2018 Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards annouced

The Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards is an annual event that put spotlight on Northern Musicians, Film makers, Sports and Media personalities as well as offer a unique opportunity for them to compete in various categories of the award scheme.

The 2018 Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards is a sequel of the 2016/2017 Northern Entertainment Awards held at the Tamale Sports Stadium and Radach Hotel respectively.

This year’s edition will still concentrate on honoring persons who have made immense contribution and aided in the development of the entertainment industry in the year under review, but it is highly imperative to note that, we have decided to add-on a new face to our awards calendar with the aim of recognizing other hardworking individuals, brands and organizations outside the entertainment fraternity, like politicians, entrepreneurs, companies, NGOs and corporate organizations through our Northern Excellence Awards a merit award scheme as part of the NEA Awards Ghana 2018.

A 15 member selection committee, a nine (9) member board and a 35 member academy with representation across the three regions of the north will consult and nominate persons to be honored in the categories below;
• 15 Music Award Categories
• 6 Film Award Categories
• 10 Media Categories
• 3 Sports category
• 20 Special Merit Awards (Excellence Awards)
Music Category
• Overall artiste of the year
• Artiste of the year-NR
• Artiste of the year-UE
• Artiste of the year-UW
• Best Female vocalist of the year
• Best Male Vocalist
• Overall Most popular song of the year
• Most popular song of the year-NR
• Most Popular song of the year-UE
• Most Popular song of the year -UW
• Best collaboration song of the year
• Best music video of the year
• Discovery of the year
• Best Rapper of the year
• Best Sound engineer of the year
Movie and Lifestyle Awards category
• Overall Best actor of the year
• Best comedian of the year
• Overall Best Actress of the year
• Best Movie Producer/Director of the year
• Best Model of the year
• Best Modeling agency of the year

Media Awards
 Overall Entertainment Radio presenter of the year
 Best DJ of the year
 Best radio station of the year-Northern Region
 Best radio station of the year-Upper East
 Best radio station of the year-Upper West
 Best sports presenter of the year
 Overall Entertainment TV presenter of the year
 Best Entertainment Radio show of the year
 Best entertainment TV show of the year
 Entertainment blogger of the year
Sports Category
 Best International footballer of northern origin
 Best northern footballer of the year (Merit Award)
 Best sports personality of the year (Honorary)
MERIT
 MUSIGA Merit Award
 NEA Film Academy Merit Award
 RFA Merit Award
 NSA Merit Award
 NEA Media Personality of the year
 Ghana Tourism Authority Merit Award
 Best Northern Entertainment Entrepreneur of the year
 NEA Lifetime achievement award
 NEA Special Recognition Award -10 categories going out
Major competitive Awardees under the Music, Film, Media and Sports Categories shall be awarded with plaques (Crystals) whiles the Merit Award categories shall be honored with citations.
To download the nomination forms, PLEASE log on to www.northalivecom

The Nominees Jam for the 2018 Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards is slated to take place in the Northern regional capital, Tamale whiles the main awards night ceremony shall take place here in the upper west regional capital, Wa on Saturday 31st of March 2018.
The 2018 Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards is proudly brought to you by the event masters in northern Ghana, Smile Multimedia Agency with support from the National Youth Authority, Musicians Union Of Ghana, Ghana Tourism Authority, National Sports Council, Regional Football Associations, The Center for National Culture, Savannah Global Signatures (SGS), Moab Events and Media Ltd (MEM) in Bolga, Echo Sounds in Wa, Snare Recording Studios and many other stakeholders in the northern entertainment industry including all the Major Media houses in the three regions of the north.
We are hereby inviting you, the Media, Governmental and Non- Governmental institutions, civil society organizations, stakeholders, corporate Ghana and the general public to get actively involve through sponsorships and support so as to make this a huge huge success . Subsequently we will wish to collaborate with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative arts through Ghana Tourism Authority, the Center for National Culture and other stakeholders in the Savannah ecological zone to make this a big festival that will promote our many talents, Tourism and rich cultural heritage to the rest of Ghana, Africa, the diaspora and the world at large
In conclusion, we will like to use this platform to thank each and every individual present here today and to all those who have contributed to the steady growth of the Entertainment Industry across the three regions of the north

We are also very grateful to the numerous media houses in Ghana, for your untiring support to the entertainment industry and urge you to do more.

Now with your humbly permission, we duly launch the 2017 Northern Ghana Entertainment Awards.
The Nomination forms and criteria of the award scheme are available on our official social pages and also at our main office and regional outlets- SMILE MULTIMEDIA AGENCY in Tamale. MOAB EVENTS AND MULTIMEDIA (MEM) in BOLGA and at the NYA office in WA.
To download the nomination forms, PLEASE log on to www.northalivecom