The public will have the opportunity to nominate their favorite businesses Companies in a selected category. Customers are able to nominate a business by:

• Visiting the Somali Business Awards website.
• Submitting coupons provided in one of our local Media Partner.
• Submitting coupons located at their favorite business’ premises.

The Somali Business Awards will announce when Nominations close for a specific region. Nominations will be accepted up until the Nominations closing date.

inalists are selected based on the number of online and printed nominations they receive in their specific category, the most popular businesses will be selected.

Finalist businesses will be notified of their selection by the Somali Business Awards by email or telephone. Finalists will received a Finalist Pack that includes an Invitation to the Somali Business Awards Gala Presentation Evening, a Certificate, the Judging Criteria and General Information about the Awards.

The finalists are judged based on a two stage process:

Information received by each business (Qualifying).
A visit by one of our anonymous judges (Judging).

The finalists of each category will be announced by one of our Media Partners.

The winners are announced at the prestigious Somali Business Awards Gala Presentation Evening attended by local business people, sponsors and dignitaries. Tickets are only available to finalists and sponsors.