Investigative journalist @solomonserwanjja, who is of Ugandan descent, won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor award. He received the news when he was in Uganda.
A three-month training at the BBC in London is part of the package in winning the prestigious award.
I visited him at the BBC on 18 October, 2019 and had a mini-tour.
His TV career began at the age of 23 and he has also worked as a freelance reporter for newspapers in Uganda. He worked two years for a radio station as a presenter and later joined Uganda Broadcasting Corporation. Solomon worked three years for NTV, which is part of the Nation Media Group, the biggest media group in East Africa. Moreover, he has worked for KTN in Nairobi, which is part of the Standard Group. Currently, he works as a news anchor at NBS Television.
He developed his desire for investigative journalism when he was working for NTV. At the time, he wrote a story about how Ugandan children were adopted by people from the U.S. and Europe. Babies were sold. The investigation caused a lot of debate and led to the amendment of the Children's Act in Uganda.
BBC Africa Eye worked on an investigation with Solomon Serwanjja to expose one of the reasons why there is shortage of life saving drugs – medicine theft by some medical professionals. The anti-malaria drugs, which are free in Uganda, were sold on the black market in different countries in Africa.
The BBC Africa Eye won the 2019 AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) Investigative Television award for the 'Stealing from the Sick' documentary in London on 6 November.
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Prince Boateng is an artiste and music producer of Ghanaian descent based in Germany. He hails from a family with a music background. He is a self-taught music producer. His genres of music are diverse: Afrobeats, R&B, Afroswing, Afropop and even Hiphop.
Concerning the genesis of his music career, his love for playing the keyboard started to grow at certain point in his life and then his father Bernard Boateng bought him a keyboard. They travelled to Ghana in 2007 and went to a studio in Ghana where Prince observed what was happening there.
His dad is a Gospel artiste. Prince was living in Italy at the time.
@neellzydrighe learned to play the keyboard himself by watching tutorials on Youtube.
With regards to music production, he has produced for artistes such as Bisa Kdei, A-star and Goonman.
Neellzy Drighe’s EP will be released in 2020 and might consist of 7 to 8 tracks.
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