Africa’s media giant, AllAfrica, is set to present special awards in recognition of excellence at the AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit holding next week in Nairobi.
The pan-African summit, which will take place from 8th to 10th May 2024 in Nairobi, has the theme: “Re-engineering African Media in Times of Critical Transformation”.
Amadou Mahtar Ba, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of AllAfrica, 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.”
Justifying the Media Excellence Awards, Mr. Mahtar Ba said “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.”
The enviable awards, which will be presented at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on May 9, 2024 at the Glee Hotel, Nairobi, include the AllAfrica Titan Leadership Award in recognition of exceptional service in economic transformation and human development in Africa.
Others are the Ten Lifetime Achievement Awards to deserving media leaders from 7 African countries in recognition of their outstanding contributions to media development; the AllAfrica and University of Nairobi Wangarĩ Maathai Young Journalist Award in recognition of the best use of digital tools for youth engagement; and the African Development Bank Journalism Award in recognition of excellence in development reporting.
The other categories are 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.
Mr. Mahtar Ba said the summit is a conversation bringing together African media leaders (CEOs, Managing Directors & Editors-in-Chief), policy-makers, activists, academics, and leaders of organizations championing Africa’s growth and development.
The AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa – aggregating, producing, and distributing news and information in English and French from over 130 African news organizations and its own reporters to an African and global public.
It operates the largest online platform dedicated solely to Africa-related news and information, which is the go-to one-stop digital platform for African and African-interested ‘influentials’ across the continent.