Support FAQs

Any local individual, grassroots researcher, academician, community elder, social founder, or cooperative family who exhibits high moral standings, proven structural integrity, or breakthrough development contribution within our eight specified pillars. Self-nominations are not permitted.

We deploy a highly refined double-blind evaluation procedure. Submissions enter our regional registry office, after which independent auditors verify references, qualitative achievements, and community testimonies anonymously. Final laureate approvals are authorized by the Governing Council.

Yes! Every award is matched with substantial monetary grants (ranging from ETB 100,000 to ETB 500,000) intended to directly finance the scale-up operations of the laureates' projects, alongside complimentary legal, advisory, and networking services.

Our verification cycles take up to ninety working days. Once a nomination progresses into an auditing stage, our regional secretariat registry office will contact the nominators and referees directly for auxiliary testimonial logs.