Ms Katharina Naumann from KAS Berlin
Event Report: Credibility Crisis Conference

KAS hosts seasoned media professionals in Cadenabbia, Italy
In April 2022, KAS Media Africa hosted media professionals in Cadenabbia to discuss the news credibility crisis and ways by which to address the challenges in Africa and in Europe.
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AfricaBlogging 2022 - Content
Event Report: AfricaBlogging network's annual conference

Participants from 12 countries attend bloggers' meeting in Côte d'Ivoire
From 13th to 16th March, KAS Media Africa hosted bloggers, and security and communications experts in Grand-Bassam to discuss political blogging on the continent.
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Salima 6
Event Report: KAS Conference on Local Journalism

Editors, reporters, academics discuss ways to improve the quality of local news in Africa
KAS Media Africa hosted 20 participants in Malawi's Salima to discuss local media. They hailed from 11 countries including Australia, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Zambia.
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Session
Event Report: Conference on Health Journalism, 20-23 January

KAS hosts experts and journalists in Dakar
Medical experts and media practitioners from 13 countries gather in Dakar to discuss health journalism and its prospects, especially in Francophone Africa.
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Lilian and Maxine at debunk Media, Kenya, Nairobi
Event Report: Ghanaian, Kenyan Journalists Switch Newsrooms

KAS Media Africa's Inaugural Newsroom Exchange Programme Takes Off
In 2021, KAS Media Africa facilitated the exchange of two journalists from newsrooms on opposite ends of the continent - Debunk Media (Kenya) and West Africa's Dubawa.
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E-lection Bridge Africa
KAS Media Africa hosts politicians from across the continent

Event Report: 10th KAS E-lection Bridge Conference, Gaborone, Botswana
In November 2021, KAS Media Africa hosted more than 30 senior politicians from 15 countries for the 10th edition of the E-lection Bridge Conference.
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Welcome

to KAS Media Programme for Sub-Sahara Africa. A free and independent media is a crucial element of democracy. That is why we are committed to a diverse media landscape to guarantee the monitoring role of journalism, fair media laws and skilled political communication, with a particular focus on digitalization.

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Media library

How China, Turkey and Russia influence the media in Africa
It is about their story
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Nigerian publisher Olorunyomi to get International Press Freedom Award
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) awards Dapo Olorunyomi for his courageous work
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#AfricaBlogging annual conference 2019, Addis Ababa
In November, KAS Media Africa hosted the fifth #AfricaBlogging annual conference in Addis Ababa. The conference was attended by political bloggers from three corners of Africa.
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KAS Médias Afrique a organisé une conférence à Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Le programme médias de la KAS pour l'Afrique subsaharienne a organisé une conférence avec des 20 propriétaires de médias de la province du Katanga à Lubumbashi au début novembre.
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African Investigative Journalism Conference 2019, Johannesburg
In October, the University of the Witwatersrand once again opened its campus to Africa's gutsy journalists for the AIJC. The 2019 AIJC gathered 400 participants.
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Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2019, Hamburg
KAS Media Africa invited 20 journalists from 13 different African countries to attend the 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference that was held in Hamburg in September.
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