The Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA), Gender Links and the GMDC convened the 2016 fifth Gender and Media Summit under the banner “Empowering women in and through the media-Providing a voice for gender equality”. The Awards were in the fields of leadership, Institutional practice, as well as in-depth Print, Radio, and Television publications and production. Journalists and media houses from Botswana submitted the following entries for the GEM Summit.
| Name | Media House | Country | Category | Entry |
| Ruth Kedikilwe | Sunday Standard | Botswana | Download | |
| Layani Elias | The Broadcasters Organisation | Botswana | Leadership | Download |
| Tswelelo Mogotsi | GabzFM | Botswana | Leadership | Download |
| Tumisang Motei | Duma FM | Botswana | Radio | Download |
