Apply for WAN-IFRA’s African Digital Media Awards

DEADLINE: MAY 25, 2021 —WAN-IFRA’s African Digital Media Awards is currently accepting entries from news publishers in Africa.

The 2021 Digital Media Awards seeks entries from any of these categories:

• Best News Website or Mobile Service
• Best Use of Online Video (including VR)
• Best Data Visualization
• Best Digital Marketing Campaign for News Brand
• Best Paid Content Strategy
• Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign
• Best in Audience Engagement
• Best Project for News Literacy
• Best Trust initiative

All entries must have been published between January 2020 and December 2020.

Applicants will pay a fee of EUR 50 per entry.

The deadline for applications is May 25th, 2021.

APPLY HERE

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