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2021 ESSAY Competition WINNERS

Essay question: How can laws protecting (or restricting) free speech impact upon economic development?

IBAF Lexlead Group 2021 winning essays (1) (25Aug2022) (pdf)Download

Ms Mwendabai KAITWA

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador

University of Lusaka, Zambia 

Honouree: Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador

University of Malawi, Malawi 

Sponsor: Allen & Overy

Mr Osman YUSUF

Mr Patrick ZINDIKIRANI

Mr John SENABULYA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador

University of Malawi, Malawi 

Sponsor: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Mr John SENABULYA

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

Mr John SENABULYA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador

Law Development Centre, Uganda

Sponsor: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Sponsor: Claude Moore Charitable Foundation

Mr Davis SIBANDE

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

Mr Joseph DG MATIMBA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Malawi, Malawi

Sponsor: DLA Piper

Mr Andrew Gift UMALI

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Malawi, Malawi

Sponsor: Mayer Brown International

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
Ghana School of Law, Ghana

Sponsor: LEX:Africa Alliance

Mr Yerro BAH

Mr Mowbray JONES-NELSON

Mr Yerro BAH

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of the Gambia, Gambia

Sponsor: LEX:Africa Alliance

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Sponsor: Launch Legal

Mr Nathan CHOLA

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Lusaka, Zambia

Sponsor: Linklaters

Ms Emenyo Afi NUTAKOR

Mr Awoke MITKU TAMRAT

Ms Emenyo Afi NUTAKOR

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Ghana, Ghana

Sponsor: Linklaters

Ms Audrey Ofori ARMAH

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

Ms Emenyo Afi NUTAKOR

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Ghana, Ghana

Sponsor: Launch Legal

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Zambia, Zambia

Sponsor: Matthew Weldon

Mr Kudzai BUSHU

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

Ms Agatha Mutale MULENGA

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Sponsor: Claude Moore Charitable Foundation

Mr Gutema KAJELA

Ms Tupalishe MULWAFU

Ms Tupalishe MULWAFU

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Sponsor: Travers Smith

Ms Tupalishe MULWAFU

Ms Tupalishe MULWAFU

Ms Tupalishe MULWAFU

☆ Lex:lead Ambassador
University of Malawi, Malawi

Sponsor: Travers Smith

Certificates of Honourable Mention:

 Ms Lushomo MIYOBA, University of Zambia, Zambia 

Mr Samuel Mutoloki MULEYA, University of Zambia, Zambia 

Mr Dereje ASHENAFI, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

Mr Ezekiel NYUNDULWA, University of Iringa, Tanzania

Ms Akua TWUMASI, University of Ghana, Ghana

Ms Constance Mwila MULENGA, University of Zambia, Zambia

Ms Semira MOHAMMED, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

Ms Regina MWALA, University of Zambia, Zambia 

Mr Bongani SINGO, University of Zambia, Zambia 


Special Mention:

Ms Metrine NABWIRE, Law Development Centre, Uganda

Ms Ohemaa NIMO-BAFFOUR, University of Ghana, Ghana


Judges

Dr Migai Akech (Kenya)

Mr Saad Alfarargi (Egypt)

Mr Anurag Bana (India)

Ms Paige Berges (USA)

Ms Susan Brice (UK)

Dr Petra Butler (Germany)

Mr James Carter (UK)

Mr Cuthbert King Chanetsa (South Africa)

Dr Carolin Crabbe (USA)

Dr Laura-Stella Enonchong (Cameroon)

Ms Helen Fovargue (UK)

Mr Ganiyou Gassikia (Benin)

Mag. Stefaan Ghesquiere (Belgium)

Mr Abdallah Gonzi (Tanzania)

Ms Bunafsha Gulakova (Tajikistan)

Mr Tyler Holmes (USA)

Ms Dianna Kempe JP QC (Bermuda)

Mr Stuart Kerr (USA)

Ms Marianna Kosharovsky (Ukraine)

Justice Susan Lamb (New Zealand)

His Lordship Mr Justice Iain Morley QC (UK)

Professor John Mukum Mbaku (Cameroon)

Judge Aminatta LR N'Gum (Gambia)

Judge Prisca Nyambe (Zambia)

Dr Conrad Nyamutata (Zimbabwe)

Dr Alex Obote-Odora (Uganda)

Dr Violet Odala (Malawi)

Mr Steve Onwuasoanya (Nigeria)

Ms Sun-Hee Park (Korea)

Hon. Justice Dr Melissa Perry (Australia)

Dr Marta Pertegas (Spain)

Dr Nicole Pierce (Jamaica)

Mr Mark Ramsay (Australia)

Ms Deborah Smith (USA)

Professor Francis Ssekandi (Uganda)

Mr Phillip Tahmindjis AM (Australia)

Ms Deniz Tamer (USA)

Dr Guan Tang (China)


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