The winners of the Kenyan Blog Awards 2016 (BAKE Awards) have just been announced at a gala event that took place today 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.
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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 Mettā.
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).
Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s blog awards and everyone who participated in any way. To all the nominees, you are all winners.
Below is the list of winners as voted by the Kenyan public.
1. Best Technology Blog
a http://www.techweez.com – Winner – 1688 votes
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Intel Laptop bag, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
b http://www.droid254.com – 1161 votes
c http://moseskemibaro.com/- 881 votes
d http://tech-ish.com – 828 votes
e http://www.mbuguanjihia.com – 744 votes
2. Best Photography Blog
a http://benkiruthi.com/blog3/ – Winner – 2020 votes
Prizes: Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://buoart.com/ – 1786 votes
c http://victorpeace.com – 1486 votes
d http://leonmuli.com/ – 669 votes
e http://mwarv.click.co.ke – 659 votes
3. Best Creative Writing Blog
a bikozulu.co.ke – Winner – 4032 votes
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://khanfarhazart.wordpress.com – 3421 votes
c http://magunga.com – 1029 votes
d http://lubnah.me.ke/ – 818 votes
e http://okumu.co.ke/ – 750 votes
4. Best Business Blog
a bizna.co.ke – Winner – 2455 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
b http://biznews.co.ke – 1277 votes
c http://bankelele.co.ke – 900 votes
d http://sokodirectory.com – 767 votes
e http://www.herbusiness.co.ke – 747 votes
5. Best Food Blog
a kaluhiskitchen.com– Winner – 2008 votes
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.
b http://pendolamama.co.ke – 1140 votes
c http://www.tastesafari.co.ke – 966 votes
d http://thewineandfoodreview.com – 916 votes
e http://thefitfabfoodie.com – 581 votes
6. Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog
a farmerstrend.co.ke/ – Winner – 1744 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://graduatefarmer.co.ke – 1605 votes
c http://www.farmbizafrica.com – 1383 votes
d http://africancityplanner.com – 958 votes
e http://RocKeSci.Co.ke – 517 votes
7. Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog
a luciamusau.com – Winner – 2273 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://justjoykendi.com – 1846 votes
c http://itsacurvyaffair.com – 1059 votes
d http://mskibati.com/ – 801 votes
e http://wamboikay.com – 677 votes
8. Best Politics Blog
a info.mzalendo.com – Winner – 1741 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://brainstorm.co.ke – 1050 votes
c http://gathara.blogspot.co.ke – 944 votes
d https://kanalispeaks.wordpress.com/ – 423 votes
e http://maunduville.blogspot.co.ke/ – 406 votes
9. Best New Blog
a theycallmedaktari.com – Winner – 1229 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://www.e-techafrica.co.ke – 1107 votes
c http://stylebyshary.com – 958 votes
d http://afyapress.com – 902 votes
e http://cherriesvineyard.com – 604 votes
10. Best Corporate Blog
a ihub.co.ke/blog -Winner- 2011 votes
(No prize for corporate category)
b http://www.kuzabiashara.co.ke/blog/ – 1790 votes
c http://blog.jovago.com – 908 votes
d https://www.travelstart.co.ke – 812 votes
e http://blog.ongair.im – 320 votes
11. Best Topical Blog
a mummytales.com – Winner – 1463 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung Gear VR and Mettā membership.
b http://amiraafrica.co.ke/ – 1457 votes
c http://owaahh.com – 1389 votes
d http://stillamum.com/ – 760 votes
e http://thewondercores.com – 657 votes
12. Best Sports Blog
a futaa.com – Winner – 1668 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://www.michezoafrika.com – 1220 votes
c http://osbke.com – 811 votes
d http://thedugout.co.ke – 750 votes
e http://goonerpark.org – 551 votes
13. Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog
a ghafla.co.ke – Winner – 2459 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://lyraoko.com – 1137 votes
c http://www.potentash.com – 841 votes
d http://www.niaje.com/ – 837 votes
e http://meanwhileinkenya.com – 500 votes
14. Best Education Blog
a creativesacademy.wordpress.com Winner- 2497 votes
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://funkescience.co.ke – 1700 votes
15. Best Travel Blog
a. safari254.com – Winner – 1950 votes
Prizes: Samsung Galaxy A5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://theartofwanderlusting.wordpress.com – 787 votes
c http://theadventuresofcathy.com – 757 votes
d http://holidayafrika.com – 724 votes
e https://funtravelke.wordpress.com – 626 votes
16. Best Health Blog
a couchhealthandfitness.wordpress.com – Winner- 2298 votes
Prizes: Samsung J7 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://healthkenya.co.ke/ – 1377 votes
c http://afyapress.com – 1062 votes
d http://sitawa.blogspot.com/ – 845 votes
e http://lindaafya.co.ke/ – 773 votes
17. Best County Blog
a lifeinmombasa.com – Winner – 1578 votes
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://county-yangu.com/default/ – 1168 votes
c http://kakamega411.com- 828 votes
d http://loitokitok.com – 618 votes
e http://laikipiaruralvoices.blogspot.co.ke/ – 579 votes
18. Best Religious or Spirituality Blog
a ernestwamboye.blogspot.com – Winner – 1270 votes
Prizes: Huawei GR5 Phone, 5,000 Safaricom Airtime and Samsung Gear VR
b http://imwashigadi.wordpress.com – 932 votes
c http://www.braveheartedliving.com – 932 votes
d http://ummah.co.ke/ – 922 votes
e http://njerigichuki.blogspot.com – 907 votes
19. Kenyan Blog of the Year
a bikozulu.co.kee – Winner – 3402 votes
Prizes: Huawei Mediapad 10 Tablet, 10,000 Safaricom Airtime, Samsung gear VR and Mettā membership.
b http://owaahh.com – 901 votes
c http://lyraoko.com – 837 votes
d http://www.niaje.com/ – 809 votes
e http://www.techweez.com – 704 votes
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