The project, “Leveraging the power of data and digital tools to Stop Human Rights Abuse – An iWatch, CHRAJ and Police Collaboration”, will train and empower journalists with data and digital tools to find and report on cases involving human rights abuses and corruption. The launch is set to take place at the Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana on Tuesday, 22nd October 2019 at 9:30 am prompt. Below are the profile of our facilitators;
Mawuli Tsikata
Mawuli Tsikata is a Digital Media Strategist and Data Journalist with several years of experience.
He was until December 2018, the New Media Manager at Citi FM and CitiTV in charge of the digital presence of the media house.
His leadership spurred the station on to win many awards in the Social
and Digital Media space. He is credited with the revolutionary use of
social media by the station which forced the Ghanaian media industry to
follow. He has managed respected local and multinational brand accounts
on social media and has conducted trainings for several organizations.
Mawuli is a director of iJourno Africa, the pan-African data journalism
organization that trains student journalists in Ghana and Kenya. He was
a key member of the Ghana Decides team that for the first time, made
the coverage of Ghana’s General Elections on social media an important
part of bringing information closer to the doorstep of Ghanaians. (yurtsofamerica.com)
Mawuli Tsikata is also the Lead Pastor at Grace Centre, a thriving and vibrant church of young professionals in Accra.
Prince Appiah
Profile of our facilitators-Human Rights Abuse and Corruption Project.
Prince Appiah is a passionate journalist who specialises in human interest stories.
In 2014, he received training in Human Rights Reporting by the DW
Akademie, which compelled him to interlace human rights in most of his
stories.
And in 2017, he was
selected as finalist for the Thomson Reuters Young Journalist Award on
his story that explores the human rights issues of sexual minorities in
Ghana.
In 2018, his cross border story dubbed Desert Tomatoes,
also explored the human rights abuses, extortion and trade
irregularities that Ghanaian tomato traders go through in the quest to
import fresh tomatoes from Burkina Faso to Ghana.
The ECOWAS as a
result of the story met the leadership of both parties and has drawn a
roadmap that has compelled the Burkinabe authorities to strengthen
security measures to address the problems.
Prince was adjudged
the 2018 Ashanti Region Overall Best Journalist of the Year at the Ghana
Journalists Association Regional Awards.
In July this year, he won the 2019 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leader in Agriculture Journalism Award in USA.
Manasseh Azure Awuni
Manasseh Azure Awuni (Ghana) – is an investigative journalist
specialised in corruption investigations, especially grand corruption in
government procurement. His 2017 investigation into shady sanitation
contracts in Ghana led to the cancellation of a $74million contract.
That story won him the Best Anti-Corruption reporter at the 2018 West
Africa Media Excellence Award as well as the overall Best Journalist
for West Africa in the second edition of the awards organised by the
Media Foundation for West Africa. He won the Ghana Journalists’
Association’s most promising journalist in 2011 and Overall Best
Journalist in 2012. Three persons are currently serving 6, 12 and 25
years jail terms as a result of Manasseh’s works. Manasseh’s latest
investigation, “Contracts For Sale” led to the suspension of the Chief
Executive Officer of Ghana’s Public Procurement Authority, Adjenim
Boateng Adjei.
By iWatch Africa