- The award is given in honour of journalist Komla Dumor.
- It will also coincide with the 10th death anniversary of the Ghanaian journalist.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation has begun the search for the journalist who will be feted as a winner of the 2024 Komla Dumor Award.
The award is given in honour of journalist Komla Dumor. It will also coincide with the 10th death anniversary of the Ghanaian journalist.
According to BBC World Service director, Liliane Landor, through the Komla Dumor Award, the BBC continues to celebrate Africa’s journalistic excellence.
She added that they are also proud to continue growing the talent of the awarded journalists at BBC.
“Komla Dumor’s journalism and unforgettable screen presence, his passionate commitment to reporting Africa were a powerful driver of the BBC’s coverage of the continent. Through his legacy, we want to continue to celebrate Africa’s journalistic excellence," Landor said.
"We have been impressed and delighted with the calibre of talent that has shone through, thanks to the award in Komla’s name. We are proud to continue to nurture and enhance the skills of these journalists here at the BBC."
The Judges for 2024 include Ehizojie Okharedia (Senior News Editor, BBC World Service), Magnus McGrandle (Senior News Editor, BBC News Channels) and Lydia Namubiru (Editor-in-Chief, The Continent).
Applications close on March 15, 2024, at 23.59 GMT (2:59 am EAT).
The winner of the Komla Dumor Award will spend three months working with the BBC news teams in London, across television, radio and online.
They will be allowed to further develop their journalism skills through training, workshops and mentoring with leading BBC journalists.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to travel to a country in Africa to report on a story that they identify and research, and that will become part of the BBC’s content for a global audience.
Since its inception, eight African journalists have won the Award, among them Waihiga Mwaura (2018) and Victoria Rubadiri (2020) both from Kenya.
Others who have won it include Paa Kwesi Asare (2023), Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya (2022), Solomon Serwanjja (2019), Amina Yuguda (2017), Didi Akinyelure (2016) and Nancy Kacungira (2015).