Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for entries for the 6th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).
WAMECA 2022 will be held from October 20 – 22 in Accra, Ghana, and will focus on the theme: Media and Women Empowerment in Africa.
The first two days of the event will be dedicated to discussing various topics under the theme while the last day will be for the annual awards, which honours the best journalistic works in West Africa.
Participants in this year’s event will explore the role of the media and journalism in addressing the challenges women face in African societies including difficulties related to access to education, finance, health, and technologies; abuses such as domestic violence and child marriages; inequalities in visibility, voice, and participation; among others.
Categories
WAMECA 2022 will honour outstanding works of journalism in West Africa in the following categories:
- Telecoms and ICTs Reporting
- Oil and Gas Reporting
- Business and SMEs Reporting
- Anti-Corruption Reporting
- Health Reporting
- Environmental Reporting
- Investigative Reporting
- Human rights Reporting
Duration
- An entry for the Awards must have been published or broadcasted between the period January 1 to December 31, 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Awards are opened to journalists from print, electronic and online media in Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries in West Africa.
- An applicant must be West African, working with and for a media organisation(s) based in the sub-region.
- Applicants may submit entries to a maximum of two categories. For each category, a maximum of two entries is permitted.
For more information, visit https://www.mfwa.org/wameca/register-to-participate/call-for-entries/