Winners of the 2025 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards

Continental Re held the Pan-African Insurance and Reinsurance Journalism Awards ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on 8 April 2025.

For this 10^th edition, over 150 entries were received from 19 African countries, spanning English-speaking, French-speaking, and Arabic-speaking regions.

The first “Overall Winner” award, worth 2 000 USD, was presented to Patrick Alushula of Nation Media Group (Kenya) for his article entitled “Data privacy penalties’ pain fuels uptake of cyber insurance”.

In addition to this first prize, cash awards of 1 500 USD, 1 000 USD and 500 USD were given to the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd winners respectively in each of the following categories:

Broadcast - English

• Winner: Blessing Ifechukwude (Nigeria)
• 1^st runner-up: Destiny Onyemihia (Nigeria)
• 2^nd runner-up: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman (Ghana)

Print media - English

• Winner: Patrick Alushula (Kenya)
• 1^st runner-up: Isaac Khisa (Uganda)
• 2^nd runner-up: Nanjinia Wamuswa (Kenya)

Online press - English

• Winner: Okello Jesus Ojala (Uganda)
• 1^st runner-up: Nelson Mandela Muhoozi (Uganda)
• 2^nd runner-up: Etornam Agbemor (Ghana)

Online, print and broadcast media - French

• Winner: Rabo Oumarou (Burkina Faso)
• 1^st runner-up: Ghassan Waïl El Karmouni (Morocco)
• 2^nd runner-up: Bahwa Ferdinand (Burundi)

Online, print and broadcast media - Arabic

• Winner: Eslam Sherif (Egypt)
• 1^st runner-up: Ibraheem Issa (Egypt)
• 2^nd runner-up: Mohamed Azab Tawfik (Egypt)

More details on the winners and their work are available on: https://www.continental-re.com/fr/2025/04/08/annonce-des-laureats-du-10e-prix-panafricain-du-journalisme-de-la-reassurance/