Southern Alberta, here are your AC Awards 2022 champions!
1. Entrepreneur of the Year
• Olutoyin Oyebola
2. BCW Women in Business
• Evelyne Nyairo
3. Forward Moving Organization
• Jonas Driving School Inc.
4. Community Leader of the Year
• Courtney Walcott
• Charles Odame-Ankrah
Natacha Pierre Pierre
5. Unsung Heroe
• Neveen Dominic
• Adebola Esan
• Aminat Popoola
6. Professional of the Year
• Christopher Usih
• Sheyi Olubowale
7. Artist of the Year
• Sisay Shimeles
• Sylvester Ndumbi
8. Junior Achievement
• Veronica Olalere
Thank you all for the support, our sponsors; BCW in Action and Africa Centre, as well as our Calgary Bites vendors; Flavours Restaurant in Calgary and Royal Tiso.
It was nice also to have Ellie Bianka and Author and Immigrant Experience Show Host, Moji Taiwo with her new book for kids, Grand Ma and her Munchkin.
We look forward to 2023 for many more people doing wonderful works in Southern Alberta.
Thanks for the support to all of you who nominated, attended the event, and over 20,000 of those who watched and shared AC Awards pages and nominees online.
Afro Canadian Heroes Awards (AC Awards) celebrates Black Excellence in Alberta for 12 years now and it’s organized by Diversity Magazine, Alberta’s largest multicultural publication.
For any questions, please contact Producer Frankline on 780.709.0965 or Event Manager, Anna on 780.340.0476