MASK Awards 2023

MASK Awards celebrates the creativity and innovation of young people. Pioneered in Kenya in 2013, it now reaches 15 countries in Africa.

If you have a passion for art, or see yourself as an innovator and an entrepreneur, MASK Awards is for you.

Enter your best ARTWORKS on any theme and in any medium,
OR your brightest INNOVATIONS to help solve global challenges.

Showcase your imagination!

Gain a sense of power and potential!

Win a trophy or a cash prize (totalling KSH 300,000)!

Innovation Award

Art Award

FREE

All schools & young people under 25 in Africa can participate

How to participate

Media Partners:

The Star (Kenya),

Citizen TV, HOT 96 & Citizen Digital

(exclusive TV & radio partners)

Innovation Award

#3 Save Life on Land

#1 Reduce Inequalities

READ BRIEF & ENTER

According to Global Goal 10 'Reduced Inequalities', too much of the world’s wealth is held by a very small group of people, leading to discrimination against the majority. How can we make equality and prosperity available to everyone? How can we make every individual self-sufficient?

#2 Generate Your Enteprise

The prizes:

Winners receive a MASK Awards trophy, cash prizes, and best ideas will be presented to the business and policy communities.

Two-thirds of Africa’s young people are unemployed or vulnerably employed. While
10-12 million youths enter the workforce each year, only 3 million formal jobs are created annually. Have you considered entrepreneurship as a career option? Can you generate your own job which you care passionately about?

READ BRIEF & ENTER

According to Global Goal 15 'Life on Land', a flourishing life on the land is key to our life and survival on this planet. We have caused severe damage to it through deforestation, loss of natural habitats and land degradation. How can we use our ecosystems in a sustainable way? How can we preserve our biodiversity for future generations?

READ BRIEF & ENTER

Do you see yourself as a business or social entrepreneur and a leader? Then tackle the world's 'to-do' list. Enter your innovative ideas to solve one of the Global Goals challenges we set this year: 'Reduce Inequalities', 'Young Entrepreneurs', or 'Life on Land', shown below.

It takes just one idea to change the world. And it could be you who shapes the future!

The prizes:

Winners receive a MASK Awards trophy, cash prizes, and representation on our MASK Art Gallery with participation in our national and international exhibitions

Art Award

Innovation shapes the world, but it starts with art.

When people think creatively they think in images. This is why art is essential. Art shapes creativity. Creative people shape progress. When art flourishes the world thrives.