A few months ago we told you our esteemed readers that we had been nominated for the 2016 edition of the BAKE Awards. We were nominated in two categories including the Best Technology Blog and Kenya’s Blog of the Year. BAKE announced the fifth edition of the Blog Awards in January. The announcement of the awards subsequently opened up the submission phase, where anyone could nominate their favorite blog in Kenya. 4, 899 blogs were submitted for consideration by the judges, who then picked the best 5 in each category. Voting in the awards begun on March 3rd and closed on 1st May 2016.
The gala dinner for the awards took place this past weekend, where Techweez emerged winner in the Best Technology Blog category but lost in the Best Blog in Kenya category to Biko Zulu. We are sincerely grateful to everyone who voted for us in the awards and we shall strive to ensure we deliver high quality content to you our esteemed readers.
Below is the complete list of the winners of the awards in various categories and their awards.
Best Technology Blog
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Intel Laptop bag, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
Best Photography Blog
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Creative Writing Blog
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Business Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
Best Food Blog
Prize: Dinner for two at Tatu Restaurant at Fairmont, the Norfolk, two round trip tickets to Mombasa on Jambo Jet, Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR.
Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Politics Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best New Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Corporate Blog
(No prize for corporate category)
Best Topical Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
Best Sports Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Education Blog
creativesacademy.wordpress.com
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Travel Blog
Prizes: Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Health Blog
couchhealthandfitness.wordpress.com
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best County Blog
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Best Religious or Spirituality Blog
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
Kenyan Blog of the Year
Prizes: Huawei Mediapad 10 Tablet, 10,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung gear VR and Mettā membership.
It took you that long to publish this? Haha. Anyway,you earned it. Keep up the good work!!
🙂