Kenyan comic series wins global award
Rob Burnet holds a trophy that Shujaaz FM won in 2012.
What you need to know:
- Shujaaz.FM partners with Nation Media Group, Safaricom and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in its creative productions.
- It uses multiple media to communicate to youth, improve their lives and discuss urgent issues that shape their future.
Kenyan multimedia comic series Shujaaz FM has won the 2014 international Digital Emmy award for its outstanding work in creating interactive digital content.
This is the second Emmy award following a similar one in 2012.
The prize was a digital Emmy under the children and young people category.
Kenya was among the three countries that scooped three top prices followed by Australia and Britain at the international digital Emmy awards on Monday, in Cannes, France.
RECOGNISE EFFORTS
“We are proud of the award that recognises our efforts in communicating to youths in a creative and meaningful way,” said Mr Rob Burnet, social entrepreneur responsible for Shujaaz.FM.
Shujaaz.FM partners with Nation Media Group, Safaricom and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in its creative productions.
It uses multiple media to communicate to youth, improve their lives and discuss urgent issues that shape their future.
