EAC hosts inaugural East Africa Media Awards

10 Feb 2011

ARUSHA: The East African Community in partnership with the East African Business Council has announced a call for entries for the inaugural East Africa Media Awards. Winners will be announced at the fourth EAC-EABC Media Summit, scheduled to take place from 14-15 March 2011 at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

The objective of the awards is to reinforce the critical role of the media in East Africa in moving forward the agenda of EAC integration; and to reward, recognise and encourage journalistic talent across all media disciplines.

Submissions in the following categories are open to all practicing journalists/commentators from all the East African Community partner states:

EAC Secretary General Award: (overall winner, honouring the Best Media, whether print or electronic, that has been consistent in its coverage of EAC integration Agenda)
EAC Umoja Award: (honouring the Best Reporter in issues of EAC Regional Integration)
EABC Chairman's Award: (honouring the Best Reporter in reporting business issues and furthering the interests of the EAC business community)
EAC Green Award: (honouring the Best Feature Writer in matters of environmental concern in the EAC)

Rules of entry:

Journalists should submit three of their best articles/radio/video clips on a relevant subject of the East African Community Integration per category. Articles should be submitted in English or Kiswahili.

Work(s) submitted in any other language should be accompanied with the appropriate translations. Entries must contain complete contact information: name, address, phone and email.

Eligible work(s) must have been published or aired between 1 September 2009 and 1 February 2011. Deadline for entries is 1 March 2011. Entries which were submitted in 2009 for the period between 1 April 2008 and 31 August 2009 when the awards were first announced will be considered.

Entries should be submitted to the East African Business Council Secretariat via email to ofni.cbae@aidem.