Gideon Sarpong Gideon Sarpong is a Ghanaian policy analyst and media practitioner with close to a decade of experience in policy, environmental, and investigative journalism. He emerged winner for the Telecoms and ICTs category. His story, ‘How Multinational Tech Companies Exploit Tax Laws and Shift Profit: a focus on Ghana...

Chikodi Okereocha Chikodi Okereocha is an assistant editor at The Nation, a news outlet in Nigeria. He emerged winner in the Special Covid 19 reporting category. The winning story titled COVID-19: Uncertainties over AfCFTA’s Delayed Implementation’, looks at how the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures put in place...

Samad Uthman Samad Uthman is a Nigerian investigative multimedia journalist, video editor, and videographer whose work focuses on environment, corruption, and human rights. Winner of the Health reporting category, his investigative piece, ‘Pfizer Kano Trial: 24 years after, some victims not compensated and still can’t live normal lives’ exposes how the consent of...

Kwetey Nartey Kwetey Nartey is a Ghanaian investigative journalist and co-founder of IHUB Africa, a non-governmental organisation, training aspiring young investigative journalists. His investigative report ‘Robbing The Poor: How LBC’s Are Illegally Renting Certification License to Businessmen’, emerged winner for the Investigative reporting category. The story uncovers that some Licensed...

Alfred Olufemi Alfred Olufemi is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based in Nigeria. His story, ‘Nigeria’s Paper Mills Moribund Yet Options for Reviving Them Abound’ was adjudged winner of the Business and SMEs reporting category. The report investigates the current state of Nigeria’s three paper mills which have the potential...

Caleb Ojewale Caleb Ojewale is a local and international award-winning journalist and an assistant editor at BusinessDay Newspaper in Nigeria. Fetching him the award for the Anti-corruption category, his investigative report, ‘How Security Agencies Hunt, Extort Local Farmers Over Border Closure’ uncovers how a highly organized racket involving government agencies...

Chinedu Asadu Chinedu Asadu is a senior staff writer at TheCable in Nigeria. His undercover investigation, ‘How Chinese Miners Endangering FCT Residents Enjoy Police Protection’ emerged winner for the Environmental reporting category. It exposed how Chinese miners working with Hongao Mining Company Limited endangered residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in...