Radio Africa CEO Quarcoo feted with Lifetime Achievement Award

Radio Africa Group CEO Patrick Quarcoo has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, by the AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit at a colourful event at Glee Hotel in Runda, Nairobi on Thursday night.

Quarcoo has been honoured at the AllAfrica Gala Dinner and Excellence Award Ceremony for his dedication and contributions, which have shaped the landscape of journalism in Africa.

In his acceptance speech, Quarcoo dedicated the award to journalists in Africa and called for more innovation in the media landscape.

“Thank you so much for the award. I want to dedicate this award to hundreds of journalists in Africa. For everybody who joins my organisation I tell them that we must create incredible media products that change countries,” Quarcoo said.

“We have an incredible responsibility to listen to our market and shape minds to make it happen.”

Other awards categories presented included the AllAfrica Titan Leadership Award in recognition of exceptional service in economic transformation and human development in Africa which was scooped by Dr Akinwumi Adesina.