Awards
- Journey through Eritrea (1996)
- Journey through Ethiopia (1995)
- Battle on the Roof of the World (1989) – conflict in Kashmir
- Africa Calvary (1985) – on the famine in Ethiopia
- A Journey without Maps (2002) – conflict in Liberia
- Refusing to Die – A Kenyan Story (2004)
- Mo & Me (2006)
- So You Think You Know Africa (2006)
- Eritrea: A Nation Held Hostage (2009)
- Kikulacho – The Bite Within (2010)
- A Continent on the Move (2012)
- Finding Mandela (2013)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Mother Liberia (2013)
- Haile Selassie: The Pillar of Modern Ethiopia (2014)
- Reliving Hotel Rwanda (2014)
- Big Mouth and the Somali Pirates (2014)
- The Sound Man (2016)
- Stop Violence Against Children (2006) UNICEF Series
- Brand Uganda (2006) Promotional feature for CNN
- Sights and Sound of Nigeria (2005) Promotional feature for CNN
- Gender Mainstreaming in Provision of Water and Sanitation (2006)
- Nobel Peace Prize Coverage (2004)
- Mo Ibrahim African Leadership Award (2006)
- Mo Ibrahim African Leadership Award (2011)
- Mohamed Amin - Member of the Order of British Empire (MBE) 1991
- We Are the World Award presented for USA for Africa (1995)
- Kenya Journalist of the Year Award (1984)
- Cameraman of the Year, British Television Awards (1969)
- CNN African Journalist of the Year Award (2004)
- Mo & Me Best Documentary Award New York
- International Film Festival (2007)
- Mo & Me Chairperson’s Prize Zanzibar
- International Film Festival (2007)
- November 2016 – Association of International Broadcasting Award for The Sound Man
- May 2013 – The Houston International Film Festival – Silver Remi Award for Revisiting Korem – Walking in a Father’s Footsteps
- October 2011 – Fellow of the African Leadership Network
- November 2010 – Fellow of Africa Leaders 2.0
- CNN African Journalist of the Year Award (2004)
- Mo & Me Best Documentary Award New York
- April 2009 – Kappa Tau Alpha Outstanding
- Mo & Me Chairperson’s Prize Zanzibar
- International Film Festival Initiative (A.L.I.) and Aspen Global Leadership Network
- September 2009 – Kalasha Kenya Awards – Best
- Documentary of the Decade for MO & ME
