Report by Halimah Olamide
Sanlam Group, an African financial services group, has opened its call for the 2022-2023 edition of its Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism.
The group stated that the competition is open to African journalists in the print, online, radio and TV media who are based in Africa, working in an African news organisation, and publish or broadcast their journalistic work on the continent.
According to the group, the awards seeks ways to introduce Santam as a co-sponsor, and a new category on Environment, social, governance issues.
The introduction of the ESG category recognises the rise to global prominence of sustainability considerations, particularly in corporate governance, investment decision-making, government policy as well as in extreme weather conditions with a significant impact on society and business.
The winners will be selected by an independent panel of judges comprising retired business editors, media trainers, academics in journalism, and economists, some of which include Angela Agoawike, Charles, Naude, Emily May Brown, Nixon Kariithi, Paula Fray, Tom Indimuli, Ulrich Joubert, Ylva Rodny-Gumede.
Selecting the winning entries is based on criteria covering news value, impact, rigour in reporting, analytical value, originality, integrity, demonstration of specialist knowledge on the subject matter and storytelling.
The awards are a keenly contested top prize in the financial journalism landscape in Africa.
The Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism have been recognising and rewarding exceptional business journalism in Africa since 1974.