Awards & Fellowships

Amplify's content creators fellows graduate

Amplify, Africa’s first paid-fellowship for content creators, has graduated its inaugural cohorts of three teams of young storytellers from Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria. The teams presented their final projects to an all-star panel of Africa’s leading business, media and technology personalities on Friday 7 April in Nairobi, Kenya. African Media Agency (AMA) reports that the Fellowship was […]

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Two Nigerian journalists named Childhood Development Reporting Fellows

Two Nigerian journalists, Toluwani Eniola, a correspondent with The Punch Newspaper and Chikezie Omeje, senior investigative and data reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria have been named fellows for the 2017 Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship. Eniola and Omeje are among 12 fellows named for the programme by the International Center for

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I keep applying for awards and fellowships and I’m yet to get any, why ?

March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I

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I keep applying for awards and fellowships and I'm yet to get any, why ?

March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I

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Winners emerge for 2017 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Winners of the the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalism Awards have been announced. Mr Gareth Stokes of Commercial Risk Africa (South Africa) won the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalist of the Year Award, while Ms Josiane Kouagheu of Agripreneur d’Afrique (Cameroon) was awarded Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Article. Mr Isaac Khisa of Independent Publications in Uganda won

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Leadership conference, awards to hold March 17

The board and management of LEADERSHIP Group Ltd will hold this year’s LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards on Friday, March 17. According to Leadership report, the award ceremony will kick-off by 7PM at the Abuja International Conference Centre. The shift became necessary as the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting has been slated for Thursday, March 16.

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Nominate an African Journalist for the Courage in Journalism Award

Know any female journalist in Nigeria or other countries in Africa breaking barriers to report the news? Then please nominate her for the 2017 Courage in Journalism Award: The Courage in Journalism Awards honor female journalists who have demonstrated a commitment to press freedom and extraordinary strength of character as they report from countries where

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March 15 deadline for 2017 BBC Komla Dumor Award

African journalists  have been invited to apply for the 2017 edition of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News Komla Dumor Award. Interested applicants have until 23.59GMT on 15th March 2017 to submit entries. For more information on how to apply, entry criteria, and terms and conditions visit http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/komlaaward/19947  and use hashtag #BBCKomlaAward. The winner will

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Feb 17 deadline for ICFJ Knight Awards nominations

February 17 is the final deadline for nominations for the 2017 International Center for Journalists Knight International Journalism Award. Sunday Editor of The Punch, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye won the award in 2014 Each November, the center honors outstanding colleagues with the Award at its annual gala in Washington, D.C. “We’re now seeking nominees who, despite difficult

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