After more than three attempts, Godwin Asediba described the win as beyond expectation. He thanked everyone who has trusted him with their stories.
The Investigative Journalist and news anchor with TV3 AND 3FM stations in Accra, impressed the judges with his deep commitment to journalism and storytelling.
He beat more than 120 applicants to clinch the Prize. Now ini t’s tenth year, the BBC News Komla Dumor award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a former BBC presenter who died suddenly in 2014 at the age of 41.
The winner spends three months at the BBC in London and then is deployed to report on a story they have pitched. Godwin is the second winner from Komla’s homeland of Ghana. Other winners have come from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia.
