2022 Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism now open for entries

– The BIHL Group, in association with Sanlam, welcomes entries for the 2022-2023 Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. The competition is open to African journalists based in Africa, working in an African news organisation, and publishing or broadcasting their works on the continent.  Entries must have been published between 1 January and 31 December 2022 and cover financial journalism across print, radio, television, and online platforms.

“We continue to see incredible standards of excellence in the media space in Botswana, with our local journalistic talent celebrated and acknowledged on many occasions. Platforms such as this see opportunity for that recognition to be taken further, and so we encourage our colleagues in the media space to consider submitting their work. Let us show the continent the journalism talent in our borders!” said Tebogo A. Keepetsoe, the BIHL Group PR, Communications & Marketing Manager. 

Entries have  opened this year with the introduction of a new category and a new co-sponsorship.  The awards are now co-sponsored by the Sanlam Group subsidiaries, Sanlam and Santam. With the addition of two new ESG categories, the categories below are open to journalists from Botswana, from print and online media:

  • The African Growth Story
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Business and the Environment
    • Business and Society
  • Broadcast: Radio/Audio/Podcasting (in business reporting)
  • Broadcast: Television/Video (in business reporting)

The independent judging panel consists of Nixon Kariithi (chair of the panel); Paula Fray (Expert media trainer); Charles Naude (Retired business editor); Ulrich Joubert (Retired independent economist); Ylva Rodny Gumede (Professor of media studies and international relations); Angela Agoawike (Communications consultant based in Nigeria); Tom Indimuli (Media consultant based in Kenya) and Emily May Brown (Media studies lecturer based in Namibia).

Mmegi’s own Mbongeni Mguni in 2022 was awarded the African Growth Story Second Runner-up prize for his entry, demonstrative of the ability of Botswana media to make their mark through the platform, recognising their own reputations for journalistic excellence.