The winners of the Kenyan Blog Awards 2016 (BAKE Awards) were announced at a gala event that took place on Saturday 14th May 2016 at Radisson Blu Nairobi.
The BAKE Awards 2016 journey started on January 8th 2016 with the launch of the awards plus the opening of the submission where Kenyan blogs could be submitted into the competition. The submission phase closed on 10th February 2016 which saw 4,899 blogs being submitted into the competition. The judges took over and trimmed the submissions to just 5 blogs per category. The judges this year were Ahmed Salim, TerryAnne Chebet, Mikul Shah & Muthoni Maingi.
The voting phase of the Kenyan Blog Awards was opened on March 3rd 2016 where the Kenyan public got to vote for their favourite Kenyan blogs. It then closed on 1st May 2016.
The BAKE Awards 2016 sponsors included Safaricom, Xpose, EatOut, Samsung East Africa, Coca-Cola, Intel, Kenya Bankers Association, Uber and Mett?.
Among the winners this year was lifeinmombasa.com which won in the County Category thereby becoming the first blog from Mombasa to ever win in the competition. Other newcomers include: couchhealthandfitness.wordpress.com (health), kaluhiskitchen.com (food) and ernestwamboye.blogspot.com (Religious/spirituality).
Below is the full list of winners.
1. Best Technology Blog
techweez.com
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Intel Laptop bag, Samsung Gear VR and Mett? membership.
2. Best Photography Blog
benkiruthi.com
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
3. Best Creative Writing Blog
bikozulu.co.ke – Winner – 4032 votes
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
4. Best Business Blog
bizna.co.ke
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mett? membership.
5. Best Food Blog
kaluhiskitchen.com
Prizes: 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.
6. Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog
farmerstrend.co.ke
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
7. Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog
luciamusau.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
8. Best Politics Blog
info.mzalendo.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
9. Best New Blog
theycallmedaktari.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
10. Best Corporate Blog
ihub.co.ke/blog
(No prize for corporate category)
11. Best Topical Blog
mummytales.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mett? membership.
12. Best Sports Blog
futaa.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
13. Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog
ghafla.co.ke
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
14. Best Education Blog
creativesacademy.wordpress.com
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
15. Best Travel Blog
safari254.com
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
16. Best Health Blog
couchhealthandfitness.wordpress.com
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
17. Best County Blog
lifeinmombasa.com
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
18. Best Religious or Spirituality Blog
ernestwamboye.blogspot.com
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
19. Kenyan Blog of the Year
bikozulu.co.ke
Prizes: Huawei Mediapad 10 Tablet, 10,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung gear VR and Mett? membership.