DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2022 —The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) seeks entries for the 6th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).
WAMECA 2022 will be held from October 20 – 22 in Accra, Ghana, and will focus on the theme: Media and Women Empowerment in Africa.
The first two days of the event will be dedicated to discussing various topics under the theme while the last day will be for the annual awards, which honours the best journalistic works in West Africa.
Journalists from print, electronic and online media in Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries in West Africa can apply.
Entries must have been published or broadcasted between January 1 to December 31, 2021.
WAMECA 2022 will honour outstanding works in the following categories:
Telecoms and ICTs Reporting; Oil and Gas Reporting; Business and SMEs Reporting; Anti-Corruption Reporting; Health Reporting; Environmental Reporting; Investigative Reporting; Human rights Reporting; Immigration Reporting and Women Empowerment Reporting.
The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2022.
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