Publication date: Friday, 6th November, 2009
By Ben Okiror
ON its 15th year running, the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards will be held in Uganda.
This year, the most prestigious media event in Africa attracted entries from 38 African countries and the gala, held in Durban, South Africa, was broadcast in 44 African countries and beyond.
CNN International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the awards, whose winners will be announced in Kampala, come May 2010
Tony Maddox, the vice-president and managing director of CNN, said it was fitting that the awards are held in Uganda, “a country that has produced many success stories and winners in the competition’s history.”
The President of MultiChoice Africa, Collins Khumalo, promised continued investment in developing and inspiring young journalists ‘whose voices play a critical role in telling the African story’, according to a press release.
All finalists receive a cash prize and each category winner also receives a laptop and a printer, while the overall winner receives an additional cash prize and a trip to the CNN centre in Atlanta.
The competition is open to African journalists across the print, television, internet, photographic and radio media.
Full details on how to enter can be found at www.cnn.com/africanawards. A number of Ugandans have won various awards, including the top most accolade, won by The Observer’s Richard Kavuma in 2007.
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