The 2019 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) opens at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, October 17. The event, which is being held from October 17-19, is focusing on theme:...
- October 16, 2019
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has announced the list of finalists for the 2019 edition of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2019). This year’s event will be held on Saturday, October 19, at the Swiss...
- October 1, 2019
Chairperson of the Information Regulator of South Africa, Pansy Tlakula, has been selected as Guest of Honour for the 2019 edition of the West Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). The Former African Commission Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression...
- October 1, 2019
The third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA 2019) has attracted 724 entries from 15 countries across West Africa, up from last year’s 600 entries from 12 Countries. Scheduled for October 17-19, 2019, at the...
- July 31, 2019
Two previous winners of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) have been selected to participate in a two-day training workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for outstanding journalists across Africa on the protocols and mechanisms of the African...
- July 17, 2019
Fifty influential media organisations across the West Africa region are partnering the MFWA for this year’s West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA 2019). The media outlets which are made up of radio, TV, online and newspapers are contributing...
- July 4, 2019
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for submissions for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). WAMECA 2019 is slated for October 17-19 in Accra, Ghana and will focus on the...
- May 2, 2019
After several reflections on its work of promoting press freedom and media development in West Africa, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in 2017 initiated what has now become the biggest and most anticipated journalism event in the region...
- April 26, 2019
From October 17 -19, 2019, experts from across West Africa and beyond will gather in Accra, Ghana, for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). Journalists, media professionals, editors, academics, freedom of expression advocates,...
- April 23, 2019
The story adjudged the best anti-corruption report at the 2018 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference Awards (WAMECA) has resulted in the cancellation of questionable waste bins procurement contracts worth $74 million (GHs 362 million) by the government of Ghana....
- January 10, 2019
After successfully organising the 2018 edition, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has scheduled the 2019 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) for October 18-19. The 2019 edition will be the third since the...
- November 7, 2018
