Entertainment of Sunday, 17 November 2013
Source: Green Marble
The 2013 Ghana UK-Based Achievements (GUBA) Awards was held at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Saturday night.
The glitzy and star-studded event which marked the 4th anniversary of the awards saw Fuse ODG continue his good year with a win for Music Artist of the Year, as Ghanaian fashion designer, Duaba Serwa picked the award for African Fusion Designer of the Year.
The stellar line up of the special Black Award recipients included Mr. Herman Chinery-Hesse, footballer Rachel Yankey MBE and MOBO Awards founder, Kanya King.
Full list of winners:
RED: BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Amarjaro and Ghana High Commission Corporate Business of the Year Vodafone Group Services Ltd
Invest In Africa Sustainable Business Award Agro Mindset Organisation
Rlg Development Award Edward Amartey-Tagoe – Nandi Mobile
Gamank Group Efie Ne Fie (‘Home Is Home’) Deborah Jane Nelson, Mahogany Events
Homestrings Small Emerging Business Sheabutter Cottage
Blavo & Co Young Entrepreneur Edwin Kwaku Broni-Mensah
GOLD: POPULAR CULTURE
African Fusion Designer Duaba Serwaa
Artist of the Year 2013 Fuse ODG
Young & Talented Lewis Appiagyei
GREEN: COMMUNITY
British High Commission Best Charity Lively Minds
Moneygram Best Ghanaian Association Ghana Association Merseyside
Guba Rising Star 2013 Rebecca Amissah
BLACK STAR: RECOGNITION AWARDS
Guba Community Champion 2013 Archbishop Kwaku Frimpong Manson
Guba Student Achiever 2013 Jason Ochere
Sporting Achievement Rachel Yankey MBE
Exceptional Achievement Herman Chinery-Hesse – CEO the SOFTtribe Limited
Enterprise Mogul Kanya King MBE