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KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award 2026 - Call for Submissions

Celebrating excellence in local reporting across Sub-Saharan Africa

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Managing Conflict in Today’s Newsroom Training 2025 - Nairobi, Kenya

This workshop covers the key competencies required to deal with conflict situations in today's newsrooms

KAS Media Africa collaborate to make the four-day training course for newsroom managers, starting on 1 December, possible.

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World Conference of Science Journalists 2025

Science Journalism and Social Justice: Building Understanding and Resilience

For the first time on African soil, the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 1-5 December 2025. KAS Media Africa is happy to support the participation of African journalists at this landmark event, dedicated to strengthening science journalism and its role in promoting understanding and social justice across borders.

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2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The global event, supported by KAS Media Africa, convenes innovative journalists from around the world

This year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held from 20 to 24 November 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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2025 African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - Johannesburg, South Africa

The AIJC is the largest meetup of working investigative journalists on the continent

Scheduled from 5 to 7 November 2025, the AIJC creates insights into the most innovative journalism models from across Africa

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Cadenabbia Leadership Forum for Public Service Media from Africa and Europe 2025, Cadenabbia, Italy

Cross-continental Platform to ex-change ideas on challenges faced in public service broadcasting across Africa and Europe

The Forum, being the first of its kind between Africa and Europe, is scheduled from 5th to 8th of November 2025 in Italy at the former summer residence of the first German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer

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2025 IPI Conference and Media Innovation Festival in Vienna, Austria

The world's leading journalists and media thinkers will come together to ensure a free media for future generations as a global community

KAS Media Africa will be part of this year’s IPI World Congress from 23 to 25 October 2025, which takes place in Vienna under the theme “Defending the Future of Free Media”.

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First Reporter Slam South Africa in Johannesburg

The entertaining live competition, in which journalists present their media stories in a creative way, is coming to Johannesburg, South Africa!

KAS Media Africa and Media Monitoring Africa are presenting the first Reporter Slam South Africa on 15 October 2025 as part of the Media Freedom Festival 2025. This time, journalists from South Africa and Germany will present their courageous work.

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Media Freedom Festival 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa

Taking place from 14 to 16 October 2025, the festival will explore the theme of resilience in democracy and the role of the media in this context

The three-day festival will engage journalists, media practitioners, legal minds and civil society on pertinent issues related to media freedom, the impact of artificial intelligence on journalism and the erosion of public trust.

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2025 Public Service Media Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa

Discussing the challenges faced by African public broadcasters in the digital era

On the 3rd of October 2025, delegates of public broadcaster’s exchange ideas to learn from each other’s issues concerning funding and adjusting to contemporary developments at the annual PSM Symposium.

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Africa Facts Summit 2025 in Dakar, Senegal

At the 4th Africa Facts Summit, critical themes will include tackling disinformation in conflict zones and uncovering the mechanics of disinformation campaigns

Supported by KAS Media Africa the 2025 Africa Facts Summit takes place on 1st and 2nd October in Dakar, Senegal. It marks the first time that the summit is hosted in a French-speaking country.

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M20 summit brings together media experts and civil society – Johannesburg, South Africa

KAS Media Africa supported M20 - the first conference on media and information integrity running on the sidelines of the G20 South African presidency

On the 1st and 2nd of September, Johannesburg turned into a gathering of journalists, media experts and policymakers from around the globe to discuss ongoing challenges concerning information integrity, media viability, Artificial Intelligence and journalists’ safety towards the upcoming G20 summit in November this year.

Summer School for Political Speechwriters 2025 - Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

Political communicators tackle AI tools and interferences through disinformation in a focused regional training hosted by KAS Media Africa

From 29 - 31 July 2025, KAS Media Africa hosted its annual Summer School for Political Speechwriters in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire. Bringing together political communicators from five African countries, the workshop focused on equipping participants with practical tools to respond to the challenges of political speechwriting in the age of artificial intelligence and disinformation.

2025 Africa Check Fellowship Programme, Dakar, Senegal

KAS Media Africa supports the Sixth Edition of the Africa Check Fellowship Programme for Francophone Journalists

From 7 to 22 July 2025, KAS Media Africa once again partnered with Africa Check to support the sixth edition of its Francophone Fact-Checking Fellowship Programme in Dakar, Senegal. The initiative brought together five journalists from Bénin, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Mali for an immersive 12-day workshop in verifying information, debunking misinformation, and strengthening journalistic credibility.

First Pan-African Media Councils’ Summit 2025, Arusha, Tanzania

KAS Media Africa supports the first gathering of the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA) to advance media regulation and ethical journalism

From 14 - 17 July 2025, KAS Media Africa supported the First Pan-African Media Councils’ Summit, hosted in Arusha, Tanzania, by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) in partnership with the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA), the East Africa Press Councils (EAPC), and the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC). The summit brought together media regulators and stakeholders from across the continent to reflect on regional challenges, share best practices, and strengthen cooperation for ethical and sustainable journalism.

Global Media Forum 2025 - Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges, Bonn, Germany

On 7 - 8 July, KAS Media Africa once again participated in Germany’s largest international conference, with a workshop on “AI Disinformation & Countermeasures in Europe and Africa”

Led by two incredible disinformation experts, Philile Ntombela from Africa Check, Johannesburg, and Dr. Christopher Nehring, author of our latest study on AI-generated disinformation, this interactive workshop left participants with practical tools, policy insights, and a roadmap for fostering digital resilience in the age of AI disinformation

African Press Council Leaders Explore Media Regulation in Berlin, Germany and Brussels, Belgium

From 2 to 6 June, KAS Media Africa facilitated a five-day dialogue programme, fostering peer learning and cooperation on independent media regulation across continents.

Eight senior members of press councils from seven African countries visited Berlin and Brussels to engage with European institutions and experts on media regulation. The programme supported exchange on tackling disinformation, understanding EU legislative frameworks, and strengthening the newly founded Network of Independent Media Councils in Africa (NIMCA).

Reporter Slam Africa 2025

And the Winner is ... Uganda!

In partnership with The Reporter Slam – Germany’s most entertaining stage format for journalists - KAS Media Africa hosted the second edition of Reporter Slam in Africa on Thursday, May 22 2025, Lagos, Nigeria.

KAS Media Africa supported the International Religion Journalism Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

A Pan-Continental Dialogue on Faith, Media, Responsibility and Society

From April 14-16, 2025, the KAS Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa supported an exciting religion journalism conference, uniting journalists and media experts to promote balanced religion reporting.

KAS Media Africa Launches "Currents of Truth" - A Comic Book on Journalism in the AI Era

On March 19, 2025, KAS Media Africa hosted the official launch of Currents of Truth, in Johannesburg, South Africa - our first-ever comic book exploring investigative journalism, media ethics, and the fight against disinformation in an AI-driven world.

Adenauer Media Lecture in Johannesburg

Lecture with Dr. Peter Frey, former Editor-in-Chief of the ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) on "The Role of Public Service Broadcasting in a Democracy - Lessons from Germany"