The Business and Financial Times (B&FT) reporter, Kizito Cudjoe, has been shortlisted among nine other journalists for the 2021 Business and Financial Journalism Awards by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ).
The budding business journalist, who represented Africa for the First 100-Day Reporting Tour in the United States of America in 2017, is recognized for numerous works reporting on Oil and Gas, business and finance, tourism and agriculture.
Aside from his global footprints reporting on Ghana’s trade and economic relations with the rest of the world, Kizito has also been locally and internationally been recognized for his work.
He was shortlisted by IFEJ for the 2021 Business and Financial Journalism Awards along with another former editorial staff B&FT, Edward Adjei-Frimpong.
The nominees for the awards were screened by a five-member jury under the chairmanship of Prof. John Gatsi.
The other shortlisted candidates include Mrs. Ama Achiaa Amankwah Baafi (Graphic Business), Mr. Masahiro Anklilu Kunateh (The Africa Eye Report), Emmanuel Bruce (Graphic Business).
The rest are Mr. Kingsley Asare (Ghanaian Times), Maclean Kwofie (Graphic Business), Ms. Francisca Dickson Arhin (GH One TV), Kester Korankye (Graphic Business) and Adnan Adams (Economic Times).
The 2021 awards, is slated for February 25, 2022, in Accra.
It will be held under the theme “The impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Resilience and Recovery in the Ghanaian Economy” and will have Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, a medical practitioner and writer as Guest Speaker.
The awards are in partnership with the World Bank Group, The Ghana Stock Exchange, MTN, Accra Brewery Limited and Melcom Group. Others are the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Stanbic Bank and Vivo Energy Ghana.
The Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) was formed in 1990 to help develop the skills of journalists in Business and financial reporting.
