2010 CNN Multichoice African Journalist features winner, Kofi Akpabli has been named along with Portia Solomon of TV3 in the final list of nominations for the 2011 version.
A statement by MultiChoice, Accra, said the Ghanaian pair was announced among 27 finalists from 13 countries by Joel Kibazo, Chair of the independent judging panel.
The winners of the competition will be announced at an Award Ceremony and Gala Evening in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, 25th June, 2011.
The competition, in its 16th year, this year received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa.
The full list is as follows:
- Kofi Akpabli, Freelance for the Daily Graphic, Ghana
- Portia Solomon, TV3 News, Ghana
- Claudine Efoa Atohoun, ORTB, Benin
- Rabin Bhujun, L’Express Dimanche, Mauritius
- José Bouças de Oliveira, Televisão Santomense, São Tomé
- Sylvia Chebet, Citizen TV, Kenya
- DispatchOnline Team, Daily Dispatch, South Africa
- Kimani Githae, Citizen TV, Kenya
- Lamia Hassan, Business Today, Egypt
- Virgil Augustin Pascal Houesson, L’événement Précis, Benin
- Mahamud Abdi Jama, Waaheen, Somalia
- Norman Katende, Freelance for The New Vision, Uganda
- Farouk Kayondo, UBC, Uganda
- Mark Klusener, eNews Africa, South Africa
- Selma Marivate, Record, Mozambique
- Melini Moses, SABC, South Africa
- Lindile Mpanza, e.tv, South Africa
- Kamau Mutunga, DN2 Magazine, Daily Nation, Kenya
- Nigel M. Nassar, The New Vision, Uganda
- Fatuma Noor, The Star, Kenya
- Oluwatoyos Ogunseye, Sunday Punch, Nigeria
- Nnamdi Okosieme, Next Newspaper, Nigeria
- Benon Herbert Oluka, Sunday Life Magazine, Sunday Monitor, Uganda
- Beryl Ooro, K24 TV, Kenya
- Sonny Serite, Freelance for The Sunday Standard, Botswana
- Kipchumba Some, The Standard, Kenya
- Nkula Zau, Televisão Pública de Angola
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