By Ogova Ondego Published July 1, 2018 An initiative that seeks to honour the best adaptation of a book to film for children or young adults invites submissions from all over the world till July 20, 2018. Stakeholders are invited…
Category: Awards
By Iminza Keboge Published May 23, 2018 The largest award for literature for children and youth in the world shall be presented on May 28, 2018. The winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), Jacqueline Woodson of the United…
By Carlos Ncube Published May 18, 2018 The Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards have nominated five African for the 2018 edition of the ceremony. The five have been nominated for the Best International Act Award and include South African rapper…
By Khalifa Hemed Published November 18, 2017 A dream-like experimental movie about a fisherman whose search for identity is questioned by a wise older man has won the Best Short Film award at the 12th annual Africa in Motion (AiM)…
By Abdi Ali and eTurboNews Published November 16, 2017 Ethiopian Airlines has, for the sixth consecutive year in a row, won Airline of the Year Award. Ethiopian won the award during the 49th Annual General Assembly of the African Airlines…
By Abdi Ali Published October 29, 2017 Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) who says he grew up in poverty and his mission in life is “to lift up millions of people out of poverty, especially farmers…
By Khalifa Hemed Published September 14, 2017 Movies from six African countries have been shortlisted for competition in Scotland in October 2017. The 12th annual Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival that shall run in Edinburgh and Glasgow from October…
By Iminza Keboge Published August 26, 2017 An off-grid energy contest in Uganda that seeks to identify and support enterprises either led by or benefitting women to compete in the global economy has announced winners for 2017. Joint Energy and…
By Irene Gaitirira Published June 8, 2017 A Nigerian writer has won the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature. And After Many Days, a novel by Jowhor Ile, earned £15000 prize money, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen, and an Etisalat-sponsored fellowship…
By Iminza Keboge Published June 2, 2017 A 21-year-old woman has won the third annual BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. Ada Hegerberg, a Norwegian striker who plays for Olympique Lyonnais in France, beat a field of five nominees in…