2023-2024 Financial Journalism Awards
Sanlam Group Announces Shortlist for 2023-2024 Financial Journalism Awards
Sanlam and Santam, the joint sponsors of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism, today announced the shortlisted entries for the 2023 awards.
A total of 170 entries from 13 countries on the African continent were received for the 2023 competition, the highest number yet in the competition’s 49-year history.
Nixon Kariithi, chair of the independent judging panel, said: “The quality of entries remains high. It has been most encouraging to see both the high number of entries as well as the complex and topical stories spotlighted by financial journalists across the African continent.”
The 2023 Sanlam Group Financial Journalist of the Year and category winners will be announced at a gala event in Johannesburg on 25 July 2024.
Nixon Kariithi led the review of submissions and was joined on the judging panel by:
Angela Agoawike, media practitioner (Nigeria)
Emily May Brown, media studies academic (Namibia)
Freddie Rayborn Bulley, financial journalism trainer (Ghana)
Ylva Rodny Gumede, media studies and international relations scholar (South Africa)
Tom Indimuli, communications consultant (Kenya)
Ulrich Joubert, independent economist (South Africa)
Aggie Asiimwe Konde, chartered marketer, CIM Fellow and ESG adviser (Uganda)
Charles Naudé, retired editor (South Africa)
Musa Zondi, communications consultant/freelance business writer (South Africa)