Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa 2021 Winners
We are excited to announce the winners of the Gatefield-backed People Journalism Prize for Africa (PJPA) 2021. Now in its third year, the PJPA is a public service journalism initiative to recognize and reward journalists, citizen reporters, and social justice newsmakers on the continent. This year’s nominees and winners have been selected by journalists, human […]
Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa 2021 Nominees
The Gatefield-backed People Journalism Prize for Africa (PJPA) is a public service journalism initiative to recognize and reward journalists, citizen reporters, and social justice newsmakers on the continent. Now in its third year, the PJPA reached out to dozens of journalists, human rights defenders, and public opinion shapers across the continent and received nominations for […]
3 takeaways from our chat with Dr Ola Brown on Nigeria’s Sugary Drinks Tax
On January 20th, 2022, we hosted our inaugural Twitter Spaces conversation series, “Sugary Drinks Tax: A Healthcare Financing Tool in a Global Health Crisis.” The series aims to communicate the benefits of the newly introduced sugary drinks tax in Nigeria and allow stakeholders to contribute ideas on the effective implementation of the pro-health taxes towards […]
Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa 2020 Winners
Investigative journalists Hopewell Chin’ono, David Hundeyin and gender advocacy group – Feminist Coalition (FemCo) are winners of the Gatefield People Journalism Prize for Africa 2020 (PJPA). In its second year, the PJPA 2020 comes with a $3,000 reward for the selected journalists and $15,000 worth of strategic communications support to FemCo from Gatefield. Zimbabwean journalist […]
On the restriction of Gatefield’s Journalism Fund account
Gatefield is an impact-focused public strategy firm with a strong history of supporting independent journalism through funding and technical support. Through our independent corporate social responsibility arm, Gatefield Impact, we have supported and mobilized resources for dozens of Nigerian journalists and independent media organizations to tell public good stories on public health, gender violence, food […]
How to prevent a pandemic through effective communications: Lessons from COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the whole world has been thrown into a state of confusion. The World Health Organization (WHO) has just, somewhat belatedly, declared the outbreak as a pandemic. It is safe to say that this outbreak caught the world by surprise. But that’s the point of a crisis or […]
3 takeaways from Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 award ceremony
In January, Gatefield announced the launch and endowment of a public service journalism initiative branded the People Journalism Prize for Africa. On Thursday, 20th February 2020, we presented the joint winners of the PJPA 2019: Kiki Mordi and Fisayo Soyombo with their Journalists of the Year award. A special recognition award for social justice advocacy was […]
Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 Winners
Monday 20, January 2020 – ABUJA, NIGERIA: Investigative journalists Kiki Mordi and Fisayo Soyombo are winners of the People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 (PJPA). The inaugural prize is backed by a $3000 (N1,000,000) endowment from Gatefield, a Sub-Saharan Africa public strategy firm. Kiki was selected for her investigation into the horrid web of sexual […]
3 takeaways from our mental health film screening
Last week Thursday, we brought guests to our office to exclusively view “Not Exactly” – our four-part series of micro films focused on the theme of mental health. One of the highlights of the event, away from the screening, was a panel conversation titled: De-stigmatising Mental Health. The panel was moderated by Aisha Sambo, a […]
5 ways your organisation should engage with government
An African telecommunications market leader, MTN was fined by Nigerian government regulators sometime in October 2015. The company eventually paid the government a hefty sum of over US$1 billion, representing about 20% of its market capitalisation. The firm survived this regulatory action through a costly negotiation process that involved many consultants including lawyers, accountants and […]
