Wan-Ifra Women in News name 2020 Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa

Wan-Ifra Women in News has named Mary Mbewe as the 2020 WIN Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa. Mbewe, who is currently the executive editor of the Daily Nation in Zambia, has over 30 years' experience in the media industry and has invested herself in training and developing of journalists starting their careers.

The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award is awarded to one outstanding woman editor in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region and in the Arab Region annually and previous winners include Toyosi Ogunseye, head of West Africa for BBC in Nigeria (2014) and Pamella Sittoni, executive editor at The Daily Nation in Kenya.