Starr FM’s Paa Kwesi Asare is Runner up in BBC World News Komla Dumor Award

Starr 103.5 FM‘s Paa Kwesi Asare has been named as one of two runner-ups for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.

In an announcement made Monday, the beep also named South African Leila Dee Dougan as the other runner up.

Asare made it out of a list of some 200 applicants.

Ugandan Journalist Nancy Kacungira won the first prize. Kacungira is currently the anchor of Prime Time Evening News on KTN where she is also the channel’s social media editor.

She will spend three months at the BBC in London and also report from Africa for the BBC TV, radio and online.

The award was established to honour the late Ghanaian broadcaster, who worked for the BBC before he died aged 41.

    “Komla Dumor was an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster who in his short life made an extraordinary impact – in Ghana, in Africa and around the world.

    “He represented a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of Africa.

    “Through his tenacious journalism and compelling storytelling, Komla worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world,” the BBC says.