Kenya Blog Awards (BAKE Awards 2018) Nominees List is Out

On January, the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) started accepting submissions for their 7th annual awards. The submissions phase ended on March and now they have announced the nominees for their BAKE 2018 Awards.

“Some of the nominees include kaluhiskitchen.com, techweez.com, cravingyellow.com, lizmadowo.co.ke and owaahh.com,” BAKE said.

Coinciding with the nominee announcement, BAKE also launched the voting phase. This starts from today (4th April) and will close on 30th April. To vote in the BAKE Awards 2018, visit bakeawards.co.ke/vote where voting will be limited to one per person and you’ll get an SMS verification code once your vote is completed.

List of the panel of judges

Between the submissions phase and the online voting phase, we had the judging phase where the following panel of judges selected the best 5 nominees in each categories:

·       Martin Muli – Founder and CEO of Eyeballs Marketing

·       Ahmed Salim – GM at Qube Ltd

·       Sam Wakoba – Founder, CEO, author at Techmoran.com.

·       Muthoni Maingi – Head of Digital Campaigns at Oxfam International

·       Josephine Mwangi – Head of Communication, Marketing and Stakeholder Engagements at Nailab Ltd

·       Dr. Martin Mburu – Assistant Professor of English at the United States International University (USIU-Africa)

·       Samuel Majani – Founder and CEO of Ghafla

·       Samuel Mbugua – Business Development Manager at Node Africa Limited

·       Maina Njuguna – Digital influencer.

·       Mbugua Njihia –  CEO of Symbiotic Media

List of Nominees

This is the 7th year of the BAKE Awards and the organization started recognizing the best in Kenyan blogging in 2012. This year, they expanded the total number of categories by 3, by including Best Beauty and Hair blog, Best Video blog and Best Environment blog.

Here is the full list of nominees in the BAKE Awards for the year 2018:

1. Best Technology Blog

https://techweez.com
http://tech-ish.com
http://androidkenya.com
http://techguy.co.ke
http://incubateafrica.net

2. Best Photography Blog

http://k63.studio
http://tatianakaranja.com
http://thementalyst.net
http://antonytrivet.co.ke
http://petersize10.com

3. Best Creative Writing Blog

http://magunga.com
http://medrine.co.ke
http://dennispeters.blog
http://jamesmurua.com
http://catemukei.com

4. Best Business Blog

http://kenyanwallstreet.com
http://businesstoday.co.ke
http://herbusiness.co.ke
http://lydiakamaubizhub.com
http://biznakenya.com

5. Best Food Blog

http://kaluhiskitchen.com
http://kaaris-kitchen.com
http://afoodiescollective.com
http://thiskenyanvegan.com
http://kulanini.org

6. Best Environmental Blog

http://conservationatheart.wordpress.com
http://falsafa.co.ke
http://iamjusticeforwildlife.blogspot.co.ke
http://kelvinswildchronicles.wordpress.com
http://lizmazingira.com

7. Best Fashion and Style Blog

http://lizmadowo.co.ke/
http://itgirl.co.ke
http://kagendobeatrice.com
http://thefashionmobster.com
http://luciamusau.com

8. Best Agricultural Blog

http://farmerstrend.co.ke
http://kenyanvet.wordpress.com
http://graduatefarmer.co.ke/blog
http://topfarmer.co.ke
http://theorganicfarmer.org

9. Best New Blog

http://fithealthytalk.co.ke
http://www.newafropolitan.com/
http://mumenough.com
http://kalekyehealth.com
http://kibibi-chemsto.co.ke

10. Best Corporate Blog

http://brightermonday.co.ke/blog
http://epicenterafrica.com/blog/
http://pesacheck.org
http://tufilamupictures.com/blog/
http://pawa254.org/#blog

 11. Best Topical Blog

http://owaahh.com
http://mummytales.com/
http://meetrendy.com
http://goodlifekenya.com
http://kenyaemploymentlaw.com

12. Best Sports Blog

http://futaa.com
http://soka.co.ke
http://osbke.com
http://magongo.com
http://RagaHouse.com

13. Best Entertainment Blog

http://forlackofabettersound.com
http://buzzcentral.co.ke
http://darksales.wordpress.com
http://heavyandthebeast.wordpress.com
http://lamusicjunkie.wordpress.com

14. Best Education Blog

http://magazine.kampozone.com
http://legalscholarsite.com
http://magazinereel.com
http://thediscoverycentre.co.ke/blog/
http://teachersnoticeboard.co.ke

15. Best Travel Blog

http://aluochbonnita.com
http://thekenyancamper.com
http://dnomadz.com
http://gamachu.com
http://www.violayasmineadventures.com

16. Best Public Health Blog

http://healthkenya.co.ke
http://sihayako.co.ke
http://lheritierblog.com
http://saringin.com
http://afyasmilekenya.co.ke/

17. Best County Blog

http://amazingkisumu.co.ke
http://lifeinmombasa.com
http://ameru.co.ke
http://eldoretleo.com
http://northriftmirror.co.ke/

18. Best Religious or Spirituality Blog

http://pauliemugo.com
http://karwirwalaura.com
http://www.therelationshipmirror.com/blog/
http://ourmarriagechronicles.com
https://elegantlytrendy.wordpress.com/

19. Best Lifestyle Blog

http://kenyanstory.com
http://lilmissbelle.com
http://mwendengao.com
http://potentash.com
http://wachanikwambie.com

20. Best Beauty and Hair Blog

http://cravingyellow.com
http://kurlykichana.com
http://justmargie.com
http://oliviaakumu.com
https://justnimu.com/

21. Best Video Blog (Vlog)

http://youtube.com/user/Nanciellah
http://youtube.com/user/ThisIsEssVideos
http://youtube.com/channel/UCcGi7m9WFSmrLS8zyqDRANA
http://youtube.com/channel/UChKyC8GgChB5_JEW7p8nkFA
http://youtube.com/channel/UCWQlq5ckw5dN5ZvPNsggN2w

22. Best Social Issues and Active Citizenship Blog

http://theelephant.info
http://kituochasheria.wordpress.com
http://maunduville.blogspot.co.ke
http://wandianjoya.com
http://ghettotales.wordpress.com

23. Kenyan Blog of the Year

http://aluochbonnita.com
http://owaahh.com
http://graduatefarmer.co.ke/blog
http://mumenough.com
http://farmerstrend.co.ke