Tusk held its 2025 Conservation Awards at The Savoy, where the Prince of Wales honoured three conservationists from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya.
Tusk held its Conservation Awards at The Savoy on the Strand on Wednesday 26 November 2025, where the Prince of Wales honoured three conservationists from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya.
Charlie Mayhew founded Tusk to fund conservation across Africa. The charity established the awards in 2013, in partnership with the investment house Ninety One and in conjunction with the Prince of Wales.
The awards exist for people whose work protecting Africa’s wildlife might otherwise go unnoticed. Each carries a three-year grant.
The Prince William Award is a lifetime award worth £100,000. The Tusk Award gives £75,000 to a mid-career conservationist, and the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award gives £30,000 to an individual in the field.
The broadcaster Liz Bonnin hosted the 2025 ceremony, and the Prince gave the keynote. Kumara Wakjira, Director-General of the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, took the Prince William Award after more than 30 years protecting Ethiopia’s wildlife.
Rahima Njaidi won the Tusk Award for leading MJUMITA, Tanzania’s community forest network of more than 15,000 members. The ranger award went to Laban Mwangi, Head Ranger of the Mountain Bongo Project in Kenya. He has spent two decades guarding the critically endangered mountain bongo.