Awards & Recognitions

Chanel has named the inaugural winners of its Chanel Next Prize, a new biennial award that the French label founded in March to support 10 international artists and creatives working across film, music, performance, and visual art. The prize was founded as part of a larger initiative termed the Chanel Culture Fund, established earlier this year in the wake of the pandemic to expand the luxury label’s backing of the arts.

The award is given to artists who the fashion label believes are redefining their respective fields. In a statement, Yana Peel, Chanel’s global head of arts and culture, explained that the prize falls in line with the legacy of the label’s founder, the late Gabrielle Chanel, who supported avant-garde artists of her era. “We extend Chanel’s deep history of cultural commitment—empowering big ideas and creating opportunities for an emerging generation of artists to imagine the next,” she said.

Global Leadership Africa Summit Impact Achievement Award: 

Impact Achievement Award, in recognition of my work and efforts for creating a positive impact through gaming. 

The Global Leadership Africa Summit is the country’s #1 gathering of high-achieving global young professional African leaders, entrepreneurs, game-changers, people who cherish Africa and value diversity & inclusion. The Leadership Africa Summit is not your typical conference—it brings together a diverse group of young professionals and game-changers. The Summit offers lively conversations and generates rich networking opportunities while providing learning opportunities in leadership, entrepreneurship, branding, and culture. We promise a speaker lineup of thought leaders and doers with powerful stories and teachings that inspire and inform.

Games Industry person of the year: Lual Mayen is working on his first game, Salaam. As a result of global exposure from being featured as a Global Gaming Citizen at the Game Awards, he has helped shine a spotlight on gaming in the continent.