Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Z.A.A.) also referred to as Zim Achievers Awards is an awards ceremony that seeks to recognise Zimbabweans based in the diaspora for outstanding and notable achievements. Among the awards recipients include

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of The Walking Dead TV Series, and

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as well as Luthuli Dhlamini of South Africa's TV Series

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History

The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Z.A.A.) was founded in 2010 by Conrad Mwanza, a Zimbabwean businessman who is based in the

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. The ZAA currently has four editions which are the UK Edition, the USA Edition, the Australian Edition and the South African Edition. Over the years, the ceremony has had several different sponsors including

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, Food World,

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, Fastjet, Impala Car Rental and Hamilton Insurance. The most recent partnership was with WorldRemit. London Fintech Company, WorldRemit were announced as the global partner for ZAA International in March 2018. They headlined the event in 2018 which honoured the achievements of Zimbabweans in the UK. The company also partnered to headline the South African, USA and Australian editions.

2018 UK Edition

The 2018 Z.A.A awards hosted Tsitsi Masiyiwa, the wife of Zimbabwe's first billionaire businessman

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. Tsitsi Masiyiwa was the keynote speaker of the UK Edition on 26 May 2018 in

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Awards categories

*Business Of The Year *Male Entrepreneur Of The Year *Female Entrepreneur Of The Year *Professional Of The Year *Community Champion Of The Year *Music Video Of The Year *Music Artist Of The Year *International Gospel Artist Of The Year *Male Personality Of The Year *Female Personality Of The Year *Sports Personality Of The Year *Fashion Designer Of The Year *Event Of The Year *People's Choice *Break Through Award *Young Achiever Of The Year

Top awards recipients

* Tsitsi Masiyiwa *

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Tongayi Chirisa Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor known for playing Man Friday on NBC's ''Crusoe'' television series, Father Nicholas on ''The Jim Gaffigan Show'', and Hekule on Leon Schuster's '' Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past'' movie. He is also ...

Luthuli Dlamini Luthuli Dlamini (born 13 March 1966) is a Zimbabwe-born South African film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Stan Nyathi on the e.tv soap opera, '' Scandal!''. Dlamini has also had roles on ''Generations'', ''Jacob's Cro ...

* Chiedza Mhende * Ernest Ndlovu * Jah Seed *

Jah Prayzah Mukudzeyi Mukombe (born 4 July 1987), better known as Jah Prayzah, is a Zimbabwean contemporary musician and lead member of the band ''Third Generation''. He is popularly referred to by fans and media as "Musoja", the Shona word for "soldier", a ...

Buffalo Souljah Thabani Ndlovu, known professionally as Buffalo Souljah, is a South Africa-based Zimbabwean reggae recording artist and songwriter. He won ten times at the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, Soundcity Music Awards, and Zimdancehall Awards and ...

* Nadia Nakai * Oliver Mtukudzi *

Thomas Mapfumo Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a musician nicknamed "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his mu ...

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* Tinashe *

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* Farai Gundan * Taponeswa Mavunga *

Petina Gappah Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by ''Brittle Paper''. In 2017 she had a DAAD Arti ...

* Hugh Masekela * Derick Chisora *

Khama Billiat Khama Billiat (born 19 August 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division club Kaizer Chiefs. Club career CAPS United FC Billiat first played for CAPS United FC under coach Lloyd ...

Esrom Nyandoro Esrom Nyandoro (born 6 February 1980 in Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean football midfielder. In his native Zimbabwe, Nyandoro is nicknamed "Yellowman". Club career Nyandoro grew up in Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo, and learnt at M ...

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* Hillzy * Takesure Zamar Ncube * Kazz A.K.A Mr Boomslang * Zimcelebs

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.zimachievers.com/ Zimbabwean awards