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Media Awards Home | Applicants | The Judges | Winners
Remarks | Quotes from winners | ECA Press Release | Picture Gallery
Remarks made by:
- Ms. Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director, Development Information Services Division (DISD), ECA
- Mr. Jac Stienen, Executive Director, International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
- Ms. Marjorie Whalen, International Development Research Center (IDRC)
Handing over of Awards:
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AISI-OSISA Category: Print, Radio, TV, and Special Award - Awards handed over by Mr. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA
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IICD Category: Local content - Awards handed over by Mr. Jac Stienen
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IDRC Category: Reporting ICT research and innovation - Awards handed over by Ms. Whalen
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OSIWA Category: Best female reporter - Award handed over by Ms. Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane
Quotes from Award Winners:
"We are deeply honored to receive this prestigious award, and would like to thank AISI and OSISA for organizing this event. We have been committed to contribute a great deal to the development of ICT in Ethiopia, and so it is especially gratifying to receive this recognition."
Frehiwot Getahun, ‘ICT Focus Magazine’, Ethiopia |
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"Je tiens à exprimer ma profonde satisfaction pour
ce prix et à feliciter toute l'equipe de la radio qui
a oeuvré pour cette reconnaissance internationale et
remercier par la meme occasion l'ensenble de nos
auditeurs dont la participation quotidienne a soutenu
nos actions.
Ce prix constitue pour nous un defi et une
responsabilite à evoluer dans cette lancee en vue de
La promotion de la bonne gouvernance à travers les
NTIC en Afrique."
Kouferidji Ramanou, Radio Afrique Espoir FM 99.1, Benin |
"Par ce que la société civile a un rôle primordiale à jouer
dans l’avènement d’une société de l’information en Afrique, je dédie ce prix à toutes les structures qui comme
l’ASSOCIATION YAM- PUKRI, travaille pour que les TIC
soient une réalité pour nos populations, surtout rurales."
Theodore Somda, Association Yampukri, Burkina Faso |
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"I am very humbled to be one of the receipents of the awards.I feel the award, although it comes in my name is victory for Zimbabwean journalism and the country as a whole. I hope my winning will inspire fellow journalist in my country to report on ICT and better our country".
Takawira Musara, ‘Dialling for Africa’, Zimbabwe |
"The honour done us with the First Prize Award of IDRC
on Reporting on ICT Research and Innovation will
definitely inspire us to work harder in order to help
bring the knowledge of the benefits of ICTs to the
greatest numbers of our peoples, first in Nigeria
which is our primary audience, and then to other parts
of Africa.
The Award will spur us to work in a much more focused
direction, realising that ICT holds the key to the
development of our continent. And as we have always
made it clear to our readers and the public:
tomorrow's economy, is the knowledged-based economy.
And indeed, permit me to add that with this award, our
work has only just started, and we shall not relent".
Mkpe Abang, IT & Telecom Digest, Nigeria |
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"Cette distinction ainsi que l’éclat de la cérémonie de remise des prix me comblent de joie. C’est une
motivation supplémentaire qui m’interpelle ainsi
que tous les journalistes africains à nous engager
davantage dans la recherche et la diffusion des
initiatives africaines sur les TICs, et dans la
conscientisation des populations sur les enjeux
de la société de l’information. L’engouement créé
autour de ce prix est un signe que nous allons
relever le défi."
Etienne Tasse, Cameroun |
"It makes me very proud because in my life the Award will be the first Award i will be getting at African level. I encourge my fellow Journalist to engage in educating and informing the public on the use of ICTs for development".
The AISI Media Award honoured to me provides an opportunity for women journalists to develop new skills and knowledge about the use of ICTs and to apply these to the task of reporting more effectively about development of ICTs in Africa. ICT research and publishing skills need to be supported and expanded in order to promote access to dissemination of information. In Africa there is also need for journalists to explore ways in which they can have access to ICTs.
I therefore lobby relevant official actors to support e- publications, columns and programs on ICTs in both print and electronic media.
Brenda Zulu, Zambia |
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