The Young Achievers Awards (YAA) is a national competition held annually in

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

which selects and promotes the best practice and excellence in youth

creativity Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable Idea, ideas or works using one's imagination. Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g. an idea, scientific theory, Literature, literary work, musical composition, or joke), or a physica ...

. By demonstrating a young person's potential to create an outstanding nation built on

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneu ...

, YAA aims at recognizing Uganda's leaders of tomorrow today. It provides an opportunity for people to work together to address national developmental challenges in ICT, the Arts, Health, Education, Gender and access to better lives.

History

Founded in 2009 by Awel Uwihanganye and Ivan Serwano Kyambadde, the Award was created as a platform to showcase young people creating economic opportunity, attaining

financial independence Financial independence is a state where an individual or household has accumulated sufficient financial resources to cover its living expenses without having to depend on active employment or work to earn money in order to maintain its current ...

and improve their leadership abilities .

Award categories

*Young Achiever - Business and Trade *Young Achiever - Media and Society *Young Achiever - Leadership and Governance *Young Achiever - Art, Fashion and Culture *Young Achiever - Music and Entertainment *Young Achiever - Sports *Young Achiever - I.C.T Solutions *Overall Young Achievers of the Year *Young Achiever's Heroes/Heroine Award *

Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions. Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include: A * A.C. ...

*Young Achievers Star Hall Of Fame *Overall Young Achiever

References

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History

Award categories

See also

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