The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Media Awards

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Media Awards

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) announces the call for entries for the 2022 COMESA Media Awards.

The Award scheme is conducted every year to recognize and reward journalists who have contributed to regional integration by publishing and producing broadcast stories on the subject.

Eligibility

The awards are open for published and broadcasted works in the fields of print, radio, television, and online media.

Only journalists who are COMESA nationals are eligible for the competition.

The competition is open to individual journalists and not media institutions or organisations;

Languages

All works entered for the competition shall be in one of the COMESA official languages, namely English, French and Arabic.

Categories

Print Journalism

Features/articles should consist of a minimum 700 words and maximum 1,500 words published in mainstream newspapers, magazines/ journals and newsletters.

Radio Journalism

Documentary or discussion programmes of minimum 5 (five) minutes and maximum 10 (ten) minutes duration and not exceeding 15MB;

Television Journalism

Documentary or discussion programme of minimum 5 (five) minutes and maximum 10 (ten) minutes duration and not exceeding 15MB.

Online/New Media

Features/articles of a minimum 700 (seven hundred words) and maximum 1,500 (One thousand five hundred) words published in mainstream newspapers (including online editions), magazines and reputable journals.

Deadline

Entries submitted are those published or broadcasted between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.

All submissions should reach the COMESA Secretariat by 31st January 2023

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Media Awards

Scholarships for Study in Africa » Scholarships for African Students » Undergraduate Scholarships » African Women Scholarships & Grants » Developing Countries Scholarships » Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for Developing Countries » Fellowship Programs » Funding Grants for NGOs » Government Scholarships » LLM Scholarships » MBA Scholarships » PhD and Masters by Research Scholarships » Public Health Scholarships - MPH Scholarships » Refugees Scholarships » Research Grants » Scholarships and Grants