CNN African Journalist of the Year finalists

Claudine Atahoun, Office de Radiodiffusion et de la Télévision du Bénin (ORTB), Bénin
Maggi Barnard, The Namibian, Namibia
Ibiba DonPedro, The Guardian, Nigeria
Eric Kakore, Radio Simba, Uganda
Joseph E. Karimi, for the Sunday Standard/East African Standard, Kenya
Anna-Maria Lombard and Alpheus Siebane, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa
Patrick Maïgua, Kenyan Television Network (KTN), Kenya
Walter Marwizi, The Standard, Zimbabwe
Betty Mkwasa, ITV-Independent Television Ltd, Tanzania
Mpho Moagi, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa
Ambrose Namoyo, Climax Magazine, Malawi
Siphiwe Sibeko, The Star, South Africa

The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony at the Sandton Convention Cenre, Johannesburg, on 18 June 2003.