Komla Dumor Award

Komla Dumor Award
Awarded for	Outstanding individuals living and working in Africa, with strong journalism skills, on-air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories.
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BBC News
Reward(s)	Training at BBC News
First awarded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Currently held by	Paa Kwesi Asare (2023)

The Komla Dumor Award is a journalism award launched by the BBC[1][2] in 2015 in honour of the legacy of Ghanaian journalist Komla Dumor who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme Focus on Africa.

Award details

The award is presented each year "to an outstanding individual living and working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories with the ambition and potential to become a star of the future." It was founded in 2015 by Emily Kasriel who then also directed the award for its first 8 years.[3] The winner is given a three-month training and development contract in BBC News.[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Role	Program(s)	Channel
2015	Nancy Kacungira[5]	Uganda	Presenter	Focus on Africa Business Today World News Today BBC World News BBC News In Business Africa Outside Source The World Today with Nancy Kacungira The Context BBC Weekend News	BBC One BBC World News BBC News Channel BBC Four BBC World Service
2016	Didi Akinyelure[6]	Nigeria	Producer and editor	BBC News at Ten BBC Focus on Africa BBC Business Daily BBC Newsday	BBC One BBC News Channel BBC World News BBC World Service BBC Radio 4
2017	Amina Yuguda[7]	Nigeria	Host	BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten BBC Africa Debate	BBC One BBC News Channel
2018	Waihiga Mwaura[8]	Kenya	Presenter	Various	Citizen TV
2019	Solomon Serwanjja[9]	Uganda	Reporter and anchor	Various	NBS TV
2020	Victoria Rubadiri[10]	Kenya	Reporter and anchor	SundayLive Citizen Weekend	Citizen TV
2021	No award[11]
2022	Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya[12]	Zambia	Presenter	Various	Diamond TV Zambia
2023	Paa Kwesi Asare[13]	Ghana	Presenter	Various	*TV3 Ghana BBC News
2024	Rukia Bulle	Kenya	Reporter	Various	NTV

References

1. "BBC World News Komla Dumor Award | Jobs and careers with BBC". careerssearch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
2. "BBC launches 2018 Komla Dumor Award". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
3. Ledwaba, Karabo (2020-02-20). "Calls for entries to the BBC's Komla Dumor award for talented journos". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
4. "BBC World News Komla Dumor Award seeks the next rising star in African journalism - The Maravi Post". The Maravi Post. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
5. "Nancy Kacungira awarded the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award - Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
6. "Didi Akinyelure Awarded the Second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award - Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
7. "Nigeria's Amina Yuguda receives the Komla Dumor 2017 Award". BellaNaija. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
8. "Kenyan wins 2018 BBC Komla Dumor award". 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
9. "Uganda's Solomon Serwanjja wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award". BBC. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
10. "Kenya's Victoria Rubadiri wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award". BBC News. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
11. "BBC Komla Dumor Award 2022 launched". BBC News. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
12. "Zambia's Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya wins BBC News Komla Dumor award". BBC News. 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
13. "Ghana's Paa Kwesi Asare wins 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award". BBC News. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-08-21.