Nigerian journalist wins BBC world news Komla Dumor award

A Nigerian journalist has won the second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. 

Didi Akinyelure is a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and presents business news for CNBC, which broadcasts across the continent. 

She will start a three-months placement at the BBC in London in September. 

The award was established to honor Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died  in 2014. 

Miss Akinyelure said Mr. Dumor was someone she admired. The first Komla Dumor Award was won by Ugandan news anchor, Nancy Kacungira. 

SOURCE: BBC