NaBLA Awards 2026
Categories

Discover our diverse range of award categories that recognize outstanding individuals and organizations across various sectors. From innovative startups to established industry leaders, these categories showcase the exceptional talent driving Kenya’s economy. Join us in honoring their achievements and inspiring the future of business. Explore the 2026 award categories below and be inspired by the remarkable stories shaping Kenya’s business landscape.

Award Categories & Qualification
Criteria

SME of the Year

The award celebrates resilient and fast-growing small and medium enterprises that have turned grit into growth; creating jobs, winning customer loyalty, and scaling with discipline. If your numbers, culture, and community impact tell a compelling growth story, this is your stage.

Company of the Year

The award honors enterprises that balance performance and purpose in profitable growth, a thriving culture, happy customers, and positive community impact. Claim your place if excellence shows up across your P&L and your people. The company must have at least 100 employees.

Land Selling Company of the Year

This is a spotlight on firms that raise the bar on transparency. Clean titles, clear processes, on-time delivery, and honest after-sales support all count toward building trust that lasts beyond the sale. Step into the spotlight.

CEO of the Year

This award acknowledges you as a visionary leaders who delivers performance with purpose, steady strategy, resilient teams, and bold bets that pay off. If your leadership has moved markets and people, this is your chance to let the world know.

Young Entrepreneur Award

Spotlighting founders who’ve built something real, the award anchors on traction, happy customers, and a bold vision before 35. Enter if you’re proving that courage, creativity, and execution can rewrite the rules for the next generation.

Business Leader of The Year 2026

For leaders who navigate complexity with clarity, accelerate growth, transform culture, and create long-term stakeholder value., your leadership has raised the ceiling for your company and your industry. This is for you.

Insurance Agency of the Year

The award honors agencies that make financial protection in a dynamic world simple and trustworthy through sound advice, fast claims, and products that genuinely fit people’s lives.

Youth Adventure Brand of the Year

For brands that turn weekends into memories and fans into ambassadors, as well as spark curiosity and movement among young people through authentic storytelling, safety-first experiences, and inclusive communities, this one’s for you.

Social Impact Award

This is award will recognize a business that has solvde real problems with measurable results in many ways including jobs created, communities uplifted, and lives changed. If impact is built into your model (not just a project), let us share your evidence and inspire others.

Real Estate Developer of the Year

This is for developers who deliver as promised: quality build, timely handover, thoughtful design and real value for money. If your projects shape better neighbourhoods and investor confidence, this is your platform.

Tours & Travel Agency of the Year

This is for travel brands that craft seamless, safe, and soul-stirring experiences while showcasing Kenya and beyond. If you elevate service from booking to homecoming, and guests keep coming back, this is your category.

Sustainability Champion Award

For organisations embedding sustainability into how they source, build and grow through lower emissions, smarter resources, fairer value chains, let’s share your outstanding ESG performance with the world for benchmarks.

Customer Service Excellence Award

Acknowledges businesses that have shown exceptional dedication to providing outstanding customer service, ensuring customer satisfaction, and building strong customer relationships.

Outstanding Team Building Partner of the Year

Partners who design experiences that move the needle on culture – better trust, sharper collaboration, stronger results deserve to be celebrated. If HR calls you when performance matters, bring your proof and claim the spotlight.

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