tw Magazine and Adesuwa Onyenokwe Win Creative Industry Award
Written by Dara Rhodes
tw Magaine & Adesuwa Onyenokwe were awarded the Best Publication award at the 2015 Creative Industries Awards.
The event took place on 24th of January 2015 at the British Council Garden in Ikoyi, Lagos and tw Magazine took home the award for Best Publishing (Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Journals).
The 4th edition of the Creative Industry Awards was themed: “INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY” and it was aimed at rewarding initiatives, talent, creativity and entrepreneurship across the creative industries.
There were performances by Isaac Geralds, Cone ‘Aduke’, Baseline Records Afro-Soul Diva Aramide, Capital FEMI, and Jaywon.
See the list of winners below
1. VISUAL ARTS (Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Antique): SHOLA ANIMASHAUN
2. PERFORMING ARTS (Live Music, Dance, Theatre, DJ): DJ XCLUSIVE
3. COMEDY (Stand Up Comedy, TV Comedy Shows, Comedy Films): AY SHOW
4. MUSIC (Record label, Production Houses, Artiste Management, Marketers): DON JAZZY
5. FILM (Production Houses, Producers, Marketers): AYO MAKUN – 30 DAYS IN ATLANTA
6. PUBLISHING (Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Journals): ADESUWA OYENOKWE – TW MAGAZINE
7. AUDIO VISUAL (Television, Radio): MO ABUDU – EBONYLIFE TV
8. CREATIVE SERVICE (Architecture, Advertising): ARCHITECHT OLUMIDE AYODELE – STUDIO STOONE DESIGNS
9. TECH BUSINESSES: BANKOLE CARDOSO – EASY TAXI
10. FASHION: ADEDOYIN BALOGUN – BALDON
11. BLOGGERS: UCHE EZE – BELLA NAIJA
12. GASTRONOMY (Sugar Craft, culinary arts): KOGSY
13. MAKE UP (Costumiers, makeup artistes): BAYO HAASTRUP
14. STARTUP OF THE YEAR: OLU’YOMI OJO – PRINTIVO
15. EMERGING FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR: ACHENYA IDACHABA
16. CREATIVE INNOVATION AWARD: ONIBOKUN AYOBAMI AND ODEBODE ADEMOLA – REPAIRAM.COM
17. ENTREPRENEURSHIP WRITER/BLOGGER OF THE YEAR: OLUFEMI OMOTAYO – ENTREPRENEWS
18. SOCIAL ENTREPRISE AWARD: SHOWORE – SAHARA REPORTERS
19. CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR: AYO MAKUN
20. MOST CREATIVE/INNOVATIVE STATE: LAGOS STATE – MR. BABATUNDE FASHOLA (SAN)
21. AWARD FOR THE HIGHEST SUPPORT FOR THE NIGERIA CREATIVE INDUSTRY: BANK OF INDUSTRY AND TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION
Congratulations tw Magazine!