AllAfrica to Present Excellence Awards at Summit
Organisers of the AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit have announced that as part of this year’s edition, the 2024 Media Excellence Awards would be presented at the event which holds from May 8th to 10th, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The summit brings together African media leaders (CEOs, Managing Directors and Editors-in-Chief), policy-makers, activists, academics and leaders of organisations championing Africa’s growth and development.
“We believe celebrating excellence in media and African development is of utmost importance to ensure the continuity of high-quality journalism and impactful contributions to the prosperity of our continent,” Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica, Amadou Mahtar Ba said.
He invited African leaders to elevate, “Media’s critical role to advance African development across sectors through the dissemination of valuable information that serves to inform the public and hold leaders accountable.”
“AllAfrica will celebrate the winners at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on May 9, 2024, at the Glee Hotel. The Awards will be presented in the following categories: The AllAfrica Titan Leadership Award in recognition of exceptional service in economic transformation and human development in Africa; 10 Lifetime Achievement Awards to deserving media leaders from seven African countries in recognition of their outstanding contributions to media development.
“Others are the AllAfrica and University of Nairobi Wangarĩ Maathai Young Journalist Award in recognition of the best use of digital tools for youth engagement; the African Development Bank Journalism Award in recognition of excellence in development reporting; the African Export-Import Bank Journalism Award in recognition of excellence in reporting on regional integration; the African Capacity Building Foundation Award in recognition of excellence in reporting on capacity building, and the AllAfrica and ONE Campaign Newsroom Innovation Youth Challenge top 3 Awards for excellence in developing new and innovative ways to enable newsrooms to engage the African youth.”
