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MFWA 2023 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA)

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for entries for the 7th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).

WAMECA 2023 will be held from October 19 – 21 in Accra, Ghana, and will focus on the theme: Media and Democracy in Africa.

The first two days of the event will be dedicated to discussing various topics under the theme while the last day will be for the annual awards, which honours excellent and impactful works of journalism in West Africa.

Participants in this year’s event will deliberate on the current democratic recession in Africa and come out with actionable recommendations to mobilize a continent-wide response to the rollback.

The Awards are opened to journalists from print, electronic and online media in Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries in West Africa. An applicant must be West African, working with and for a media organisation(s) based in the sub-region.

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About Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is an international non-governmental organization based in Accra, Ghana, and was founded in 1997.It campaigns against violations and attacks on freedom of the press in West Africa.Kwame Karikari was the former chairman of the organization. In 2017, the organization issued a report on the accessibility of women to social media and their online rights. It was launched in Accra. The Government of Ghana was claimed to have committed to encouraging the mentorship and interaction of women to ICT iss... read more


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MFWA West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA)


Aim and Benefits of MFWA West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA)

WAMECA 2023 will honour outstanding works of journalism in West Africa in the following categories:

  • Human Rights Reporting
  • Investigative Reporting
  • Anti-Corruption Reporting
  • Environmental Reporting
  • Health Reporting
  • Telecoms and ICTs Reporting
  • Business and SMEs Reporting
  • Migration Reporting
  • Women Empowerment Reporting
  • Oil and Gas Reporting

Requirements for MFWA West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) Qualification

  • Open to journalists from print, electronic and online media in Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries in West Africa.
  • An applicant must be West African, working with and for a media organisation(s) based in the sub-region.
  • An entry for the Awards must have been published or broadcasted between the period January 1 to December 31, 2022.

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Application Deadline

June 30, 2023


How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on www.mfwa.org to apply

Interested applicants should upload published works via the entry form. The entry should be an original work published through a media outlet in West Africa and must show the date of publication/broadcast and the medium in which the work was published. Applicants may submit entries to a maximum of two categories. For each category, a maximum of two entries is permitted.

For more details,visit Media MFWA website


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