Sanlam opens entries for 2021 financial journalism awards

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 18 -Non-bank financial services firm Sanlam has announced the opening of the 2021 Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism, one of the leading initiatives in Africa, recognizing exceptional business journalism since 1974.

This year, the judging panel will be chaired by a South Africa-based Kenyan Communication Scholar, Nixon Kariithi, who will lead a bench of eight accomplished mass communication experts and practitioners.

Another Kenyan scholar and Public Relations Consultant  Tom Indimuli will also sit in the judge’s panel.

While welcoming local journalists to consider making their submissions for the prestigious continental awards, Sanlam Kenya Group CEO  Patrick Tumbo said the awards will celebrate outstanding journalism as part of a strategic effort to deepen the value of financial journalism in Africa.

Sanlam Kenya, an operating subsidiary of the Sanlam Group- the largest non-bank financial services firm in Africa- has been supporting the initiative, producing several Kenyan winners in the last decade.

“Such awards deserve our corporate support as they help to nurture and celebrate financial journalists’. In an information economy, financial journalism will continue enjoying pride of place as a key plank that advances financial literacy for development,” Tumbo said.

The 2021 awards are open for print, radio, television, and online media. African journalists in Africa, working in an African news organization, and publishing or broadcasting their works on the continent are eligible for the competition.