Karibu Tanzania Emerging Youth Awards 2025

Celebrating 5 years of Impact and Change

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About The Event

2025 TEYA Awards

These awards are held annually in conjunction with the National Youth Week in Tanzania, as these awards provide national recognition and support for young people to make positive contributions, showcase their potential to society and the nation as a whole, provide capacity strengthening to recognized youth to uplift their initiatives towards creating more green jobs for other youth.

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Hon. Patrobas Paschal Katambi

Role : Deputy Minister, Prime Minister's Office

Rahma Bajun

Role : Country Lead (Girl Effect Tanzania)

David Mwendele

Role : Trainer (True Maisha Training)

Bester Mulauzi

Role : Country Director (Save The Children Tanzania)

Rahma Mwita

Role : Journalist (Clouds Plus)

Hon. Heri James

Role : Ubungo District Commissioner

Past Speakers

And Guests

Meet our past leaders and guest speakers who have inspired and empowered youth through TEYA.

Their voices continue to impact our community and future generations.

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Highlights

Our Objectives

What makes TEYA unique is its commitment to empowering and celebrating young people across Tanzania. These objectives capture the vision of recognizing, motivating, and sustaining youth-led initiatives.

Youth Contributions

Highlight the contribution of young people toward building a sustainable future and achieving the SDGs.

Outstanding Impact

Acknowledge the outstanding contributions made by young people to Tanzania’s overall development.

Empowering Youth

Create an enabling environment and strengthen the capacity of emerging youth to sustain impactful initiatives.

Showcasing Talent

Illustrate the talent, innovation, and creativity of young people by highlighting their success stories.

Motivating Excellence

Motivate and challenge young people (aged 15–35) to set high standards in their work and community service.

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Awards Criteria

Review the eligibility, core aspects, focus areas, and the awards process. Ensure your nomination meets the requirements before submission.

REVIEW THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Previous winners are NOT eligible for nomination.
The nominee must have been engaged in development work for more than 3 years, either in a professional or voluntary capacity.
The nominee must be a citizen within Tanzania and the development work must be a youth-led initiative, except for the category of EAC Young Influencer which should be within East Africa Community Countries.
The nominee should not be older than 35 years old.
Individuals, entities, or organizations can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone who can accurately describe their development work.
Winners must agree to take part in publicity generated by TEYA and the Awards Committee.

Awards will be decided on the basis of:

Level of Impact
Level of innovation/fresh approaches to problem solving
Quality of achievement
Quality of evidence provided
Sustainability
Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals

AWARDS FOCUS AREAS

Technology and Digital Sector
Health Development
Entrepreneurship Sector
Peace Building and Development
Social Development Sector
Education Sector
Culture and Arts Industry
Leadership for Impact

AWARDS PROCESS

The organizing committee led by the Founder of the Award initiative, supported by young motivated volunteers, will lead the following:

Identify categories of awards based on need and impact.
Open nominations for individuals, entities, and organizations.
The organizing committee regroups, selects 4–5 nominees per category for voting.
3 finalists per category — the winner receives a trophy and certificate, while the 2 other finalists also receive certificates.
Final winners receive additional capacity development training.

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The Entire Nomination Process

TEYA Events Section

An invitation-only gathering of 100 participants to commemorate the impact that TEYA has achieved in the past 5 years of its existence and active duty. Participants will include sponsors, partners, NGO groups, corporate fellows, young change makers, as well as past TEYA Alumni.

This is the meaningful and safe space platform that gathers more than 300 youth and youth stakeholders to recognize and celebrate youth achievements in Tanzania.

TEYA collaborates with partners to strengthen soft skills capacity for 30 winners, aiming to reduce skills gaps, improve visibility, organizational management, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Additional access to funding will also be provided.

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The Power Behind Us

Voices Testimonials

Hear directly from our partners, supporters, and finalists about the impact and recognition of TEYA.

I’m a passionate media personality. Being part of the TEYA Awards in 2023 and 2024 opened incredible doors for me — from landing major brand deals to expanding my reach and influence online. TEYA wasn’t just recognition, it was a turning point in my career. I’m proud to be part of this inspiring platform.

Suleiman Dilunga

Media Personality

Kupata tuzo ya TEYA mwaka 2022 kumenitambulisha zaidi kwenye jamii yangu na Tanzania kwa ujumla. Imenijengea kujiamini na kufungua milango ya nafasi mpya — nimepata kutambulika na vyombo vya habari kama The Citizen na hata kuangaziwa na Ubalozi wa Marekani.

Nang'idare Lengai Laizer

Mwanzilishi, Ewang’an Maasai Foundation & Tours

Pamoja na changamoto nyingi za biashara na kuondolewa barabara sehemu zangu mbili za biashara, bado sikukata tamaa ya kuendeleza biashara zangu kwa njia ya mtandao na kutafuta sehemu rasmi. Tuzo za vijana zimeniheshimisha kwa kufanya jamii kunijua na kunipa nguvu ya kuendelea.

Prisca Mwakilasa

Vena Cakes, TEYA 2021 Finalist

Tanzania Emerging Youth Awards has been an energizing experience to me, personally and to my Social Enterprise, leading to an increase in credibility, performance, productivity, morale, employee retention and overall satisfaction. VijanaTech, we're delighted to partner with TEYA.

Gerald Mukama

CEO & Founder of VijanaTech

Persons with Disabilities have ability, and talents to do great stuffs, what may be missing is the recognition of their efforts, capacity and talents. TEYA award offers an excellent platform for exposure and recognition of their ability and accomplishments.

Mr. Joseph Banzi

Country Director, Light for the World Tanzania

As PROCODE we believe that supporting youth through empowering them with skills, health care and influencing their initiative will create better generation in the future. Through TEYA we aspire to champion stigma reduction and increase youth engagement.

HAMISI MWIRU

Director, PROCODE LIMITED

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