Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger
The Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger is endowed with 100,000 US dollars (annually). The award is given to politicians who have made a name for themselves in bringing about a sustainable end to human hunger. It is awarded by The Hunger Project , a not-for-profit organization based in New York . Conferences are also held as part of the award ceremony.
Award winners
- 1987: Abdou Diouf (President of Senegal ) and Thomas Odhiambo ( Kenya )
- 1989: Quett Masire (President of Botswana ) and Bernard Lédéa Ouédraogo ( Burkina Faso )
- 1990: Olusegun Obasanjo (President of Nigeria ) and Dr. Esther Afua Ocloo ( Ghana )
- 1991: Maryam Babangida ( Nigeria ) and Wangari Maathai ( Kenya )
- 1992: Graça Machel ( Mozambique ) and Ebrahim M. Samba ( Gambia )
- 1993: Jerry Rawlings (President of Ghana ) and Fr. Nzamujo Godfrey Ugwuegbulam
- 1994: Nelson Mandela
- 1995: Samuel Nujoma (President of Namibia ) and Joyce F. Mungherera ( Uganda )
- 1996: Amadou Toumani Touré (President of Mali ) and Chief Bisi Ogunleye
- 1997: Joyce Banda ( Malawi ) and Joaquim Alberto Chissanó (President of Mozambique )
- 1998: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (President of Uganda ) and Celina Cossa
- 1999: Nagbila Aisseta ( Burkina Faso )
- 2002: Crispus Kiyonga , Amelia Jacob ( Tanzania ), Bishop Dennis H. de Jong ( Zambia ), Tibebe Maco ( Ethiopia ), Jonah Gokova (Zambia)
- 2003: Meaza Ashenafi ( Ethiopia ) and Sara Longwe ( Zambia )
- 2006: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf ( Liberia )
- 2008: Faiza Jama Mohamed ( Somalia ) and Janet Nkubana ( Rwanda )
- 2011: Florence Chenoweth ( Liberia )
Since then there has been no award.