GHOne TV’s Ridwan beats two Kenyans to win another journalism award

General news for Thursday 25 February 2021

Source: Starr FM

02/25/2021

GHOne TV’s award-winning news anchor Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman became the best African journalist in the TV category of the Africa Climate Change and Environment Report (ACCER) 2020 awards, which were held on the sidelines of the first United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi, Kenya.

As the pandemic overwhelmed the news cycle and dominated headlines around the world, the young reporter offered a rare perspective on the disposal of used PPE and gave comprehensive coverage of waste management gaps in Ghana’s response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Ridwan’s televised article on Covid-19 waste disposal, which has already won two awards from the International Center of Journalists (ICFJ) and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), defeated two renowned Kenyan science journalists , Zeynab Wandati and Sheila Sendeyo, both of NTV Kenya to win the coveted prize.

The competition attracted over 400 entries from across the African continent.

The winners of the various prizes in the categories of the set came from across the continent, from Benin to Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Algeria.

There were at least four categories made in two languages. These were radio, print media, television and digital.

The Radio category included Aunyango Nkhoma of “ Zodiak Broadcasting Station ” in Malawi as the second finalist, Victor Faison and Mphatso Mkumpha of “ Chisomo Radio Station ” in Malawi as the first finalists, and Peter Labeja of Ugandan radio Rupiny ‘becomes the winner.

The three winners of the Radio (French) category were all from Benin in the following order: Chamsou Dine Koto Baguiri of ‘Arzèkè FM’ was the second finalist, preceded by Ernest Agbota of ‘Radio Nationale du Bénin’ as the first finalist , and finally Romain Dek Adjevi of “Radio Tokpa” as the winner of the category.

Next is the TV category (English) which has been shared between Kenya and Ghana. Kenya’sNTV ‘produced the second finalist and the first, both female. Sheilah Sendeyo and Zaynab Wandati were second and first runner respectively, while Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman of “GHOneTV” in Ghana became the winner.

The TV category (French) went to Vincent Kiendrebéogo from ‘Radio Broadcasting TV’ in Burkina Faso as second finalist, Redha Menassel from Radio Alger Chaine 3 ‘as first finalist and Togolese Daniel Addeh from Télé Sud du Cameroun channel’ as a winner.

The other category awarded by PACJA was Print (English). His second finalist was Amindeh Blaise Atabong from Cameroon, Daniel Wagema Mwangi from Kenya as the first finalist and Olatunji Ololade from Nigeria’sNation newspaper as the winner.

Five editors and communications experts sat on the selection panel that proposed the winners announced yesterday. They were Michael Simire from EnviroNews, Nigeria, Lilian Odera (KTN), Gerard Senapkon Guedegbe from Benin and Andrew Kipkemboi from Standard Group. The four worked under the direction of Emmanuel Wongibeo, who is also the deputy director of “Cameroon Radio TV”.

The Director of the United Nations Environment Program for Africa, Dr Juliette Biao, honored the occasion and delivered a televised speech declaring that they were happy to see PACJA win the fifth edition of the ACCER Awards despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic throughout 2020 when calls for submissions for the competition were launched.

“Climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution… put the well-being of the current generation at risk,” she said, adding that emissions were now 62% higher than they were. in 1990, with parts of biodiversity threatened with extinction.

The African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) Awards are a biennial initiative of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) that recognizes excellence in journalism on climate change and the environment in Africa.
The ACCER Awards 2020 are the fifth in a series and come at a time of uncertainty about climate action amid Covid-19 and other crises.

Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman is a multi-award winning broadcast journalist with over 7 years of experience.

He started his journalistic career with the JoyNews channel of Multimedia Group Limited in 2013 as a general journalist.

He is currently working at GHOneTV, one of Ghana’s most watched channels as a producer, news anchor and senior reporter.

Ridwan is the recipient of the 2018 Lorenzo Natali Media Award, a prestigious global award managed by the European Commission.

Ridwan, in May 2018, was named a finalist for the 2018 edition of the prestigious Michael Elliott Award from the International Center of Journalists.

He is Ghana’s top development journalism reporter in 2017.

He is also the recipient of the African Media Initiative Award for Best African Journalist for Peace and Security Reporting 2017 and the 2016 Best Journalist for Rural Reporting from the Ghana Journalists Association.

Ridwan holds a BA in Communication Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.