PACJA ANNOUNCES ACCER AWARDS 2020 WINNERS

The Pan African Climate Justice (PACJA) has released names of the 25 candidates who won in the 2020 environmental journalism awards the organisation started in 2012.

The 25 journalists were recognised in the African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) Awards in a digital event streamed live in PACJA’s social media platforms.

Thousands of enthusiasts followed the event that was held on the sidelines of the two-day fifth edition of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-V), which started on February 22, 2021.

The winners of the different awards in the set categories were from all over the continent, from Benin, to Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Algeria.

There were at least four categories done in two languages. They were Radio, Print, TV and digital. Three winners were picked for every category in each of the languages.

The Radio (English) Category had Aunyango Nkhoma of ‘Zodiak Broadcasting Station’ in Malawi as the second runners-up, Victor Faison and Mphatso Mkumpha of Malawi’s ‘Chisomo Radio Station’ jointly as first runners-up, and Peter Labeja of Uganda’s ‘Radio Rupiny’ becoming the winner.

The Radio (French) Category’s three winners were all from Benin in the following order: Chamsou Dine Koto Baguiri of ‘Arzèkè FM’ was the second runners-up, preceded by Ernest Agbota of ‘Radio Nationale du Bénin’ as first runners-up, and finally Romain Dek Adjevi of ‘Radio Tokpa’ as the winner of the category.

Next was the TV (English) Category that was shared between Kenya and Ghana. Kenya’s ‘NTV’ produced the second runners-up and the first, both female. Sheilah Sendeyo and Zaynab Wandati were second and first runners-up respectively, while Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman of ‘GHOneTV’ in Ghana became the winner.

The TV (French) Category went to Vincent Kiendrebéogo of ‘Radio Broadcasting TV’ in Burkina Faso as second runners-up, Redha Menassel of Algeria’s ‘Radio Alger Chaine 3’ as first runners-up and Togolese Daniel Addeh of Cameroon’s ‘Tele Sud Channel’ as the winner.

The other category awarded by PACJA was Print (English). Its second runners-up was Amindeh Blaise Atabong of Cameroon, Daniel Wagema Mwangi of Kenya as the first runners-up and Olatunji Ololade of Nigeria’s ‘Nation’ newspaper as the winner.

The Print (French) Category went to Dewa Aboubakar of Cameroon as the second runners-up, Charles Essodina Kolou as first runners-up and Afsétou Sawadogo of Burkina Faso’s ‘Editions Sidwaya’ as the winner. AWARDS_2020_BOOKLET Download