Eight female African Journalists have scooped different awards this year at the second Gender and Media Awards (GEM) while three went to men. Four awards were taken by Zimbabweans, two by South African, and Swaziland and Seychelles each grabbed one. The competition was highly contested compared to the last summit of 2004 with 187 entries from 13 submissions. 108 female journalists and 79 male journalists entered submissions in 11 categories.