WAMECA 2022: Ghana’s Second Lady is Guest of Honour
Her Excellency Mrs. Samira Bawumia, the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, will be the guest of honour at this year’s edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). Mrs. Bawumia brings grace to WAMECA 2022 with her profile as an accomplished woman and role model. She makes for an excellent […]
WAMECA 2022 to host two of Africa’s female media giants as Keynote Speakers
This year’s West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) will be held on the theme: Media and Women Empowerment in Africa. Participants at WAMECA 2022 will be deliberating on how the media on the continent can improve the visibility of women and girls, amplify their voices, drive women’s participation in governance and showcase women’s […]
WAMECA 2022 – Here are the members of the grand jury
The MFWA is delighted to announce the jury for the 2022 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Awards. The jury, made up of distinguished and experienced media experts in Africa, will assess and shortlist deserving entries and also determine the ultimate winners of the various categories in the 6th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence […]
WAMECA 2022: 952 entries received from all 16 countries in West Africa
When the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) closed the call for entries for this year’s West Africa Media Conference and Awards, 952 entries had been received. The entries for the Awards were filed by journalists from about 450 media houses across all the 16 West African countries, comprising Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone countries in […]
Winning WAMECA changed my career for good- 2018 winner speaks of the impact of the Award
In 2018, Adam Alqali, Editor of African Newspage in Nigeria, emerged winner of the SDGs reporting category of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). He picked up the award at the WAMECA event held in October that year at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana. In 2022, four years later, Adam met […]
WAMECA 2022: convite à apresentação de reportagem
A Fundação dos Media para a África Ocidental (MFWA) está a solicitar submissões de reportagens para a 6ª edição da Conferência e Prémios de Excelência dos Media da África Ocidental (WAMECA). A WAMECA 2022 terá lugar de 20 a 22 de outubro em Acra, Gana, e centrar-se-á no tema: Os meios de comunicação social e […]
WAMECA 2022: Call for entries
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for entries for the 6th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). WAMECA 2022 will be held from October 20 – 22 in Accra, Ghana, and will focus on the theme: Media and Women Empowerment in Africa. The first two days of the event will be dedicated to […]
WAMECA 2022: Media and Women Empowerment in Africa
For far too long, women and girls in Africa have endured discrimination and inequalities in nearly all spheres of life. Across Africa, women and girls have far fewer opportunities than men and boys in access to education, health, wealth, technology, political participation, among others. This phenomenon of persistent inequality and disempowerment against women and girls […]
Two journalists from Ghana, Nigeria named joint winners of West Africa Journalist of the Year 2021
The applause was loud and took time to die down when two journalists, Kwetey Nartey of Ghana and Samad Uthman of Nigeria, were announced joint winners of the West Africa Journalists of the Year 2021. With their works too close to call, the judges decided to hand over the ultimate prize to the two journalists […]
West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2021: List of Finalists
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has announced the list of finalists for the 2021 edition of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2021). This year’s event, the 5th edition, will be held on Friday, October 22, at the Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana and will be graced by media experts, high-level personalities and delegates […]