German Africa Prize
The German Africa Prize (Template:Lang-de) has been awarded annually since 1993 by the German Africa Foundation to promote peace, democracy, the social market economy and human rights. In addition to the actual funding awarded, the German Africa Prize is intended to contribute to the understanding in Germany of Africa and the development of Africa.
Prize categories
The main prize honors outstanding persons from Africa, who have made their mark on peace, democracy, human rights and sustainable development. In addition, the German Africa Prize is:
- an honorary award for Germans who have earned respect in Africa
- an award for special Africa-related journalism
- a sponsorship award for African and non-African scientists, whose theses and dissertations are particularly suited to promote the development of science, culture, democracy or social market economy in Africa.[1]
Nominations and jury composition
The award is announced by means of an annual invitation for nominations, with the participation of German representatives abroad as well as the foreign representatives of the sponsors. The award winners are decided by an independent jury which, in addition to members of the German Africa Foundation, consists of representatives of the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, the German Council on Foreign Relations and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. In additional jury members may be nominated by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, the German-African Business Association and other German political foundations.
Main award recipients
Since 1993, the German Africa Prize has been awarded to the following persons:
- 1993: Yawovi Agboyibo (Togo)
- 1994: Derek Keys and Trevor Manuel (South Africa)
- 1995: Peter A 'Nyong'o (Kenya)
- 1995: Brazão Mzula (Mozambique)
- 1996: Elizabeth Kayissan Pognon (Benin)
- 1997: Alioune Blondin Béye (Mali)
- 1998: Sir Ketumile Quett Masire (Botswana)
- 1999: Waris Dirie (Somalia)
- 2001: Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe)
- 2002: Olara A. Otunnu (Uganda)
- 2003: Alpha Omar Konaré (Mali)
- 2004: John Githongo (Kenya)
- 2005: Paul Fokam (Cameroon)
- 2006: Segolame L. Ramotlhwa (Botswana)
- 2007: Francis Appiah (Ghana)
- 2008: Trevor Ncube (Zimbabwe)
- 2009: Christiana Torpe (Sierra Leone)
- 2010: Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Ghana)
- 2011: Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed (Kenya)
- 2012: Marlene Le Roux and Pieter-Dirk Uys (South Africa)
- 2013: Muhammad Ashafa and James Wuye (Nigeria)
- 2014: Abdel Kader Haidara (Mali)[2]
- 2015: Houcine Abassi (Tunisia)[3]
- 2016: Thuli Madonsela (South Africa)[4]
- 2017: Nicholas Opiyo (Uganda)[5]
References
- ^ "Kulturpreise.de : Deutscher Afrika-Preis". www.kulturpreise.de (in German). ARCult Media. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Blanchard, Sandrine (6 October 2014). "Abdel Kader Haidara awarded Germany's 2014 Africa Prize for rescuing Timbuktu manuscripts | Africa | DW | 06.10.2014". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Interview with the man who led Tunisia to peace". The African Courier. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Pelz, Daniel Pelz (24 November 2016). "Thuli Madonsela accepts German Africa prize in Berlin | TOP STORIES | DW | 24.11.2016". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Muvunyi, Fred (5 May 2017). "Opiyo: The 2017 German Africa Prize recipient | Africa | DW | 05.05.2017". DW.COM. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Archive about award recipients from 1993 to 2013". www.deutsche-afrika-stiftung.de (in German). Deutsche Afrika Stiftung. Retrieved 22 October 2017.