Source: newsthemegh.com
Applications for the Komla Dumor Award must be submitted by March 15, 2023, at 23:59 GMT.
The award was created in memory of the late Komla Dumor, a remarkable BBC World News presenter and broadcaster from Ghana who died ten years ago at the age of 41.
Kwansema Dumor, Komla Dumor’s widow, expressed gratitude to the BBC for honoring her husband’s memory with the prize and pleasure in his impact there.
The BBC seeks to honor and promote exceptional African journalists who reside and operate throughout the continent.
The chosen applicant will not only receive training but also get to visit an African nation to cover a story after doing extensive research, with the report being aired to BBC viewers worldwide.
Komla Dumor had a profound influence on both Africa and the rest of the globe. He was well-known for promoting strong, dynamic journalism and for his dedication to fully and genuinely covering African events.
By giving African journalists the tools they need to present unique and complex African tales to a global audience, the BBC has demonstrated its commitment to carrying on his legacy.
The winner from the year before was Ghanaian news anchor Paa Kwesi Asare.
He went to Kenya as part of his placement assignment to cover the country’s efforts to switch from gasoline or diesel to electricity for “boda boda” motorbike taxis.
With the creation of the Komla Dumor Award, Liliane Landor, senior controller of BBC News International Services, emphasized the BBC’s dedication to honoring Africa’s outstanding journalism.
One of the main hosts of BBC World News’ European morning portion was Dumor, who also presents Focus on Africa, the BBC’s first-ever daily TV news program in English for African audiences. After ten years of broadcast journalism in his native country, he joined the BBC in 2007.