Welcome to IGAD Media Awards 2023
WINNERS
WINNER
Dennis Avokoywa
Journalist
Dennis Avokoywa is an accomplished and dedicated journalist with a proven track record of over five years in news writing, photography, and videography.
Story: https://bit.ly/3SAZrhY
Plant Village – KENYA
Foreign Media – Freelance
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Hassan Abdeljabir Abdelrazig
Journalist Reporter
I am a Al-Jazeera correspondent in Ethiopia and horn of Africa, I work as journalist and television reporter for more than Fifteen years in many countries and in multiple media in Ethiopia reporting from ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia.
Story: https://bit.ly/40HdOU3
Al-Jazeera News Channel – SUDAN
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IGAD Region Media – National Languages
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Tariku Legese Negash
Assistant Editor
A Senior Journalist with over seven (7) years of experience in media now working as Assistant Editor at FANA Broadcasting Corporate.
STORY: https://bit.ly/46iTrxR
FANA Broadcasting Corporate – ETHIOPIA
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Bernard Maranga
Radio Producer
Senior radio producer working with KBC with a 20 years’ experience in media. Team lead KBC Radio Taifa / BBC Media Action Partnership (Wiser) Masters.
Story: https://bit.ly/3SH5bH0
KBC Radio TaifaFM – KENYA
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IGAD Region Media – Photography Entry
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Mesfin Solomon
Photojournalist
I am a seasoned photojournalist with over 20 years of experience documenting impactful moments and telling visual stories.
Story: https://bit.ly/3Qsz636
The Reporter – ETHIOPIA
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Guirreh Moumin Okieh
Photojournalist
Photographe professionnel travaillant au journal la nation Depuis 15 ans. Impact de la photo Au fait c est une photo d un retenu d eau qui coûte pas cher mais , mais son utilité est énorme, les troupeaux et les gens ruraux en profitent l eau durant longtemps.
Story: https://bit.ly/3su6YVg
La Nationa – DJIBOUTI
IGAD Region Media – Radio Entry
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Lina Mwamachi
Journalist
A female Kenyan accredited journalist working with Sifa Fm Radio in Taita Taveta County-Kenya. She is a Radio Content producer, News & Feature Reporter.
Story: https://bit.ly/3FWJ0oH
Sifa Fm Radio – KENYA
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Lourdes Walusala
Senior Radio Producer
I am an award-winning multimedia journalist with a strong track record in radio production and gender reporting serving as a Senior Radio Producer at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.
Story: https://bit.ly/47d189T
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) – KENYA
IGAD Region Media – Print Entry
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Hellen Shikanda
Reporter
A reporter for four years now specializing in producing multimedia content in Health and Science for the Nation Media Group in NAIROBI, Kenya.
Story: https://bit.ly/40CGxcQ
National Media Group – KENYA
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Lominda Afedraru
Freelance Science Journalist
A freelance science journalist attached to Nation Media Group operating in East Africa. I write mainly for its sister newspaper the Daily Monitor based in Kampala in the features section.
Story: https://bit.ly/40wxeel
Nation Media Group – UGANDA
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Sisay Sahlu Nigatu
Journalist
I have established myself as a recognized journalist in Ethiopia through my reporting and editing work, winning the respect and admiration of officials, readers, and other journalists alike.
Story: https://bit.ly/46alL5l
The Reporter – ETHIOPIA
IGAD Region Media – Television Entry
WINNER
Melita Tenges
Television Reporter
I am a Kenyan Journalist with six years’ experience telling stories from different parts of Kenya, currently a TV reporter at Nation Media Group’s, NTV Television Station.
Story: https://bit.ly/476JMeO
Nation Media Group – KENYA
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Haruna Muteesasira
Journalist
A senior Journalist with experience in covering war areas, security and social action government programs working with Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation (UBC).
Story: https://bit.ly/40TAVe4
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) – UGANDA
WINNER
Kosun Birhanu
Reporter, and Senior Producer
A reporter, and a senior producer specializing in politics, law, and good governance, manmade and natural disasters.
Story: https://bit.ly/3R7yhOV
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) – ETHIOPIA
