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Ugandan journalist wins BBC World News Komla Dumor Award | |
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A Ugandan journalist with a background as an entrepreneur, radio and TV reporter and presenter has won the first BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. | |
Nancy Kacungira, a television anchor for Kenya's KTN television channel, was selected from nearly 200 applicants. | |
She will spend three months at the BBC in London and also report from Africa for the BBC TV, radio and online. | |
The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41. | |
Ms Kacungira said: "I am stunned, but also ecstatic upon hearing this news. I am so greatly honoured and humbled to be the winner of this award." | |
"I owe it to the continent that I fiercely love and am dedicated to, to do my bit to expand the often dogmatic and skewed narratives that have beleaguered it for so long. | |
"To be a part of continuing Komla's legacy is such an honour it feels almost like a dream. I will do my very best to justify the great trust that I have been awarded, and ensure that the benefit of this opportunity goes far beyond myself." | |
One of the judges, BBC Africa's current affairs editor, Vera Kwakofi, said: "Nancy is incredibly smart with a breadth and depth to her knowledge and experience that comes across instantly." | |
The BBC's Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding, said: "When Komla Dumor died, it was an enormous loss to the BBC, to Africa and to all of us personally. | |
"I am delighted that in Nancy we have found an extremely passionate and talented journalist, a worthy winner of the award that we established in Komla's name." | |
Nancy grew up in Uganda where she attended Makerere University in Kampala. She has more than 14 years of experience working across a range of media in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as well as a Masters degree in communications from Leeds University. | |
She is currently the anchor of Prime Time Evening News on KTN where she is also the channel's social media editor. | |
There are two runners-up for the award: Leila Dee Dougan from South Africa and Paa Kwesi Asare from Ghana. | |
Komla Dumor was an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster who in his short life made an extraordinary impact - in Ghana, in Africa and around the world. | Komla Dumor was an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster who in his short life made an extraordinary impact - in Ghana, in Africa and around the world. |
He represented a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of Africa. | He represented a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of Africa. |
Through his tenacious journalism and compelling storytelling, Komla worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world. | Through his tenacious journalism and compelling storytelling, Komla worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world. |
The BBC is grateful for the support of Standard Chartered and other donors. | |