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Prayers, Campaign Songs and Lots of Applause
The E-lection Bridge Africa West in Ghana
A quiet prayer to begin with, in the middle fiery campaign songs and at the end cheerful applause for the speaker: the KAS Media Africa workshop titled, ‘Media Training and Strategy: How to reach the voter’, reflected the colourful diversity of political communication in the West African country of Ghana. The seminar for members of the democratic opposition took place under the umbrella of E-lection Bridge Africa on 6. and 7. February 2012 in Accra, in close cooperation with the local KAS country programme. more…
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 Africa, in a parlous position that many see as boding ill for the future of the country. 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, “You do great work.” In May 2011 the foundation sent Klaus Lötzer as country manager to Tunisia. Now the regional Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa was there to support the annual African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) in Tunis. The leading media marketplace on the continent took place November 9-11, 2011 in the “Capital of the Arab Spring,” as a media professional remarked. 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 journalists in the midst of it: reporter Simeon Maganga from Malawi. His personal conclusion is clear: “I gained a lot of interesting ideas that I can use for my future work.” He met with media makers and experts from the region to discuss decisive issues for the future of the media industry. more…
Stories, videos, photos, and new horizons
KAS E-lection Bridge - South by Southeast in Beira, Mozambique
“The workshop has broadened our horizons,” declared Daviz Simango, Chairman of the opposition party Movimento Democratico de Mocambique (MDM), of the KAS E-lection Bridge Africa – South by Southeast in Beira. “I now see the world of communication with new eyes.” The two-day event from KAS Media Africa on the 11th and 12th of August 2011 took place in close cooperation with the foundation’s country programme in Mozambique under the direction of Annette Schwarzbauer. more…
