The Nation’s Senior Correspondent, Adedeji Ademigbuji and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper, Senegal have been declared joint winners of the maiden edition of media awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa.
According to a statement from the African Press Organisation (APO) Thursday Ademigbuji, won with the story “Checking the menace of fake electrical products” while Faye’s winning entry in French was titled ”Electricité – Usage des produits contrefaits : De l’insécurité dans notre confort domestique.”
The award is sponsored by Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management to eliminate counterfeiting of electrical products in Africa.
”Schneider Electric is extremely proud to award the very first Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. We were very impressed by both the quantity and quality of entries, judging was an incredibly difficult process but we were unanimous in our decision that Adedeji Ademigbuji and Birame Faye were worthy winners. On behalf of Schneider Electric, and personally, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to these two very talented journalists,” stated Mohammed Saad, President of Schneider Electric in Africa.
Both winners will soon be invited to France to receive their prizes during a ceremony which will hold in the presence of Mme Tracy Garner – Global Anti-counterfeiting Manager – Schneider Electric.
Ademigbuji is the winner of the 2013 Social Enterprise Reporting Award, SERA, in the CSR Category and the Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, Coca-Cola Prize for the Brands & Marketing Category.
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