Celebrate excellence. Recognize impact. Honor the voices shaping Cameroon.
Saturday, December 5, 2026 · Chariot Hotel, Buea — presented at the CANASA National Speakers Convention 2026.
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Seven official categories honoring the speakers who raised the standard of the profession in 2026 — from teenage voices to the highest honor of the Convention.
Recognizes an exceptional teenage speaker who demonstrates confidence, communication skills, creativity and inspirational potential.
Honors an experienced speaker whose excellence, professional contribution and leadership have strengthened the speaking industry.
Celebrates a rising speaker demonstrating exceptional promise, progress, visibility and commitment to professional development.
Recognizes a speaker who has demonstrated remarkable growth in confidence, speaking ability, stage presence and effectiveness during 2026.
Honors a speaker whose messages, speaking engagements or initiatives have produced significant, demonstrable impact in communities, organizations or society.
Recognizes an individual who has invested meaningfully in developing, coaching and empowering other speakers.
The highest competitive speaking honor of the Convention, recognizing exceptional excellence, professionalism, influence, leadership and contribution to the speaking profession.
An accelerated calendar, timed to the December 5 Convention in Buea.
| Nominations open | October 30, 2026 |
| Nominations close | November 10, 2026 · 11:59 PM Cameroon time |
| Screening & shortlisting | November 11–13, 2026 |
| Finalists announced · Voting opens | November 14, 2026 |
| Voting closes | November 30, 2026 · 11:59 PM WAT |
| Results verification | December 1–3, 2026 |
| Awards ceremony | December 5, 2026 · Chariot Hotel, Buea |
The awards reward both professional excellence and genuine public support — never popularity alone.
Supporters across Cameroon and the world vote for their finalists.
A panel of independent judges scores finalists against documented criteria.
Proposed scoring model — subject to CANASA leadership approval.