British High Commissioner host second GUBA

British High Commissioner H.E. Peter Jones set to host second GUBA Launch in Ghana.

After a remarkable launch at the British House of Commons in the UK, GUBA Awards has for the second time found its way to Ghana with the support of the British High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Peter Jones to launch the prestigious awards at his residence on 24 October 2013.

High profiled personalities and business moguls including the C.E.O of Vodafone Ghana, Harris Broudmidis, Kweku Bedu – Addo, C.E.O of Standard Chartered, Charles Darku, General Manager of Tullow Oil, Kwame Sefa Kayi and others will join his excellency and the GUBA team to announce the Nominees and Black star award recipients for the 2013 Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards once again and to further highlight their exceptional achievements.

GUBA Founder and C.E.O, Dentaa remarks; “We are very pleased with the continuous support of the British High Commissioner to Ghana. GUBA is just not an awards ceremony but a platform which aims to deepen the economic diplomacy and bilateral ties between Ghana and the UK. We encourage all stakeholders to support this laudable initiative”

With GUBA’s usual mix of select recognition and publicly voted awards, this year introduces new and exciting categories such as; RLG Development, Home strings Small Emerging Business, Invest In Africa Sustainable Business and also Young & Talented and Young Entrepreneur awards.

In its fourth year, the prestigious GUBA Awards Ceremony will take place at the lavish Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel on 16 November 2013. This year’s ceremony is sponsored by RLG, Armajaro, MoneyGram, Invest In Africa, Blavo and Co, Gamank Group, the British High Commission Accra, Homestrings, MYGAPPAEL and Arik air.

As part of the launch, Invest In Africa will host a dinner under the hospice of GUBA with leading CEO’s and business leaders to share Invest In Africa's projects amongst other investment opportunities. Performing on the night will be TV3’s talented kidz winner, Essi formerly Maame Esi.

GUBA 2013 Nominees List The GUBA categories are divided into sections that represent the Ghanaian flag, i.e. RED, GOLD, GREEN and the BLACK STAR; Red represents the blood of those who died in the country's struggle for independence Gold represents the mineral wealth of the country - Green symbolises the country's rich forests and natural wealth The black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe stands for African freedom

RED: BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE

AMARJARO AND GHANA HIGH COMMISSION CORPORATE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR De La Rue PLC Unilever United Infrastructure Development Corporation Vodafone Group Services Ltd

INVEST IN AFRICA SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AWARD Agro Mindset Organisation Clean Team Ghana Nature Farm NewMax Group Mines

RLG DEVELOPMENT AWARD Edward Amartey-Tagoe – Nandi Mobile Gideon Agyare – Reap Green Technologies Maxwell Donkor - mPawa Raindolf Owusu – Oasis Websoft Regina Agyare – Soronko Solutions

GAMANK GROUP EFIE NE FIE (‘Home is Home’) Debra-Jane Nelson, Mahogany Events Godwin Edem, Praise Exports Kwame Owusu, Papa Pizza

HOMESTRINGS SMALL EMERGING BUSINESS Chop-Chop Pot Lipavenu Cosmetics Navitas Drinks Obeliver Drinks Sheabutter Cottage BLAVO & CO YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR Adrian Savage Derick Addae Derek Williams Edwin Kwaku Broni-Mensah

GOLD: POPULAR CULTURE

AFRICAN FUSION DESIGNER Christie Brown Duaba Serwaa JIL Boutique Mina Evans

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2013 Clement Marfo Fuse ODG GUVNA B Lethal B Sway Tinchy Stryder

YOUNG & TALENTED Akai Osei Lewis Appiagyei Nana Bediako Portia Oti

GREEN: COMMUNITY

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION BEST CHARITY Lasajang Community Project Lively Minds Motec Life-UK Theatre for Change

MONEYGRAM BEST GHANAIAN ASSOCIATION Ghana Armed Forces Ex-Service Association Ghana Association Merseyside Ghana Association Scotland Ghana Nurses Association

GUBA RISING STAR 2013 Hannah Oyewole Kobna Holborn-Smith Rebecca Amissah Samuel Mensah BLACK STAR: RECOGNITION AWARDS

GUBA COMMUNITY CHAMPION 2013 Archbishop Kwaku Frimpong Manson

GUBA STUDENT ACHIEVER 2013 Jason Ochere

EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Herman Chinery-Hesse – CEO, SOFT tribe Limited

ENTERPRISE MOGUL Kanya King MBE

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Prince Kofi Amoabeng – CEO UT Bank

SPECIAL AWARD Griff Rhys Jones

GUBA congratulates all 2013 nominees!