Award
SANLAM and Santam, the joint sponsors of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism, on Tuesday announced the shortlisted entries for the 2023 awards.
A total of 170 entries from 13 countries on the African continent were received for the 2023 competition, the highest number yet in the competition’s 49-year history.
Nixon Kariithi, chair of the independent judging panel, said: “The quality of entries remains high. It has been most encouraging to see both the high number of entries as well as the complex and topical stories spotlighted by financial journalists across the African continent.”
The 2023 Sanlam Group Financial Journalist of the Year and category winners will be announced at a gala event in Johannesburg on 25 July 2024.
The shortlisted journalists are:
Category: Business and Companies
Dewald van Rensburg, Micah Reddy and Sam Sole
amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, South Africa
Ann Crotty
Financial Mail, South Africa
Daniel Okujwa
Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Nigeria
Dominic Omondi
Daily Nation, Kenya
Kingsley Jeremiah
The Guardian, Nigeria
Rob Rose
Financial Mail, South Africa
Susan Comrie
amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, South Africa
Category: Economy
Claire Bisseker
Financial Mail, South Affrica
Kitso Dickson
Business Weekly & Review, Botswana
Lisa Steyn
News24, South Africa
Odimegwu Onwumere
The Nigerian Voice, Nigeria
Paul Murungi
Daily Monitor and CEO East Africa Magazine, Uganda
Rob Rose
Financial Mail, South Africa
Ryk van Niekerk
Moneyweb, RSG Geldsake, South Africa
Category: Financial Markets
Bernard Busuulwa
The EastAfrican, Uganda
Jaco Visser
Financial Mail, South Africa
Kabelo Khumalo
Business Day, South Africa
Lisa Steyn
News24, South Africa
Otiato Guguyu
Daily Nation, Kenya
Patrick Alushula
Nation Media Group, Kenya
Rob Rose
Financial Mail, South Africa
Ruan Jooste
Personal Finance, South Africa
Category: Consumer Financial Education
Ephraim Modise
TechCabal, Pan African
Maya Fisher-French
CityPress, Maya on Money, South Africa
Neesa Moodley
Daily Maverick, South Africa
Nike Popoola
Punch Newspaper, Nigeria
Paul Busharizi
New Vision, Uganda
Ryk van Niekerk
Moneyweb, RSG Geldsake, South Africa
The Devi Show
eTV, South Africa
Category: African Growth Story
Caleb Ojewale
Business Day, Nigeria
Garth Theunissen
Business Day and News24 Business, South Africa
Joseph Olaoluwa
TechCabal, Pan African
Kingsley Jeremiah
The Guardian, Nigeria
Mahamadi Sebogo
Sidwaya, Burkina Faso
Nicole Pillay
Forbes Africa, Pan African
Paul Murungi
Daily Monitor and CEO East Africa Magazine, Uganda
Category: ESG: Business and the Environment
Ann Crotty
Financial Mail, South Africa
Giulietta Talevi
Financial Mail, South Africa
Jaco Visser
Financial Mail, South Africa
Justice Nwafor
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria
Paul Murungi
Daily Monitor and CEO East Africa Magazine, Uganda
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
EIB Network, Ghana
Ryk van Niekerk
Moneyweb, RSG Geldsake, South Africa
Category: ESG: Business and Society
Ann Crotty
Financial Mail, South Africa
George Kwaning
TV3 Ghana, Ghana
Kabelo Khumalo
Business Day, South Africa
Kingsley Jeremiah
The Guardian, Nigeria
Odimegwu Onwumere
The Nigerian Voice, Nigeria
Oluwatomisin Amokeoja
Forbes Africa, Pan African
Rob Rose
Financial Mail, South Africa
Ryk van Niekerk
Moneyweb, RSG Geldsake, South Africa
Category: Broadcast: Audio/Radio
Destiny Onyemihia
Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria
Maya Fisher-French
CityPress, Maya on Money, South Africa
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
EIB Network, Ghana
Ruan Jooste
Personal Finance, South Africa
Ryk van Niekerk
Moneyweb, RSG Geldsake, South Africa
Category: TV/Video
George Kwaning
TV3 Ghana, Ghana
Nothando Magudulela
SABC News, South Africa
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
EIB Network, Ghana
Nixon Kariithi led the review of submissions and was joined on the judging panel by:
· Angela Agoawike, media practitioner (Nigeria)
· Emily May Brown, media studies academic (Namibia)
· Freddie Rayborn Bulley, financial journalism trainer (Ghana)
· Ylva Rodny Gumede, media studies and international relations scholar (South Africa)
· Tom Indimuli, communications consultant (Kenya)
· Ulrich Joubert, independent economist (South Africa)
· Aggie Asiimwe Konde, chartered marketer, CIM Fellow and ESG advisor (Uganda)
· Charles Naudé, retired editor (South Africa)
· Musa Zondi, communications consultant/freelance business writer (South Africa)
Established in 1974, the awards recognise outstanding financial journalists in print, online, radio and television media who are based in Africa, working in an African news organisation and publishing, or broadcasting their work on the continent.
The work of the finalists represents the best financial journalism in Africa, reporting on the continent’s challenges and progress in business, economic development and ESG: Business and Environment and ESG: Business and Society. The awards carry a total cash prize of over R700, 000.
F.A
June 26, 2024
