE YEAR- RHYTHMS ON DA RUNWAY
MOST INFLUENTIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR- GHANA OUTSTANDING WOMEN
AWARDS
BEST VIRTUAL EVENT OF THE YEAR – EXCLUSIVE MEN OF THE AFRICA
AWARDS
BEST EVENT SETUP OF THE YEAR – VODAFONE GHANA MUSIC AWARDS.
BEST EVENT VENUE OF THE YEAR (DOME, GARDEN, CONFERENCE HALL) –
UNDERBRIDGE EVENT CENTRE
BEST EVENT VENUE (BAR/LOUNGE) – FRONT/BACK ACCRA
EVENT HYPEMAN OF THE YEAR – KOJO MANUEL
EXPERIENTIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR – BTL AFRICA
EMERGING EVENT OF THE YEAR- UPPER WEST CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS
CORPORATE EVENT OF THE YEAR – CHARTED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING
GHANA AWARDS
EVENT SPONSOR OF THE YEAR-
Adonko next level energy drink.
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