Samsung boosts 2014 ACCER Awards with special prizes to winners

SAMSUNG East and Central Africa Co. Ltd has boosted the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance's 2014 ACCER Awards for journalists initiative with exciting prizes to the winners which includes television sets and iPads phones among other trophies.

The General Manager, Allan Oyier says Samsung is an environmental friendly company and is interested in working with other organizations involved in conservation and environmental protection.

“The time is too short for us to make a very big impact but we shall offer TV sets, iPads and other trophies to the winners. We also look forward to long-term partnership with PACJA on ACCER Awards on an annual basis,” he added.

Mr. Oyier also said his organization is interested in sponsoring environmental friendly software application to run together with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance's ACCER Awards.

“We want to run an award together with ACCER Awards based on the development of a software application that is environmental friendly like our air conditioners etc. The winner will get big cash and Samsung big screen television prizes,” he explained.

PACJA's Communications Manager, Dr. Joseph Kiyimba thanked Samsung for agreeing to partner with them this noble cause.

“The 2014 African Climate Change and Environmental (ACCER) Awards competition, whose climax will be a Gala Night on 23rd June 2014 will recognize outstanding climate change and environmental journalists across Africa who will scoop various Awards in this vigorous competition,” he said.

The ACCER Awards is an initiative of PACJA that seeks to recognize journalists from across Africa that have, through their reporting, contributed to the understanding and conceptualization of climate change and environment as broader issue affecting development efforts.

It also encourages constructive environmental focus in the African media, both at policy and policy implementation level and at the level of public awareness as key partners in environmental conservation and protection.

This is the second edition following the inaugural one that culminated into the Awards Gala Night that took place during the World Environment Day on 5th June 2013, bringing together 189 guests from Diplomatic Missions, UN Agencies, Civil Society, private sector, among others.