Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Competition have been announced. The competition is now in its 16th year. This year the competition received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa.
There are 27 finalists from 13 countries: Check out the finalists below...
- Kofi Akpabli, Freelance for the Daily Graphic, Ghana
- Claudine Efoa Atohoun, ORTB, Benin
- Rabin Bhujun, L’Express Dimanche, Mauritius
- José Bouças de Oliveira, Televisão Santomense, São Tomé
- Sylvia Chebet, Citizen TV, Kenya
- DispatchOnline Team, Daily Dispatch, South Africa
- Kimani Githae, Citizen TV, Kenya
- Lamia Hassan, Business Today, Egypt
- Virgil Augustin Pascal Houesson, L’événement Précis, Benin
- Mahamud Abdi Jama, Waaheen, Somalia
- Norman Katende, Freelance for The New Vision, Uganda
- Farouk Kayondo, UBC, Uganda
- Mark Klusener, eNews Africa, South Africa
- Selma Marivate, Record, Mozambique
- Melini Moses, SABC, South Africa
- Lindile Mpanza, e.tv, South Africa
- Kamau Mutunga, DN2 Magazine, Daily Nation, Kenya
- Nigel M. Nassar, The New Vision, Uganda
- Fatuma Noor, The Star, Kenya
- Oluwatoyos Ogunseye, Sunday Punch, Nigeria
- Nnamdi Okosieme, Next Newspaper, Nigeria
- Benon Herbert Oluka, Sunday Life Magazine, Sunday Monitor, Uganda
- Beryl Ooro, K24 TV, Kenya
- Sonny Serite, Freelance for The Sunday Standard, Botswana
- Portia Solomon, TV3 News, Ghana
- Kipchumba Some, The Standard, Kenya
- Nkula Zau, Televisão Pública de Angola
The winners of the competition will be announced at an Award Ceremony and Gala Evening in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 25 June 2011.
The hosts for the evening will be Isha Sesay, presenter of CNN International’s weekly programme ‘Inside Africa’ and Robert Marawa, the face of one of DStv’s SuperSports channel and regular host of Metro FM’s Discovery Sports Centre.