Innovative journalists from Africa are eligible for these awards.

The Telkom-Highway Africa New Media Awards 2012, sponsored by Telkom, will recognize African journalists for using digital technology in creative and innovative ways. Winners will be announced at this year's Highway Africa conference, which will take place at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.

The awards span three categories: innovative newsroom, best African ICT blog and innovative use of technology for community engagement.

Each entry should serve to advance press freedom in Africa, encourage social empowerment amongst marginalized communities and highlight creative use of global technology to benefit Africa’s overall media development.

The application deadline is August 24.

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