MJDA 2020 : journalistic competition

Projets – Réseau des journalistes
7 novembre 2020  
Par Julien CHAMBOLLE

For the MJDA 2020 edition, Africa 21 organize a competition on climate change in Africa with the partnership of :

 

And the support of :

Here are the applications :

1. Corbin AUGUST (South Africa), South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC),
Young climate change activisme in South Africa.
his presentation can be download Here. To see the two videos of his project :

 

2. Asmaa BOTMI-CLARKE (South Africa), VOA Africa & AFP,
The Green Corridor’s litter boom project in Durban.
to watch her work :

 

3. Sharon TSHIPA (Botswana), Freelance for BBC Future Planet, Deutsche Welle Africalink Radio, Greenpeace International, Xinhua News Agency, ,SOPA Images, Botswana Guardian, Mmegi Newspaper, Watchdog Uganda, News Day Zimbabwe & AFP
Beekeeping for poverty eradication: a reality or wishful thinking in drought-prone Botswana?
To read her work,  Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

4. Mantoe PHAKATHI (Eswatini), Freelance for IPS News & Mongabay News

5. Eden BERHANE (Ethiopia), Ethiopian Broadcasting Service

6. Ayele Addis AMBELU (Ethiopia), Africa News Channel
Wildfire in African forests; untold causes and visible effects of climate change.
To read his article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

7. Albert OPPONG ANSAH (Ghana), Ghana News Agency & InterPressService
Ocean acidification, pollution and sea rise robbing off livelihood of west side coastals.
To read his article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

8. Samuel HINNEH (Ghana), SciDev.Net & Daily Dispatch Newspaper
Drone Farming: How precision agriculture is transforming farmers livelihoods in Ghana.
To read his article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

9. Sophie MBUGUA (Kenya), Freelance for the Humanitarian, Deutsch Welle (DW), Reuters Thomson Foundation, Radio France International (RFI), News Deeply, AAAS Science, Huffpost, Scidev.net, Mail&Guardian, and the BBC Science in Action, Mongabay, New African, and Shout Africa, the Daily Nation, the East African & the Star newspaper
Are Floods, landslides, and drought dragging Kenyans to poverty, and killing them mentally?
To read her article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

10. Justus WANZALA (Kenya), KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
The besieged jewels of Yala swamp. A Feature Story on threatened three Kenyan satellite lakes near the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria.

11. Chimwemwe NJOLOMA (Malawi), Malawi News Agency
Bare villages go green.
To read her article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

12. Shola LAWAL (Nigeria), freelance journalist for the Mail & Guardian, The New York Times and the Guardian

13. Ayoola KASSIM (Nigeria), Channels Television
Climate change and protection of Elephant. Protecting Nigeria’s Elephant Population.
To watch her videos :

 

14. Lominda AFEDRARU (Uganda), Monitor Publications Ltd
Climate change could explain invasion of locusts and reduction of grasshoppers
To read her article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

15. Davis BUYONDO (Uganda), freelance for New Vision & Uganda Radio Network
How permaculture revives exhausted soils for food production.
To read his article, Click here.
To read the online version, Click here.

16. Bai Bai SESAY (Sierra Leone), Independent Observer
Sierra Leone’s Cocktail: Mudslide, Flooding and Disaster Politics.
To read his article, Click here.

17. Jenifer Julius GILLA (Tanzania), The Guardian Limited
Climate change forces villagers to relocate in Mkuranga District.
To read her article, Click here.

18. Violet NAKAMBA MENGO (Zambia), Zambia Daily Mail
How climate change threatens our lives.
To read her article, Click here.

19. Kennedy NYAVAYA (Zimbabwe), NewsDay, The Standard & Zimbabwe Independent
Snail-paced implementation of Gwanda solar project leaves a lot to be desired.
Climate change impact, reason for urgent energy transistion.
Zim’s renewable energy strategy lost in translation.
To read article 1, Click here.
To read article 2, Click here.
To read article 3, Click here.