{A Nigerian journalist has won the second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.
\nDidi Akinyelure is a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and presents business news for CNBC, which broadcasts across the continent.}<\/p>\n
She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September.<\/p>\n
The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.<\/p>\n
Ms Akinyelure said Mr Dumor was someone she admired.<\/p>\n
“He told the African story with so much passion for the continent, giving a balanced view and inspiring so many.”<\/p>\n
One of the judges who selected Ms Akinyelure, BBC Africa’s Josephine Hazeley, said Ms Akinyelure particularly excelled in telling business stories, “which was an area Komla was also passionate about”.<\/p>\n
The first Komla Dumor Award was won by Ugandan news anchor Nancy Kacungira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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