PREMIUM TIMES overseas affairs and diaspora reporter, Beloved John, has emerged because the Runner-up within the ESG: Enterprise and Society class of the 2024 Sanlam Monetary Journalism Awards, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday.
A few of Ms John’s entries thought-about for the awards are: INVESTIGATION: Milk or Mimic: Nigeria’s dairy market, a hub for inferior EU merchandise and Inexperienced Power’s Soiled Secret: Unlawful lithium commerce thrives in Oyo.
She was initially shortlisted alongside Gouba Emmanuel of Data Nature, Burkina Faso; Rob Rose of Foreign money Information, South Africa; and Deogratius Wamala of Day by day Monitor, Uganda.
Rob Rose of Foreign money Information, South Africa, was introduced the winner of the class.
Different winners
Dewald van Rensburg of amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, South Africa, emerged winner of the Enterprise and Corporations class; Mahamadi Sidwaya, from Burkina Faso, received the African Development Story for the second 12 months in a row; Deogratius Wamala of the Day by day Monitor clinched the Finest Newcomer award; Vernon Wessels of Foreign money Information, South Africa, received the Economic system class; and Giulietta Talevi, additionally of Foreign money Information, received the Monetary Markets class.
Different winners are: Sikonathi Mantshantsha, Alfonso Nqunjana and Sharlene Rudolph News24, who received the ESG: Enterprise and the Surroundings class; Maya on Cash, South Africa, received the Client Monetary Training class; Devi Govender of The Devi Present on eTV, South Africa, received the Broadcast: TV&Video class; Ryk van Niekerk, Geldsake, RSG, received the Broadcast: Audio class.
The 2025 Sanlam Group Monetary Journalist of the 12 months Award went to Ryk van Niekerk of the Cash Net. Mr Niekerk can also be the editor and RSG Geldsake radio information presenter.
“His reporting has knowledgeable the general public, generated public debate and triggered regulatory scrutiny,” the organisers mentioned.
Sanlam Awards
The Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Monetary Journalism have recognised and rewarded distinctive enterprise journalism in Africa since 1974.
This 12 months, the award attracted 237 entries from 17 international locations throughout the African continent, the organisers mentioned, noting it’s the highest entries ever within the competitors’s 50-year historical past.
About Ms John
Beloved John is a Nigerian journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, the place she covers overseas and diaspora points. She has three years of expertise and has reported for notable Nigerian media shops, together with OrderPaper and the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR).
She has contributed considerably to analysis and reporting throughout a variety of topics, together with overseas coverage and diaspora affairs, well being, spiritual extremism, insecurity, and the Nigerian Nationwide Meeting.
In 2023, her investigative report on Pseudo Honorary Levels from an establishment owned by a former public workplace holder in Nigeria, the London Graduate College, emerged because the runner-up for the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting.
Whereas working as a reporter with OrderPaper, she extensively lined the Home of Representatives, producing in-depth reviews on parliamentary oversight, finances debates, legislative transparency, and accountability in governance.
Since becoming a member of PREMIUM TIMES, she has produced consequential reviews on well being and overseas coverage. In latest months, she has reported extensively on the influence of the USAID funding minimize on native communities and weak teams in Nigeria, shedding mild on how worldwide coverage shifts have an effect on lives on the bottom.
Her work displays a robust dedication to evidence-based journalism.
When she will not be working, Beloved enjoys studying, spending time with associates, binge-watching interval dramas, and enjoying video games.
