Cavendish University Uganda Alumna receives Media Challenge Award

Congratulations to Flavia Tumusiime, an Alumna of Cavendish University Uganda for having received "The Rose Mary Nakabirwa Best Female News Anchor Award". This was during the 2019 Media Challenge Awards’ Ceremony which was held on 24th November, 2019 at Serena Hotel, Kampala. This award recognises a female news anchor who represents a nexus of all the elements of news presentation and was named in memory of the former meticulous news anchor, Rose Mary Nankabirwa. The award goes to a female news anchor identified by media students as the best engaging news presenter in the English language category.

The Media Challenge Awards are organised by the Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) as a means of honouring and celebrating individuals and organisations doing exceptional work in the media industry in Uganda. The awards recognise the best of student journalism and mainstream media.

At the same ceremony, 3 CUU journalism students managed to walk away with Awards for the Best Business news story, Best Technology news story and Best Climate change feature story.

CUU is proud of all these victories and congratulates all the award winners.

View the list of Media Challenge Awards winners 2019