New Report: South Africa & The Media

2011 in review - looking ahead to 2012

Exclusively for the regional media programme of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Chris Roper (photo) reviews the media year 2011 in South Africa. The online editor of the continent’s leading weekly “Mail & Guardian” also looks ahead and points out the challenges in 2012. Read the full regional report from Johannesburg here – more…

KAS E-lection Bridge Africa presents:

The first interview of 2012 - with Michelle Fondo from Kenya

The KAS initiative "E-lection Bridge Africa" is continuing its successful web activities in 2012: The first interview of the year features Michelle Fondo from Kenya (photo) who is active in the presidential election campaign in that country. Read the whole interview now - more…

New Projects in Sub-Sahara Africa

For a "Culture of Innovation"

New ways for a continent on the move: KAS Media Africa supported its strategic partner, African Media Initiative (AMI) in the newly founded African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) - a project that offers one million U.S. Dollars for the most innovative media project. Now read more…

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Welcome

to the KAS Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa! A free and independent media is crucial for democracy. So, we are committed in the region to a diverse media landscape, the monitoring role of journalism, as well as ethically-based political communication, with particular attention paid to digitalisation.

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Events

Feb. 11
Workshop

Investigative Journalism & Local Television

Opening session 2012 – Part 1 of 5: Training for TV journalists

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Previous events

Feb. 6 - 7
Workshop

E-lection Bridge Africa West

Political Communication in Ghana

Nov. 9 - 11
Convention

African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF)

The continent’s premier marketplace for media owners

Oct. 31 - Nov. 2
Congress

Power Reporting: the African Investigative Journalism Conference 2011

Regional conference in Johannesburg

Publications

South Africa & The Media: Looking Back At 2011, Looking Ahead To 2012

Exclusive – Chris Roper On Major Stories, Digital Landscapes, And The Battle For Media Freedom

There were many important stories in the South African media in 2011, but perhaps the biggest story was the media itself. The beginning of 2012 sees the South African media, and by extension, the state of democracy in South [...] more…

AMLF 2011: Annual Highlight to Africa's Top Media Executives

Delegates from 48 countries mades the Continent's most important marketplace a resounding success

The Tunisian Prime Minister was beaming during the introduction of the KAS Media Africa representative. “I know the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung,” exclaimed Beji Caid el Sebsi, a former Ambassador in Bonn, and made the compliment, [...] more…

"A milestone and a highlight"

Highway Africa and PACAI: The media siblings from Cape Town

Highway Africa and the Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI), affiliated conferences supported by KAS Media Africa, made Cape Town the media capital of southern Africa in September 2011. As one of 250 [...] more…

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