Two Nigerian Journalists Emerge Winners At CNN/Multichoice Awards

Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye of Sunday Punch and Tolu Ogunlesi , freelance journalist with Ventures Africa have won two categories of this year’s CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year awards.

Ogunseye, Editor, Sunday Punch won the Environment prize, while Ogunlesi, bagged the Economy and Business reporting prize.

Twenty-seven finalists drawn from 11 countries were shortlisted for the 14 categories of the award.

The event was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday, Msindisi Fengu and Yandisa Monakali of South Africa’s Daily Dispatch Newspaper emerged the overall prize winner.