Awards & Fellowships

The Punch's correspondent wins Pan-African Insurance award

Ms Nike Popoola of Nigeria’s Punch newspaper has won the Pan-African Reinsurance Journalist of the Year Award. Mr Steve Mbogo from Kenya won the Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Article while Mr Evans Boah-Mensah of Ghana’s Business and Financial Times newspaper was awarded Best Re/Insurance Industry Analysis and Commentary. The winners of the Continental Reinsurance Pan-African […]

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Mujila wins 2015 Etisalat Literature prize

Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila has emerged the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature (http://Prize.Etisalat.com.ng) for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone writer to win the prestigious Etisalat Prize,

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25 social and digital influencers African awards

The third annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The new categories are:

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25 social and digital influencers awards up for grabs

The third annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The new categories are:

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Scholarships for “Communication and Religion" Summer School

World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) invites applications for places at its Summer School on “Communication and Religion” 23-31 July 2016 in Manchester, Jamaica. The Summer School is being organized in cooperation with Northern Caribbean University (Manchester, Jamaica), the World Council of Churches (Geneva, Switzerland) and WACC. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2016.

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Scholarships for “Communication and Religion” Summer School

World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) invites applications for places at its Summer School on “Communication and Religion” 23-31 July 2016 in Manchester, Jamaica. The Summer School is being organized in cooperation with Northern Caribbean University (Manchester, Jamaica), the World Council of Churches (Geneva, Switzerland) and WACC. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2016.

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Young Journalist category for CNN MultiChoice Awards

A new category, specifically for young journalists has been added this year’s edition of the CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Awards. The Maggie Eales Young Journalist Award is in honour of the late Maggie Eales, the CNN executive and former journalist who during her 20 year career at CNN was the driving force behind the development and

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