The prize committee is chaired by Mr. Festus Mogae (Former President of Botswana). Other members are appointed from Africa’s regional blocs.
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Mr. Festus Mogae
Chairman of Jury
Former President of Botswana.
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Mr. Kabiru A. Yusuf
DailyTrust Representative
Chairman of the Board of Directors Media Trust Limited.
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Mr. Amadou Mahtar Ba
West Africa
CEO of African Media Initiative, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of All Africa Global Media Inc,
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Amb. Mona Omar
North Africa Rep.
Career diplomat with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a consummate educationist.
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Pastor Rigobert MINANI BIHUZO
Central Africa
Head of the Research and Socio-Political Department, Centre d’Etudes pour l’Action Sociale (CEPAS), the Democratic Republic of the CongoP.
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Ms. Gwen Lister
Southern Africa
Namibian journalist, publisher, apartheid opponent and press freedom activist.