Asha Ahmed Mwilu, Rashid Idi win top prize
Asha Ahmed Mwilu and Rashid Idi from Kenya take home the top prize as winners of CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016.
From left: Greg Beitchman, VP, Content Sales and Partnerships, CNN International; Asha Ahmed Mwilu and Rashid Idi, overall 2016 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards recipients; and Yolisa Phahle, CEO of M-Net at the award ceremony in South Africa, 15 October 2016
Mwilu and Idi shared the coveted prize, ‘
The documentary was picked from a record number of 1,637 entries spanning 38 countries in Africa. 'Terror Crossing' was aired by Kenya Television Network in its investigative programme "".
“We are overwhelmed by this accolade. It is a dream come true to win the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award for a story that we believe passionately in and one that we felt was important to tell” said Mwilu and Idi upon receiving the award.
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They received the award at a Gala Awards ceremony held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The award was presented to them by Yolisa Phahle, CEO of M-Net, and Greg Beitchman, VP, Content Sales and Partnerships, CNN International.
Mwilu and Idi, winners in the News Impact Award, were among 38 finalists from 15 countries who attended the Awards ceremony as the culmination of an all-expense paid four-day programme of workshops, media forums and networking in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Meanwhile, Yemisi Akinbobola, Ogechi Ekeanyanwu & Paul Bradshaw, IQ4News for Premium Times, Nigeria were joint winners of the Sport Reporting Award.
Tim Jacobs, CEO, MultiChoice Africa, said: “Congratulations to all the winners! Your unique way of storytelling has captured the hearts and minds of all Africans and those beyond our borders. The Awards have not only had a profound effect on the African media landscape but have catapulted winners into senior positions and success. As MultiChoice Africa, we remain committed to recognising excellence in journalism throughout Africa. We applaud all the finalists and winners for continuing to tell Africa’s stories and contributing to Africa’s growth and success.”
You can read the winners of the individual categories below;
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- John Grobler, Namibia, & Fiona Macleod, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, South Africa
Title: ‘Caught in the crossfire: how cattle and Chinese mining interests are killing off Namibia’s black rhinos’
: Ati Metwaly, Al Ahram Weekly, Egypt
Title: ‘Against all odds: Stories of the visually impaired women from Egypt's Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra’
: Chika Oduah, Nigeria, Freelance for African Media Initiative, Kenya
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Title: ‘The App That Saved 1,000 Children’
: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak, Shaun Swingler & Sumeya Gasa, Daily Maverick Chronicle, South Africa
Title: ‘Casualties of Cola: Outsourcing, Exploitation & the New Realities of Work’
: Mia Malan, Mail & Guardian, South Africa
Title: ‘Diepsloot: Where men think it's their right to rape’
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: Bidossèssi Appolinaire Agoïnon, Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin, Benin
Title: ‘Dogesi mi’
: Faten Hayed, El Watan, Algeria
Title: ‘L’Algérie, ma terre de djihad’
: Jay Caboz, Forbes Africa, South Africa
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Title: ‘40 Years of Mozambique - The Dead Port that Rose Again’
: James Oatway, The Sunday Times, South Africa
Title: ‘The Killing of Emmanuel Sithole’
: Veronica Narkwor Kwabla, Tv3 Network, Ghana
Title: ‘Freetown Ebola Orphans’
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: Asha Ahmed Mwilu & Rashid Idi, Kenya Television Network, Kenya
Title: ‘Terror Crossing’
: Bento Venâncio, Jornal Domingo, Mozambique
Title: ‘Albinos em perigo’
: Fidelto Emidio Bata, STV, Mozambique
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Title: ‘Bibliotecas esquecidas’
: Bob Rugurika, Burundi
: Yemisi Akinbobola, Ogechi Ekeanyanwu & Paul Bradshaw, IQ4News for Premium Times, Nigeria
Title: ‘Follow the Money: Who extracts the value of Nigerian footballers?’
: Ancillar Mangena, Forbes Africa, South Africa
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Title: ‘Prophets of profit in the business of belief’
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