Doreen Asena

27/09/2026

📅🌍 **THE DATE IS SET!**

The countdown to the **SPICY AWARDS 2027 GALA & SPICE WITHOUT BORDERS SUMMIT** begins now!

🗓️ **SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2027**
📍 **VENUE: TO BE ANNOUNCED**

✨ **FROM THE MAINSTAGE TO MOMENTUM**

More than a ceremony, the Spicy Awards is a global celebration of **courage, creativity, collaboration, and community.**

It's where Africa's grassroots changemakers come together with the wider global community to connect, learn, showcase their work, exchange ideas, build partnerships, and celebrate people transforming lives from the margins.

🌍 **WHERE LOCAL ACTION MEETS GLOBAL POSSIBILITY.**

The second edition is designed to move beyond recognition. It's a space where stories become connections, connections become partnerships, and partnerships can become lasting impact.

🚀 **FROM THE MAINSTAGE TO MOMENTUM** is more than a theme. It's an invitation to turn recognition, relationships, ideas, and opportunities into meaningful progress.

📍 The date is set. The venue will be announced. The journey to 2027 starts now!

🔗 **Explore the event overview:**
https://spicyawards.com/experience/event-overview/

Save the date. Be part of the momentum.

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27/09/2026

🌍🏆 **HONORING CHANGEMAKERS FROM THE MARGINS**

The **Spicy Awards 2027**, an initiative of **Spice Without Borders**, celebrates individuals, organizations, movements, enterprises, initiatives, institutions, and collaborations creating meaningful impact.

Our five permanent Changemaker Archetypes are:

🔴 Activists | Speaking up for change
🟣 Creatives | Inspiring change
🟠 Entrepreneurs | Building solutions
🟢 Initiators | Making change happen
🟡 Innovators | Creating new possibilities

**OUR SIX JUDGING LENSES**

✨ Impact
🔎 Evidence
💡 Innovation
🤝 Leadership
🌱 Sustainability
🌍 Inclusion

Depending on the category, these lenses guide the Jury in considering nominees' contributions, evidence, leadership, and potential for lasting impact.

Explore the **Spicy Awards 2027 categories**:

🔗 https://spicyawards.com/awards/categories/

**From the Margins to the Mainstage.**

27/09/2026

🏆🌍 READY FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF SPICY AWARDS 2027?

Don't wait until March 2027, when nominations open. Get acquainted with the Rules & Eligibility now and start identifying changemakers.

✨ SPICY AWARDS 2027 | RULES & ELIGIBILITY

🚀 THEME: FROM THE MAINSTAGE TO MOMENTUM

Connecting Changemakers. Catalyzing Collaboration. Accelerating Impact.

The Spicy Awards, the flagship recognition platform of Spice Without Borders, celebrates changemakers creating meaningful social, environmental, cultural, economic, and community impact.

OUR FIVE PERMANENT ARCHETYPES

🔴 Activists — I speak up for change.
🟣 Creatives — I inspire change.
🟠 Entrepreneurs — I build solutions.
🟢 Initiators — I make change happen.
🟡 Innovators — I create new possibilities.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

⚖️ Fairness | 🛡️ Integrity | 🌍 Impact
🔎 Evidence | 🤝 Inclusion | 🔐 Independence

The 2027 edition focuses on turning purpose, recognition, ideas, resources, relationships, and opportunities into sustained, meaningful progress.

📖 Explore the Rules & Eligibility:
https://spicyawards.com/awards/eligibility/

📅 Nominations open March 2027.

Start identifying changemakers. Get prepared for the Second Edition.

FROM THE MAINSTAGE TO MOMENTUM.

24/09/2026