Winners of the 5th Pan-African Insurance Journalism Award

The 2020 Pan-African Insurance Journalism Awards, organized by Continental Re, were presented at a virtual ceremony.

The 5^th edition of the event, which was originally scheduled to take place in Morocco in March 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Five awards were attributed in the following categories:

• Prize for the best press article written in English: Isaac Khisa from the newspaper "The Independent" Uganda.
• Prize for the best online press article written in English: David Njagi, a Kenyan freelance journalist.
• Award for the best podcast program in English: Radio Voice of Nigeria for the program "Destiny Onyemihia".
• Prize for the best article in French language in the category: written/online/broadcast press: Joel Assoko of Groupe Jeune Afrique France.
• Future Talent Award: Dominic Omondi from "The Standard Group" Kenya.

The following awards were granted:

• a sum of 2 000 USD to the winner of the Future Talent category
• an amount of 1 000 USD for the winners in each category and 500 USD for the canditates in the 2nd and 3rd places.

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