Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards

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rdf:langString GUBA Enterprise Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise formerly known as the Ghana UK Based Achievement is a social enterprise organization dedicated to the advancement of diaspora Africans and Africans back home through various socio-economic programs and initiatives. GUBA’s objectives are to support businesses to (Grow), Provide an engaging network to (Unite) people of African descent, and offer access to skills capital to (Build) businesses of African descent. The enterprise consists of several branches which include: GUBA Awards, GUBA Foundation, GUBA Trade Expo, GUBA Careers, GUBA Diaspora Card, Rock Your African Print, GUBA Tours, and the Diaspora Transition Network. GUBA Awards Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Awards is a non-profit Pan-African, Business and Innovation Award instituted to seek to reward, and celebrate the excellence and innovation of African individuals and organizations in the diaspora and back home, that work towards the advancement, empowerment, and progression of the African community in the Diaspora.[1] GUBA Awards started as an annual awards ceremony based in Britain that recognized the "hugely significant" contribution that British-Ghanaians make to society. The awards were founded in 2009 by UK-based Ghanaian TV personality Dentaa, with the first awards ceremony taking place in London, England, in October 2010. [2] GUBA President Dentaa had the idea to set up the awards as she felt that “nothing out there” promoted and celebrated the hard work and successes of British Ghanaians. [3] The GUBA Awards was the first ceremony of its kind to specifically recognize Ghanaian achievement and the only awards to be endorsed by the Ghana High Commission in the UK and the British High Commission in Ghana.[4] More recently, the organizers have sought to also involve the wider African communities as they attempt to gain international attention. The GUBA Awards ceremony attracts a high caliber of African political luminaries as well as business and entrepreneurial personalities. [5] [6] In July 2013, the GUBA Awards received an International Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Excellence Award, beating over 100 nominees from the UK corporate sector. The organization won silver in the 'International' category of the awards for its work supporting and enriching British-