Events

There are currently no events planned.

Expert conference

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KAS Media Africa Conference on Business Journalism

Senior Media Practitioners Meet to Exchange About Finance and Economics

Finance and economics reporting is a fundamental element of journalism.

Expert conference

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The Opportunities of Local Journalism

The Need for Quality and Sustainability

Local Journalism in Africa faces many challenges, including the lack of recognition by the public and increasing financial constraints. These are a threat to the sustainability of local journalism - a critical element of media across the world.

Workshop

Managing Conflict in Today's Newsroom

Professional Development Course

A newsroom manager’s role is much broader than having the team deliver on publishing expectations. It calls for managing conflict in a way that does not disrupt processes and impact on journalism quality.

Workshop

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Managing Conflict in Today's Newsroom

KAS Media Africa and the Aga Khan University partner for professional development course

Conflict is imminent in today’s newsrooms. A Newsroom manager’s role is much broader than simply delivering a good product. They have to manage economic expectations, gender issues, a tight budget and political influence. That’s a big task.

Discussion

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Conference on public service broadcasting in Africa

How can we rejuvenate public service broadcasting on the continent?

KAS Media Africa is due to host a conference on the revitalisation of public radio. This event will gather almost 15 experts from across the continent. The conversations will explore various issues – such as the role of public broadcasters in African countries, the advent of social media and its impact on broadcasting, as well as the quality of journalism the public is exposed to.

Expert conference

KAS Conference on Political Speech Writing

Political speech writers exchange notes and share insights

Expert conference

Conference on Social Media Networks

The challenges of and with social media in Sub-Sahara Africa

KAS Media Africa is due to host a conference on social media networks – gathering almost 20 experts from across the continent, the US and Europe. The conversations will explore various issues – such as hate speech and misinformation that have been enabled or worsened by the proliferation of the world’s social media giants, their owners and the billions of people who use them. At the conference, the participants will discuss the legal landscape in various jurisdictions, and the moderation of unlawful and dangerous content on these platforms.

Book presentation

Book launch: Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa (Second Edition)

Convite para o Lançamento da Obra: Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa (2nd Edition) (Manual de Direito da Comunicação Social na África Austral – 2ª Edição)

It has been a decade since the first edition of the Southern Africa Media Law Handbook was published by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa (KAS). Since then, several laws have been re-written, revised and new ones introduced. To record these changes, while also adding new country chapters – Seychelles, Mauritius and Mozambique, KAS is presenting the second edition of the handbook.

Expert conference

Credibility Crisis Conference 2022 - Cadenabbia, Italy

Experts gather to discuss the threats against media credibility in Africa and Europe

KAS Media Africa will gather a mix of 11 seasoned media professionals –journalists and publishers from across Africa, Europe and the United States to this year’s Media Credibility Crisis Conference.

Expert conference

#AfricaBlogging Conference 2022 – Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

Bloggers gather to discuss political developments on the continent and innovation and sustainability in the blogging world

KAS Media Africa will gather 15 bloggers and journalists from English-speaking and Francophone countries in Africa to this year’s #AfricaBlogging conference.

Experts put political speech writing under microscope

From the terraces of Aristotle’s rhetoric of persuasion in speech writing and other examples, the event proved that this subject is shaped by the political environment.

KAS Media Africa in October hosted a conference on political speech writing. The participants - speech writers, academics and communicators from seven countries - used the event to share insights, exchange notes and network.

Mombasa Exchange 2021: What are finance and economics about?

Senior media practitioners gather to discuss ways to improve business journalism in African newsrooms

Editors, publishers, broadcasters, writers, and academic and trade experts met in September in Mombasa, Kenya, to exchange views on matters relating to the coverage of finance and economics news and events in Africa and beyond.

12th Edition of Radio Days Africa

Audio journalism remains a powerful and trusted source

The Wits Radio Academy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, hosted the 12th online edition of Radio Days Africa in July. This year’s edition, themed “Audio Amplified” focused on the growth of audio consumption in a multi-platform broadcasting environment amid Covid-19. #RDA2021, held from the 5th to the 16th of July, featured 20 engaging sessions with over 60 influential radio professionals and personalities. This year's event was attended by almost 2,500 people from across Africa and abroad.

Des jeunes politiciens réunis en Côte d'Ivoire discutent de stratégies de communication

Des communicateurs politiques issus de pays africains francophones et anglophones participent à l'édition 2021 de la KAS E-lection Bridge Academy.

Political communicators from Francophone and English-speaking African countries participate in the 2021 edition of KAS E-lection Bridge Academy. Fourteen political communicators meet in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, for a three-day workshop to discuss communication strategies, share experiences and network.

Les propriétaires et les rédacteurs en chef des médias discutent du journalisme d'entreprise

KAS Media Africa a réuni 20 éditeurs, rédacteurs en chef et autres journalistes de haut niveau à Grand-Bassam, en Côte d'Ivoire, fin novembre, pour discuter du journalisme entrepreneurial et des modèles d'entreprise. La plupart des participants venaient de pays francophones : du Burkina Faso au Mali.

Report on Malawi Election Workshop held of June 19, 2020

KAS Media Africa organised journalists meeting in Malawi

E-lection Bridge Academy in Addis Ababa, March 2020

KAS gathered 13 young politicians, from three corners of Africa, in the Ethiopian capital for training in political communication.

Benin hosts francophone E-lection Bridge Academy

KAS Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa brings together 10 young politicians from five countries on the continent

At the end of January, KAS Media Africa gathered 10 young politicians to Cotonou, Benin’s buzzing coastal economic hub for an E-lection Bridge Academy workshop. The programme is Sub-Sahara Africa’s leading e-learning political communication offering with a range of themes from speech writing to messaging and voter targeting.

Book Launch in Addis Ababa

“How African Economies Work – A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting”

KAS Media Africa launched its Guide to Business and Economics Reporting in November 2019 in the Ethiopian capital.

Political bloggers meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

5th annual conference of #AfricaBlogging

#AfricaBlogging members gathered in Addis Ababa where they exchanged views and discussed a host of topics – from political developments in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Zimbabwe, to Internet and social media regulations in Africa and abroad.