Nigerian Journalist Wins BBC World News Komla Dumor Award

Didi Akinyelure has won the BBC World
Service News Komla Dumor Award.
A Nigerian journalist has won the second BBC World
News Komla Dumor Award. Didi Akinyelure is a prime-
time news anchor in Nigeria and presents business
news for CNBC, which broadcasts across the continent.

She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in
London in September. The award was established to
honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News,
who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.
Ms Akinyelure said Mr Dumor was someone she
admired. “He told the African story with so much
passion for the continent, giving a balanced view and
inspiring so many.” One of the judges who selected Ms
Akinyelure, BBC Africa’s Josephine Hazeley, said Ms
Akinyelure particularly excelled in telling business
stories, “which was an area Komla was also passionate
about”.
The first Komla Dumor Award was won by Ugandan
news anchor Nancy Kacungira.
She is a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and
presents business news for CNBC, which broadcasts
across the continent.
She tells the BBC, where she will start a three-month
placement in September, about her career and what
winning the award means to her.
Story First Appeared on BBC World News