Author: kwaku

West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2019: Profile of Judges

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has constituted a 5-member committee of distinguished and experienced journalists and media experts to serve as the Jury for the 2019 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Awards. The committee of judges will review and shortlist the deserving entries to be awarded for the various categories of […]

WAMECA 2019 Receives 724 Entries from 15 West African Countries

The third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA 2019) has attracted 724 entries from 15 countries across West Africa, up from last year’s 600 entries from 12 Countries. Scheduled for October 17-19, 2019, at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana, this year’s event, focusing on the theme: Social […]

Two WAMECA Winners Participate in Continental Training Workshop in Addis Ababa

Two previous winners of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) have been selected to participate in a two-day training workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for outstanding journalists across Africa on the protocols and mechanisms of the African Union (AU). They are Sheila Williams of the BusinessDay Newspaper – Ghana, 2017 best reporter […]

50 Media Outlets from the 16 Countries in West Africa Partner MFWA for WAMECA 2019

Fifty influential media organisations across the West Africa region are partnering the MFWA for this year’s West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA 2019). The media outlets which are made up of radio, TV, online and newspapers are contributing to highlighting the event in their respective countries through various forms of publicity. “We are […]

WAMECA 2019: Call for Entries

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for submissions for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). WAMECA 2019 is slated for October 17-19 in Accra, Ghana and will focus on the theme: Social Media, Fake news and Elections in Africa. The Awards are opened to journalists from […]

WAMECA 2019: Social Media, Fake news & Elections in Africa

From October 17 -19, 2019, experts from across West Africa and beyond will gather in Accra, Ghana, for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). Journalists, media professionals, editors, academics, freedom of expression advocates, diplomats and the business community will deliberate on how Social Media and Fake News are […]

WAMECA Winning Story Leads to Cancellation of $74M Gov’t Contract

Manasseh Azure Awuni

The story adjudged the best anti-corruption report at the 2018 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference Awards (WAMECA) has resulted in the cancellation of questionable waste bins procurement contracts worth $74 million (GHs 362 million) by the government of Ghana. The story titled “Robbing the Assemblies” by Manasseh Azure Awuni of Ghana’s Multimedia Group is […]

WAMECA 2019 Scheduled for October 18-19

After successfully organising the 2018 edition, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has scheduled the 2019 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) for October 18-19. The 2019 edition will be the third since the inaugural Awards in 2017. The West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards is an initiative […]

Nigerian State Honours WAMECA Awardee

Adam Alqali

The Government of Kano State has honoured Adam Alqali for emerging winner for the SDGs reporting category at the just ended 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards held in Accra, Ghana. In a statement by the Executive Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Gandunje OFR, the state congratulated Alqali, who is an indigene of […]