TWO NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS EMERGE WINNERS AT THE 2013 CNN/MULTICHOICE AFRICAN JOURNALISTS AWARDS



Tolu Ogunlesi & Dr. Susan Mboya
(President, Coca-Cola Africa Foundation)

Two Nigerian journalists Toyosi Ogunseye and Tolu Ogunlesi emerged winners at the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards which held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, CTICC. It was the 18th in the series of the yearly event.

The two winners are Sunday Punch Editor, Tolu Ogunlesi, a freelance journalist for Ventures Africa, Nigeria, who won in the Coca-Cola Company, Economics and Biz Awards category and Toyosi Ogunseye, who won in the UNICEF-sponsored Environment Category.

Tolu Ogunlesi’s story was an investigative report on the Eko Atlantic City, a mammoth new development on the coastline of Lagos. He dedicated the awards to the millions of down-trodden people in Nigeria and around the world. He dedicated his award to the millions of down-trodden Nigerians and people around the world.



Toyosi Ogunseye & Steven Allen
(Regional Director, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa)

Toyosi Ogunseye’s story, “The Rich Also Cry”, focused on pollution in an estate in Lagos where gaseous metal had created very serious medical challenges.

The top prize went to Msindisi Fengu and Yandisa Monakali from South Africa and their story was on a students’ hostel which looked like prison cells in South Africa. Other freelance journalists who won awards were Noicola de Chaud, won with a documentary in the Culture Category and Florence Dallu in the Radio General News Category. All the 16 winners were selected from over 1,400 entries.