Zhi Georgiou

Nalova Akua is 2022 winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. The award which honours up-and-coming journalists in Africa who strive to strengthen people's voices and improve their well-being came with a reporting grant and a two-week internship at The Economist headquarters in London.  In 2023, Nalova was shortlisted for BBC Komla Dumor Award - an award established to honour Komla Dumor, an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster and presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. In 2024, he was shortlisted for the True Story Award, which is a global journalism prize that aims to increase the diversity of perspectives in the media, organized by the True Story Foundation in partnership with Reportagen Festival Bern.
In 2021, Nalova was among the five best young journalists from across Africa selected to attend and cover the Global Landscapes Forum as Climate Tracker Media Fellows which came with a long form storytelling grant. Nalova has also won the Francis Wache Inaugural Young Journalist Award which honours outstanding print journalism in Cameroon. Cameroon's foremost newspaper, The Guardian Post, awarded the 2022 Best Journalist Award to Nalova for his "rare mastery of investigative journalism".
Nalova's works have appeared on the BBC, Euronews, The Epoch Times, Zenger News, African Arguments, EL PAÍS, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
He has distinguished himself in the increasingly competitive media industry by writing stories that serve society, articles that give a voice to the unheard, and writing that puts the spotlight on issues that would otherwise have remained in the shadows. 
 Top Skills: 
-BSc in Journalism.
-A thorough investigator with a strong commitment to protecting sources.
-Expert in interviewing, reporting, fact-checking, and working on a deadline. 
-Proven ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment. 
-Adept at delivering news as it develops on all up-to-date and forthcoming platforms.