Honoring African Champions in Education
🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT –Nomination Starts from May 1st, 2025, Get ready to nominate your Education Champion!
🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT –Nomination Starts from May 1st, 2025, Get ready to nominate your Education Champion!
🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT –Nomination Starts from May 1st, 2025, Get ready to nominate your Education Champion!
After 15 years of vision, setbacks, and unwavering commitment — NESA-Africa 2025 emerges as the continent’s highest platform for honoring those rebuilding African education from the ground up.
"The NESA Africa Awards 2025 is a flagship initiative of the Santos Creations Educational Foundation (SCEF) — recognizing visionaries across NGOs, corporations, policy, media, EdTech, philanthropy, creative sectors, and the diaspora who are architecting Africa’s education systems. Santos Creations Educational Foundation"
From classrooms to boardrooms — if they move education forward, they deserve recognition.
🛑 Not a teacher or student award — it celebrates builders of systems, advocates of change, and funders of futures.
Discover the diverse categories celebrating excellence across African education systems.
At the New Education Standard Award Africa (NESA–Africa) 2025, we celebrate the real changemakers shaping the future of education across Africa. Choose your nomination path below.
(2005–2025)
Reserved for lifetime achievement. Nominees must have 10+ years institutional achievements, w/ they deserve recognition.
Open competition with public participation through AGC voting and expert judging.
Merit-based recognition through expert panel evaluation and institutional review.
AfriGold Coin (AGC)
Nominations, voting, ticketing, and certificates are transacted securely using AfriGold Coin (AGC):
Watch the vision behind NESA Africa, past award highlights, and exclusive interviews with African educators shaping the future of education across the continent.
Discover how NESA Africa is transforming education across the continent through recognition, innovation, and collaboration.
At the New Education Standard Award Africa (NESA-Africa) 2025, our esteemed panel of judges brings together education leaders, innovators, philanthropists, policymakers, and experts across Africa and the diaspora. They are responsible for ensuring fairness, transparency, and credibility in evaluating nominees across 17 major categories and 141 specialized sub-categories.
Meet the distinguished professionals who ensure fairness and excellence in our evaluation process
Together with our valued partners, we're transforming education across Africa through collaborative innovation and shared commitment to excellence.
