The journalists selected for the 2020 edition of the MJDA are :
- Corbin August, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa
- Asmaa Botmi-Clarke, freelance at VOA Africa and AFP, South Africa
- Sharon Tshipa, freelance at BBC Future Planet, Deutsche Welle Africalink Radio, Greenpeace International, Xinhua News Agency, SOPA Images, Botswana Guardian, Mmegi, Botswana
- Marwa tawfik, Al Ahram, Egypt
- Mantoe phakathi, freelance at Inter Press Service News and Mongabay News, Eswatini
- Eden Berhane, Ethiopian Broadcasting Service, Ethiopia
- Ayele Addis Ambelu, Africa News Channel, Ethiopia
- Albert Oppong-Ansah, Ghana News Agency and Inter Press Service, Ghana
- Samuel Hinneh, SciDev.Net and Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ghana
- Sophie Mbugua, Freelance at 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. Locally by the Daily Nation, the East African and the Star newspaper, Kenya
- Justus Wanzala, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), Kenya
- Chimwemwe Njoloma, Malawi News Agency, Malawi
- Shola Lawal, freelance at Mail & Guardian, The New York Times and the Guardian, Nigeria
- Ayoola Kassim, Channels Television, Nigeria
- Lominda Afedraru, Monitor Publications Ltd, Uganda
- Davis Buyondo, freelance at New Vision and Uganda Radio Network, Uganda
- Bai Bai Sesay, Independent Observer, Sierra Leone
- Jenifer Julius Gilla, The Guardian Limited, Tanzania
- Violet Nakamba Mengo, Zambia Daily Mail, Zambia
- Kennedy Nyavaya, NewsDay, The Standard and Zimbabwe Independent, Zimbabwe
You can read the biographies of selected journalists Here.
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