WAXAL — Blogging Africa Awards - 2008 Edition: the winners

WAXAL (pronounced WA-HAL) means “speak” in Wolof (Senegalese language) and the word captures the essence of the evolution of the worldwide web as a platform for conversation and for the raising of marginalized voices.

For this first edition, the WAXAL Awards seeked to recognize the production of blogs by people working as journalists (from all kind of media: print, online, radio, TV) and by African organizations working to favour the production of alternative information and citizen expression.

An initiative of Panos Institute of West Africa with the partnership of Highway Africa and Global Voices.

See the full list winners’ and congratulated blogs on Waxal Africa Blogging Awards blog .

Award ceremony on March 9th, 2009 at the Just 4 You in Dakar!

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