Post by dansoye1 on Apr 25, 2016 18:58:31 GMT
PUNCH correspondent wins Africa’s best Insurance reporter’s award
A Chief Correspondent with The PUNCH, Nike Popoola, has been named as the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalist of the Year at the first Pan-African Re/Insurance awards.
Popoola was announced as the overall winner out of three winners that emerged from the categories of awards at the maiden edition of the journalism award night which took place at Eden Bleu Hotel, Eden Island in Seychelles on Thursday.
The award night was part of activities lined up at the third Chief Executive Officers’ summit for African operators which was sponsored by Continental Reinsurance Plc, Africa’s largest private reinsurer, outside South Africa.
Chief executive officers and directors from different insurance and broking firms in African countries participated at the event.
Popoola won with her article, ‘Battle of wits: local, foreign firms jostle for reinsurance deals.’
A News Editor with The Business & Financial Times, Ghana, Evans Boah-Mensah, won the Best Re/Insurance Industry Analysis and Commentary Award with his article, ‘Life insurance growing through micro and risk schemes.’
Steve Mbogo of Commercial Risk Africa and the Financial Mail, Kenya, also won the Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Award with his article, ‘From small acorns grow mighty oaks’
A former Executive Director, Jeune Africa, Paris, and founder of an international publishing company, IC Publications, Mr. Afif Yedder, was the chairman of an independent panel of six jury members that assessed and evaluated the entries from across Africa.
Yedder noted that close to 100 entries from French and English speaking journalists across Africa were received during the inaugural journalism awards, while 23 finalists were shortlisted from which the judges selected the three winners.
He said, “The quality of most entries was excellent. Journalists in Africa can be among the best in the world.”
Media Commissioner of Seychelles, Mr. Larry Cherty, while congratulating the winners, said the media should be a channel of change to improve the lives of the people.
Group Managing Director, Continental Re, Dr. Femi Oyetunji said, the award was an extension of the firm’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence in the industry.
“The awards have been set up to improve and develop insurance and reinsurance reporting in Africa and to encourage journalists to develop their knowledge and expertise, as well as recognise the outstanding work of media from across Africa,” he said.
Other members of the judging panel included a presenter with BBC Afrique’s flagship TV Show, Ms. Leone Quedraogo; a Technical Director of Airmic, the UK Association of Risk and Insurance Professionals, Ms. Julia Graham; Financial Times African Affairs Specialist, Mr. Williams Wallis; One of British Television’s most respected business and economics editor, Mr. Michael Wilson; and a former Editor, Press Association of London, Prof. Jonathan Grun.
www.punchng.com/punch-correspondent-wins-africas-best-insurance-reporters-award/
A Chief Correspondent with The PUNCH, Nike Popoola, has been named as the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalist of the Year at the first Pan-African Re/Insurance awards.
Popoola was announced as the overall winner out of three winners that emerged from the categories of awards at the maiden edition of the journalism award night which took place at Eden Bleu Hotel, Eden Island in Seychelles on Thursday.
The award night was part of activities lined up at the third Chief Executive Officers’ summit for African operators which was sponsored by Continental Reinsurance Plc, Africa’s largest private reinsurer, outside South Africa.
Chief executive officers and directors from different insurance and broking firms in African countries participated at the event.
Popoola won with her article, ‘Battle of wits: local, foreign firms jostle for reinsurance deals.’
A News Editor with The Business & Financial Times, Ghana, Evans Boah-Mensah, won the Best Re/Insurance Industry Analysis and Commentary Award with his article, ‘Life insurance growing through micro and risk schemes.’
Steve Mbogo of Commercial Risk Africa and the Financial Mail, Kenya, also won the Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Award with his article, ‘From small acorns grow mighty oaks’
A former Executive Director, Jeune Africa, Paris, and founder of an international publishing company, IC Publications, Mr. Afif Yedder, was the chairman of an independent panel of six jury members that assessed and evaluated the entries from across Africa.
Yedder noted that close to 100 entries from French and English speaking journalists across Africa were received during the inaugural journalism awards, while 23 finalists were shortlisted from which the judges selected the three winners.
He said, “The quality of most entries was excellent. Journalists in Africa can be among the best in the world.”
Media Commissioner of Seychelles, Mr. Larry Cherty, while congratulating the winners, said the media should be a channel of change to improve the lives of the people.
Group Managing Director, Continental Re, Dr. Femi Oyetunji said, the award was an extension of the firm’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence in the industry.
“The awards have been set up to improve and develop insurance and reinsurance reporting in Africa and to encourage journalists to develop their knowledge and expertise, as well as recognise the outstanding work of media from across Africa,” he said.
Other members of the judging panel included a presenter with BBC Afrique’s flagship TV Show, Ms. Leone Quedraogo; a Technical Director of Airmic, the UK Association of Risk and Insurance Professionals, Ms. Julia Graham; Financial Times African Affairs Specialist, Mr. Williams Wallis; One of British Television’s most respected business and economics editor, Mr. Michael Wilson; and a former Editor, Press Association of London, Prof. Jonathan Grun.
www.punchng.com/punch-correspondent-wins-africas-best-insurance-reporters-award/