BBC World News Komla Dumor Award 2025 for African Journalists (Fully Funded to work at BBC UK plus monthly stipend)

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Application Deadline:  20 March 2025 at 11.59pm GMT.

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The BBC is now accepting functions for the 2025 BBC News Komla Dumor award, which celebrates excellent journalism in Africa.

Now in its tenth yr, the award honours the legacy of Komla Dumor, the distinguished Ghanaian broadcaster and former BBC World News presenter, who left a long-lasting affect on audiences worldwide. He was famend for championing genuine and dynamic storytelling about Africa. The award is open to journalists residing and dealing in Africa who reveal distinctive storytelling expertise.

Requirements

To apply for this prestigious award, you should be presently residing and dealing as a journalist in Africa.  You should even have the next expertise and expertise: 

• Excellent journalism expertise, together with in digital and social media
• Broadcasting expertise is preferable
• An wonderful broadcasting persona, voice and powerful presenting expertise with the power to carry out at the microphone and in entrance of the digicam with aptitude
• The skill to establish and pitch a robust unique African story concept, aligned to the BBC editorial tips 
• Wide and up-to-date information and understanding of the African continent, together with politics, enterprise, tradition, historical past and sport
• Fluency in English as a primary or equal language

Benefits

• The profitable applicant will spend three months at the BBC in London with information groups throughout tv, radio, podcast and on-line. They will obtain coaching, mentorship, and the chance to analysis and report a narrative from an African nation, which will probably be aired to BBC audiences globally.
• The BBC pays for the winner’s flights to and from the UK and for their visa. The BBC will even organize and pay for the winner’s lodging in London throughout their placement. The winner will obtain a fundamental journalist wage in the course of the three months in London (tax and deductions will probably be made as applicable).

Application Requirements

• You should present a CV (most two pages) 
• You should maintain or have the option to receive by thirty first March 2025 a passport that’s legitimate till at least thirty first January 2026
• You should not be a present or former member of BBC employees
• If profitable, your employer should be keen to launch you for three months from September 2025  for you to journey by yourself to take up your placement in London
• The visa requires that you just maintain a level or are finding out in direction of a level equal to a UK Bachelor’s diploma from a recognised college
• References, proof of employment, delivery certificates, passport, an applicable UK visa and proof of stage of English will probably be required from shortlisted candidates

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award