KAS MEDIA AFRICA AWARD FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 CONTEST

Out of all the contributions varying in media from print and television to radio, three stories stood out for the jury members. These stories are:

• Ms. Maryagatha Gichana from the Daily Nation, Kenya for  “Sterilised Without My Consent - Tales of HIV Positive Women”
• Mr. Kwaku Krobea Asante and Ms. Adwoa Adobea-Owusu from the Fourth Estate, Ghana for "Dangerous endorsements: Exposé on    herbal medicine advertising in Ghana"
• Ms. Grace Obike from The Nation, Nigeria for "Abuja communities where girls’ breasts are suppressed to save them from rape”

Two submissions were identified for a commendation by the jury. These are;

• Ms. Cynthia Gichiri from Africa Unsencored, kenya for "Pressed Freedom" and
• Mr. Fadhel Alou from Radio Fara'a, Niger for "Gaya Niger Trafic Drogue et Insecurité"

The jury members were;

• Prof. Nancy Booker, Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at the Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
• Mr. Simon Allison, Co-Founder  and International Editor of The Continent, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Ms. Nwabisa Makunga, Editor of The Sowetan, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Ms. Mamadiarra Diop, Founder of BMC Médias Consulting, Bamako, Mali
• Ms. Sandra Niemann, Editor, Science Programmes, Multimedia, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Berlin, Germany