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AMAA 2016 NOMINEES UNVEILED IN PROTEA HOTEL GRA,IKEJA

MR.SHAIBU HUSSEINI,THE PRESIDENT OF THE JURY

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The nominees in the 28 categories of the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, the annual pan-African reward system for motion picture practitioners were announced on the 15th of May 2016, by Mr. Shaibu Husseini, the President of the Jury. At a media event which took place at the Protea Hotel, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Husseini who also doubles as the Chairman of the College of Screeners reiterated in his address that AMAA is a jury based award and not a voting awards where nominees embark on voting campaigns to win any of the categories.

The Jury, however, announced nominees into 26 categories as the Board of Jurors is yet to conclude on the remaining two categories. According to Husseini, "The remaining categories are special Jury awards and before the awards ceremony, we would have decided on the nominees and eventual winners and by that time we would have the full Jury members on ground."

The Jury President also revealed that quality of movies that came into the competition have improved greatly, adding that more young people across the continent are coming into the industry as film makers with over 150 short film entries. "Our film makers only need to pay attention to details especially in the technical areas. We have the stories already especially film makers producing films in African languages.

See nominees below :

1. EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

1. Encounter – Nigeria
2. Le Chemin – Cote De Voire
3. Blood Taxi - Nigeria
4. Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada
5. Nourah The Holy Light – Burkina Faso
6. Ireti – Nigeria
7. Life of a Nigerian Couple – Nigeria

2. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

1. The Pencil – Burkina Faso
2. The Peculiar Life of a Spider – Ghana
3. Funsie Fast Fingers – Nigeria
4. Lazare Sie Pale – Burkina Faso

3. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

1, My Fathers Funeral – Cameroon
2. Nollywood – Nigeria
3. Tchindas- Cape Verde
4. The Fruitless Tree – Niger
5. Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon’ – Nigeria/UK
6. Camera/Woman – Morocco

4. OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

1. Brotherhood Eye – Mali
2. Bala Bala Sese – Uganda
3. Missing God – Nigeria
4. Cursed Treasure – Ghana
5. Wako – Uganda
6. Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) - Ghana

5. MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:

1. Lambadina – Ethiopia/USA
2. Skinned – Liberia/USA
3. LAPD African Cop – USA/Nigeria
4. Boxing Day – USA/Nigeria
5. MONA – Nigeria/UK

6. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT

1. Lines - USA
2. Raptors - USA
3. Across The Track - USA
4. Reset -USA

7. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

1. Agents of Change- USA
2.Can You Dig This- USA
3. America’s Blues - USA
4. Spirits of Rebellion - USA

8. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE

1. America Is Still the Place - USA
2. Ben & Ara - USA
3. Luv Don’t Live Here - USA

9. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Cursed One - Ghana
2. Soldiers Story - Nigeria
3. Ayanda- South Africa
4. Missing God - Nigeria
5. Out of Luck- Nigeria

10. AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

1. Eye of the storm
2. Oshimiri
3. The Cursed One
4. Ayanda
5. Soldiers Story

11. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

1. Oshimiri
2. The Cursed One
3. Missing God
4. Soldiers Story

12. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

1. O-Town - Nigeria
2. Tell Me Sweet Something – South Africa
3. The Cursed One - Ghana
4. Hear me Move – South Africa
5. Le Pagne- Niger

13. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

1. Hear me Move - South Africa
2. Oshimiri - Nigeria
3. Stupid Movie – Nigeria
4. House Arrest – Uganda
5. Soldiers Story – Nigeria

14. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

1. Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso
2. Fifty - Nigeria
3. The Cursed One - Ghana
4. Behind Closed Doors - Morocco
5. Falling - Nigeria
6. Rebecca- Ghana

15. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. The Cursed one
2. Eye of the Storm
3. Ayanda
4. Tell me Sweet Something
5. Fifty

16. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
1. Behind Closed Doors
2. Rebecca
3. The Cursed One
4. Eye of the Storm
5. Hear me Move

17. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

1. The Cursed One
2. Tell me Sweet Something
3. The Visit
4. Eye of the Storm
5. Beyond Blood

18. AMAA 2016- RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

1. Beyond Blood
2. Dry
3. Fifty
4. Missing God
5. Falling
6. O’Town

19. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

1. Nyanso Dzedze – Hear Me Move
2. Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu – The Cursed One
3. Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry
4. Ifu Ennada – O’Town
5. Eve Esin – Oshimiri

20. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Joseph Otsiman – The Cursed One
2. Uti Nwachukwu – Breathless
3. Abidine Dioari – Eye of the Storm
4. Odunlade Adekola – Taxi Driver
5. Kenneth Nkosi – Ayanda
6. Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something

21. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Thishiwe Ziqubu – Tell me Sweet Something
2. Maureen Okpoko – Missing God
3. Ijeoma Grace Agu – Jimi Bendel/ Taxi Driver
4. Bontte Modiselle – Hear Me Move
5. Nthati Moshesh – Ayanda
6. Linda Ejiofor– Out of Luck

22. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Oris Erhuero – The Cursed One
2. OC Ukeje – Ayanda
3. Fragass Assande – Eye of the Storm
4. Masego ‘Maps’ Maponyane – Tell me Sweet Something
5. Daniel k. Daniel – Soldiers Story
6. Biuferi Yakoubi – La Pagne

23. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Zineb Odeib – Behind Closed Doors
2. Adesua Etomi- Falling
3. Fulu Mugovhani – Ayanda
4. Maimouna N’Daiye – Eye of the Storm
5. Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli – Fifty
6. Nomzamo Mbatha – Tell me Sweet Something

24. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

1. MONA - Anthony Abuah
2. Beyond Blood – Greg Odutayo
3. 8 Bars and A Clef- Chioma Onyenwe

25. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

1. Nana Obiri-Yeboah- The Cursed One
2. Biyi Bandele- Fifty
3. Sekou Toure- Eye of the Storm
4. Sara Blecher- Ayanda
5. Moussa Hamadou Djingarey- La Pagne
6. Stephanie Linus - Dry
7. Akin Omotoso - Tell me Sweet Something
8. Mohammed Ahed Bensouda – Behind Closed Doors

26. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

1. The Cursed One - Ghana
2. Fifty – Nigeria
3. Eye of the Storm - Burkina Faso
4. Ayanda – South Africa
5. La Pagne- Niger
6. Dry – Nigeria
7. Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa
8. Behind Closed Doors- Morocco

20 May 2016

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Mentoring Millennials

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Why Every Woman in Business Should Mentor a Millennial

I recently attended CGI University—an annual gathering of college students on a mission to improve the world—and joined student entrepreneurs in mentor-mentee meetings that left all involved inspired.

Unfortunately, such relationships are not a reality for many members of this enormous and influential generation. I have students and young professionals, many of them women, tell me how hard it is to find a mentor. Millennials regularly ask about the illustrious “mentor” as if it were a unicorn, a four leaf clover or a left-screw light bulb.
Considering the struggles that young women face in finding a mentor, I think it’s worth reframing the approach to mentoring and sharing practical ways for both sides to go about it.

What Mentorships Should Offer

Mentorship is about sharing and learning perspective in a safe space, and it is certainly a two-way street.
It’s important for mentees to feel they can let their guard down enough to share questions and challenges. In return, mentors help their mentees sharpen their thinking, enhance their courage, and build the peace and confidence that often come only with years of experience. Mentors are great for providing that invaluable “I’ve seen this movie before, and here’s what I’ve learned about how it ends” type of guidance.
But mentees aren’t the only beneficiaries in the arrangement. Mentors learn, feel inspired, and gain new perspective by seeing the world through their mentees’ eyes. Mentoring should grow confidence, open minds and enhance perspectives.

Aim for a Cup of Coffee, Not a Unicorn

Some of us will be fortunate enough to find a mentor or mentee who will stay in our lives for the long-haul. That stereotypical picture of enduring, formal mentorship is a real thing—but also part of the problem.
Young people think they have to search the world for that lucky charm. The high bar makes them believe they are alone, and in a way, the high bar makes that true. The dynamic also feels so formal and so heavy that even if there is access to a mentor in the traditional sense, it can be intimidating.
Instead of chasing lifelong arrangements, I believe in creating and finding “mentoring moments”— opportunities that are virtually everywhere, almost every minute of any given day for you to mentor a millennial. These moments can happen at the water cooler, at a café or after a meeting. If you have time for coffee, then you have time for mentorship.

Making Sense of the Mentorship Search

Unfortunately, Millennial women still struggle to find enough female role models, especially ones in seasoned business roles. For young women looking to start businesses or advance their ideas and lives, learning the stories and perspectives of diverse and experienced women builds confidence. Connecting with women who have led families, teams, communities and organizations provides an opportunity to learn from the road traveled—and to bond over dynamics and challenges unique to women.
So how do you get a mentoring relationship started? One way is to create mentoring moments right around you. In our company, experienced leaders have impromptu standing up meetings, coffees and talks with our emerging leaders and younger employees. These moments encourage the more seasoned among us to act as mentors who share advice and stories.
Another approach is to find an organization that intentionally connects young leaders with those more experienced, like CGI Lead. What initially began as a vision by Chelsea Clinton, the CGI Lead program has evolved into an innovative program that pairs top leaders with college students who have built social impact businesses. The students are already involved in projects beyond their years through their participation in CGI U, but often could use help tweaking, pivoting and scaling for optimal impact.
Take for example my mentee Bernadette Lim, a Harvard student and CGI U participant who is empowering other young women as co-founder of Women SPEAK. Through Skype and other communications, we’ve worked together on outreach strategy, pitch decks, resources, partnership mapping, and brainstorming opportunities. Two weekends ago, mentors attended CGI U 2016 at UC Berkeley, where we took deeper dives into the mechanics of scaling social impact and worked to “accelerate” our mentees’ perspectives as well as their results. Mentorship programs like CGI Lead are minimal time investments relative to their impact, and I assure you, I am learning as much from my mentee as she is from me.

Looking Forward

To those further along in their lives and careers: Instead of complaining about millennials, mentor them, even if just for a moment.
To millennials (my people): Instead of complaining that you can’t find a mentor, seek out perspective in moments from your peers and those with experience to share. You’d be surprised who will say yes. And if you do have a dedicated “mentor”—still—don’t miss out on all the mini-mentors around you every day.
Life, business and substantial social impact work can’t be done alone, and it’s just a much better ride with mentors at your side. Men and women alike should look to mentor young women, and certainly both male and female millennials stand to benefit from diverse mentors. There is, however, special value in young women seeing and connecting with female mentors, and there is a particular lack of that pairing today. The business world (no matter the industry or sector) can present unique challenges for a young woman, and by sharing our experience, strength and perspective — we can each do our part to bring others along. If not us, who? If not now, when?

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GREAT LEADERS

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5 Traits That Make You a Great Business Leader (but a Terrible Person in Everyday Life)

Being cheap, yelling at people, having a big ego. Sounds like the world's worst person? Nope--sounds like an effective CEO. Here's why.

By Betty Liu

Host and editor-at-large, "Bloomberg Markets"

When I was doing book research on what makes great leaders, I can't tell you how many times people mentioned the frugality of famous bosses like Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos. The stingier sounding they were, the more they were admired. People mused at how Buffett still preferred to park and walk rather than be chauffeured around in a fancy limousine like the rest of the billionaires.

That might be admirable in a celebrity CEO, but in everyday life, being cheap isn't going to win you many friends. In "real life," we're expected to spend generously on others and if we don't, it's considered a character flaw.
It's just one of the many traits that we oddly admire in great leaders but would hate if that great leader happened to be your best friend. Being cheap is my favorite one. But here's 4 others you might not have thought of:
Yelling at people: Almost every leader I've talked to says yelling is an effective management tool. Nobody likes to do it (well, maybe some secretly do) but if something isn't getting done, yelling seems to jolt people right into action. In everyday life? Not so much. Yelling never amounts to anything productive whether it's yelling at your kids, spouse or friends. It also makes you look weird.
Aggressiveness: Successful people are dogged in their determination. Stories abound of how they've called future employers dozens of times to get the job or devised offbeat, strategic ways to get into the right room with a client. A young Steve Schwarzman even once called Harvard's dean to tell him how wrong he was not to choose him for a student. Who does that? Successful people do. The rest of us? We'd either get the police called on us or phone blocked by our associates.
Megalomania: One venture investor told me once that when he meets a future CEO, he always asks them how big they want to grow the company. If the answer is too small a number (ie. I want it to be a $20 million business), then that's generally a bad sign he or she is not thinking big enough. An investor wants his or her CEO to be a giant megalomaniac ready to build the next billion-dollar business. However, thinking like a giant megalomaniac usually means you're likely to be a, well, giant megalomaniac which means you're probably pretty awful to be around. In which case, you might really need that money to buy some friends.
Awkwardness: Leaders can be charismatic, funny, articulate. However, a great number are none of those things-they're actually quite staid and awkward. In fact, being awkward is a somewhat admired trait in a CEO. The more standoffish and obscure he or she seems, the more intriguing the personality. What's buried in that deep, dark mind that few are capable of piercing, one might think. In real life, being awkward is the easiest way to never get asked back to a party. One is expected to be an extrovert, fun to be around, charming and articulate with thousands of followers on all social network platforms plus Youtube. Seems awkwardness is something you have to earn in order to join the exclusive club of great business leaders.
If you like this article, you'll love my new podcast, Radiate, featuring interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders. You can click on new episodes on iTunes, SoundCloud or on my website. www.betty-liu.com. Here is the RSS feed too.

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

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This is wishing ALL NIGERIA WOMEN that have, and will continue to contribute to the common good in NIGERIA.

HAPPY WOMEN's DAY - GOD BLESS YOU ALL as you also nurture the GIRL-CHILD- WOMAN of tomorrow!

International Women's Day

Celebration

International Women's Day, originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year.

"Let us devote solid funding, courageous advocacy and unbending political will to achieving gender equality around the world. There is no greater investment in our common future."

— UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moonInternational Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.

The idea of this theme is to consider how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal number 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; and number 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. The theme will also focus on new commitments under UN Women’s Step It Up initiative, and other existing commitments on gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s human rights.
Some key targets of the 2030 Agenda:

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes.

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education.

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

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AMVA 2016- AFRICAN CELEBRITIES -in a HOSPITALITY BUILDING!

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HOSPITALITY NEWS

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A YOUTH LEADERS FORUM

If you are a youth out there that wants to be a leader in this industry you may want to read this!

An Indiana Courtyard Marriott Will Train Students with Disabilities in Hospitality Industry

Many cities have Courtyard Marriott hotels, but the branch in Muncie, Indiana, is one of a kind. 

The hotel is owned by the Arc of Indiana, an organization dedicated to serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The group took up the challenge of running a hotel after a frustrated father proposed that they start a job-training program. With unemployment for people with disabilities sky high (82%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2013), these sorts of initiatives are badly needed, and the still-growing hospitality industry could be a perfect fit.

The new venue will be a fully operational hotel as well as a training ground for students from the Erskine Green Institute who want to get hands-on education in the hospitality field. The hotel’s facilities have been designed with that purpose in mind; tweaks such as an extra-large kitchen will allow plenty of space for students to shadow their mentors.

The organization expects that people with a range of disabilities will fill at least 20 percent of the jobs at the hotel and restaurant, including management roles. According to news site Disability Scoop, the hotel will also work with human resources professionals “to help them better understand how to hire people with special needs.”

The six-floor hotel will open for business on December 15 with 150 guest rooms, including 17 rooms that meet accessibility standards, which far exceeds the national average. Original artwork created by individuals with disabilities will be incorporated into the hotel’s interior design. The space will also feature a pool and two restaurants, including the Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Company, which will soon be filled with visitors coming to Muncie to visit Ball State University, attend a wedding atMinnetrista, or check out an event at the Horizon Convention Center. The profits from the hotel will be used to support the Institute and other initiatives of the Arc of Indiana.

Despite the hotel’s unique mission, the Arc of Indiana’s Sally Morris assured Disability Scoop that when it comes to the guest experience, “this Courtyard will be no different" than any other.

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A HOSPITALITY CAREER IS ALSO ABOUT REAL -WORLD EXPERIENCE

Many students are given the chance to work in the industry but do we take advantage of this time.

"Getting into the hospitality industry can be a tough task to undertake, especially beginning fresh in the bar business. For prospective students, books aren't always the best way to get a firm grasp of success in the industry.

My advice? Get an internship. You can't understand hospitality until you FEEL hospitality. An internship will give you better qualifications than a textbook AND will make you more hireable as well.

To be successful in the hospitality industry, real-world experience is a necessary ingredient."

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BEHOLD AMAA 2016 NOMINEES

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