Sani Mohammed Maikatanga, a popular photojournalist from Kano State has won the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Africa Award 2022 Photo Competition with the most votes.
With this milestone, Maikatanga has become the first Kano indigene to win the award.
Maikatanga won the award with his photograph, Fishers on the Run, taken at the Argungu Fishing Festival in 2020.
Born in Kano city, Maikatanga started his sojourn in photojournalism in 2000, when he became a reporter and photographer with FIM magazine, a Kannywood Film industry tabloid that brings news about Hausa film artists.
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The illustrious career of Maikatanga at FIM magazine spanned to 9 years where, at the same time, he became a photographer and reporter at LEADERSHIP from 2005- 2006.
In 2009, Maikatanga’s career took another giant milestone where he was employed by Media Trust, publishers of Daily Trust newspaper, where he bowed out in 2021.
‘Fishers On The Run’, the pic with which Maikatanga won the award
Apart from the latest GLF award, Maikatanga has won many accolades in his decorated photojournalism career.
Some of the awards and certificats of honors received by Maikatanga include; Award of Excellence by FASHMEX Nigeria Limited Kaduna
2020.
Maikatanga in action in one of his photo escapades in Niger Republic
– Award of Excellence by Inspire Arewa Youth Initiative
2020.
– Inspirational and Creativity Award by Rescue the women
Foundation (REWOFO) on 11th of January 2020.
– Second prize Winner of the photo contest award, China –
Nigeria friendly in pictures contest. Organised by the embassy of
the people’s republic of China and federal republic of Nigeria to
mark the 70th anniversary of founding of republic of China, 2019.
– Certificate of participation, The Now Collective photography conference in Lagos, 2019.
– Award of Merit on contributions toward empowering Youths
by Northern Trendz awards 2019.
– Best photographer by Arewa in Ghana group, 2018.
– Best Arewa Photojournalist by Sautin Arewa Rntertainment, 2018.
– Best supporting photographer by Gamji Pearls Kaduna, 2017.
– Best brand photographer of the year by Kaduna fashion and award, 2017.
– Best Enterpreneur for outstanding achievement photography industry by KDC Award 2016.
-Certificate of merit award by Youth observers forum on democracy and the press. 2009. As Photojournalist with Daily Trust newspapers.
– Merit award by Iyan Tama Multimedia Nig. LTD. Kano for tremendous contribution and support to the growth and development of Hausa movie industry. 2010.
– Award excellence by Yahoo Group
([email protected]). Toward the contribution on
film industry for over 10 years of FIM Magazine famous hausa
mujallar, 2007, among others.
Maikatanga is happily married with wife and children in Kano state.
