Welcome Freedom, justice and solidarity are the basic principles underlying the work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). The KAS is a political foundation, closely associated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). As co-founder of the CDU and the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) united Christian-social, conservative and liberal traditions. »

News

Power Reporting Workshop Muckraker – not only a complimentary term for journalists who uncover nuisances in politics as well as over areas of society. Such ‘muckrakers’ gathered for three days in Johannesburg at the Wits Power Reporting Workshop both to inform and to discuss about their work. (Oct. 29, 2009) »

Conference for Journalism Educators in Africa Journalism Educators from several parts of Africa gathered in Johannesburg to discuss ways of improving all aspects of journalism education in African universities. (Oct. 27, 2009) »

Radio Management Workshop Participants from different Sub-Saharan countries met in Johannesburg for one week to receive management training in radio. This was aimed at improving their quality of radio productions by reforming management of radio stations. (Oct. 17, 2009) »

Media Programme reaches thousands of internet users through twitter at their conference Within the framework of the Africa Media Leadership Conference, that took place in Accra, Ghana beginning of October 2009, the Media Programme sub-Sahara Africa started a trial ballon of a digital kind. For the first time, tweets, photos and presentations were uploaded during a conference. (Oct. 10, 2009) »

10.07.2009, Publikation Doing Digital Media in Africa From the knowledge of successful media managers the second book of a series was composed which summarizes the results of the annual KAS-Media Leadership Conference. The manual has the title “Doing digital media in Africa”. (July 10, 2009) »

14.04.2009, Seminar Media Training on the living object Journalists who participate on an election training workshop are normally confronted with a rather theoretical approach. The reason given is that the training happens before the elections to prepare participants for them. The last media programs training approach was different. This training saw journalists from five African countries preparing for their own elections by covering the South African elections. (Apr. 30, 2009) »