Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas Nominated Dieageo Africa Business Reporting Awards + Watch Video Of His Nominated Story!

Ghana’s investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been nominated for the Best Environment Feature award category of the 2012 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards.
His story ‘Fools Gold In Ghana’ which was televised on Al –Jazeera is facing a competition from Richard Fenton-Smith and Martin Plaut of the BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents, UK and Wycliffe Muga of the East African Flyer, Kenya.
Watch Anas’ Nominated Story Fool’s Gold in Ghana
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4T-xwFNQto

Ghana Television News’ Edward Nyarko is also competing for honours under the Tourism Feature category with Ella-Marcelle Olamiju, National Mirror, Nigeria and Nadira Peer of CNBC Africa, South Africa.
The winners of the 10 categories will be announced during the Awards ceremony in June.
The awards, which were launched in 2004, recognise the fact that excellent business journalism plays an important role in promoting Africa as a destination for investment and supporting enterprise development.
Moreover, Diageo believes that better and more accurate reporting helps to create a fair and responsible environment in which to do business.
Hundreds of entries were received from a record 27 countries across Africa and the rest of the world. A panel of eminent judges will now select the winners of each category. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony, which will be held in London on Thursday, 28 June 2012.
The finalists are (in no particular order):
BEST INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) FEATURE
– Herman Chinery Hesse Diane McCarthy (CNN African Voices, South Africa)
– Is Google good for Africa? Gemma Ware (The Africa Report, France)
– China’s Telecoms and Wireless Drums for Africa Hejuan Zhao (Caixin Century Magazine, China)
BEST FINANCE FEATURE

– Unclaimed Assets Henry Githaiga (Citizen Business News, Kenya)
– Mobile Banking Wanjohi Kabukuru (African Banker, Kenya)
– Eco-Pesa Voucher Josephat Kioko (Baraka FM, Kenya)
BEST INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURE

– Mombasa Port Causes Regional Anger Wanjohi Kabukuru (African Business, Kenya)
– Kivu Gas David McKenzie and Fabien Muhire (CNN Marketplace Africa, Kenya)
– Releasing the Floodgates of Finance Nicholas Norbrook (The Africa Report, France)
BEST AGRIBUSINESS / ENVIRONMENT FEATURE

– Ghana’s Gold Anas Aremeyaw Anas (Al Jazeera, Ghana)
– Farming Zimbabwe Richard Fenton-Smith and Martin Plaut (BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents, UK)
– Emerging Threats to East Africa Tourism and Natural Heritage Wycliffe Muga (East African Flyer, Kenya)
BEST TOURISM FEATURE

– Rare Bird Found Edward Nyarko (Ghana Television News, Ghana)
– South African commercial shows Nigeria still in search of global brand identity Ella-Marcelle Olamiju (National Mirror, Nigeria) East-3-Route Nadira Peer (CNBC Africa, South Africa)
BEST BUSINESS NEWS STORY

– South Sudan: land of opportunity, if you don’t mind risk Alexander Dziadosz (Reuters, UK)
– Cashless Policy: Experts lament low awareness among artisans, market women Adedayo Oketola (Saturday Punch, Nigeria)
– When donors are stoned, the poor pay price Frazer Potani (Africa News, Malawi)

BEST BUSINESS FEATURE

– Business in Sierra Leone Robert McKenzie and Justin Rowlatt (Business Daily on BBC World Service, UK)
– Why Kenya will find it hard to navigate through current economic storms in 2012 Christine Mungai (The East African, Kenya)
– Rising from the Ashes: Rwanda’s Bold Vision for Development Jonathan Rosen (World Politics Review, USA)
BEST NEWCOMER

-Ashlea Harvey (CNBC Africa, South Africa)
– Drew Hinshaw (The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic; USA)
– Eleanor Whitehead (This is Africa, UK)

MEDIA OF THE YEAR

– African Business (UK)
– Smart Farmer (Kenya)
– The Africa Report (France)
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

– Oliver August (The Economist, UK)
– Robyn Curnow (CNN, South Africa)
– Peter Guest (The Wall Street Journal, Wired; UK)
The winners will be decided by a prestigious international judging panel, which brings together experts from the field of media and business, as well as pan-African initiatives and organisations.
The 2012 judges are:
Ms. Zeinab Badawi, International news broadcaster Dr. Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Africa Region Mr. Stephen King, Partner at The Omidyar Foundation Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, former CEO of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Baroness Shriti Vadera, G20 Advisor and former UK government minister in the Cabinet Office, Business Department and Department for International Development
Mr. Paul Walsh (Chair), CEO of Diageo Commenting on this year’s awards, Nick Blazquez, President, Diageo Africa, said, “This year’s finalists represent the strength and diversity of African business journalism. This decade is rightly being recognised as Africa’s as investors and other observers understand in greater detail the risks and opportunities of doing business in the continent.
With entries this year received from a record-breaking 27 countries, we are pleased to see that investigative journalism on African business issues continues to develop and that an increasing number of outlets and reporters are covering the continent from a business perspective. Our finalists represent the best of business journalism on Africa and we look forward to celebrating their achievements at the ceremony in June,” continued Blazquez.