To encourage individuals to take up communal and humanitarian roles in the Western Region, the third edition of Fontomfrom Amandze Awards came off at the Raybow International Hotel in Takoradi on Saturday December 4.
The awards which is decided solely by a jury convened by the organizers, Fontomfrom Empire awarded individuals and organisations that are heavy in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The open-air event which required patrons to be in a strict dress code of touch of African and traditional awarded the following individuals and companies in the various categories:
CSR COMPANY
GNPC FOUNDATION
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION
ATUAHENE FOUNDATION
VOLUNTEER GROUP
PM FOUNDATION
INNOVATION FOR IMPACT
STRAPUP
UNDER 40 CREATING JOBS
MAXWELL BOAKYE (CEO PALASCO GROUP OF COMPANIES)
RADIO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
NZEMA FM MANTEM POLICE
PHOTO JOURNALIST/ DOCUMENTARY/FILM
IMAGINE TAKORADI
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
YAA AMOAKO ADU (CEO INTEGRITY LOGISTICS LIMITED)
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
YAA AMOAKO ADU( CEO INTEGRITY LOGISTICS COMPANY LIMITED)
MEDIA HOUSE INVOLVED IN HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
SPICE FM
TRUE LEADERSHIP IMPACTING LIVES
DR DOMINIC KWESI EDUAH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GNPC FOUNDATION)
MOST INFLUENTIAL YOUNG PERSON
KOFI CEPHAS( CO FOUNDER GH GOSSIP)
COMMUNITY HERO
VICTOR GADRI( CEO GADRITOR GROUP OF COMPANIES)
SOCIAL RESPONSIBLE PERSON
CORP SAYVEE (CEO CORP FOUNDATION)
OMANBAPA
RICHARD ADDISON (CEO KENT INVESTMENT)
The awards also honoured Nana Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II, Paramount Chief of Wassa Amenfi Traditional area and Jane Reason Akusika Ahadziw, CEO of Cosmetic Limited.
By Nana Kwesi Coomson