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Congress

May 22 - 25, 2018

E-lection Bridge Africa

The eighth edition of the leading convention on political communication and campaigning strategies on the African continent

Workshop

April 10 - 11, 2018

Reporting in a paperless society

Reporting in a paperless society - for people in the DRC, radio is their first choice to get information about what is going on in their country. That brings challenges and chances for journalists working for the radio.

Workshop

March 20 - 21, 2018

Election Reporting Workshop

The workshop aims to provide avenues for reflection and exchange of experience. We would like to involve members of the print media, television channels, public, private and community radio and online press.

Congress

February 13 - 15, 2018

Radio Week East Africa 2018

Radio Week Uganda Learning Conference is East Africa’s annual premier learning and networking conference for the FM Radio & the online radio industry professionals in East Africa whose mission is to educate broadcasters

Congress

November 28 - 30, 2017

#Africablogging

Blogging publications of high quality on various themes are gathered on #Africablogging, thus constituting a new form of journalism for Africa.

Congress

November 16 - 19, 2017

Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC)

The Global Investigative Journalism Conference is the world’s largest international gathering of investigative reporters.

Congress

November 06 - 08, 2017

E-lection Bridge Africa

The seventh edition of the leading convention on political communication and campaigning strategies on the African continent.

Congress

October 06 - 08, 2017

E-lection Bridge Africa

7th annual gathering of political communication experts and leaders from KAS partner parties across sub-Saharan Africa

Congress

July 05 - 07, 2017

Radio Days Africa conference

The Wits Radio Academy under the auspices of the University of the Witwatersrand Journalism Department is proud to present the eighth annual Radio Days Africa conference.

Discussion

June 29, 2017

20/20 Vision: South Africa’s digital future?

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and KAS Media Africa invite you to our public event on online regulation.
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KAS Media Africa Launches “Why Journalism – Stories from News Reporters in Africa”

14 journalists tell why they chose the profession despite all odds

In May, KAS Media Africa launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, an anthology of stories written by journalists from across the African continent. These journalists explain why they do what they do, despite the fact that they could look for greener pastures with fewer threats and better working hours.

May 31, 2023
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KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award Winners for 2022 Visit Local Newsrooms in Germany

Prizewinners show that local journalism is alive in Africa

That local journalism has a future, was the slogan, that the three winners of the KAS Media Africa Award for Local journalism 2022 heard while on their prize-winning trip to Germany.

May 9, 2023
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KAS Media Africa Conference on Media and Insurgency Held on the Historical Island of Gorée, Dakar

Senior Media Practitioners Meet to Discuss the Position and Role of the Media in the Conversation about Insurgency

In March 2023, KAS Media returned to Gorée Island to host a conference about the threat of terrorism on the African continent and the role of the fourth estate in covering the apparent increase of insurgency in various regions. 10 senior journalists from countries including Kenya, South Africa, Mali, Senegal and Nigeria gathered to share the experiences of their particular communities and the way in which media covers insurgency.

March 22, 2023
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Senior Business Editors Attend Business Journalism Conference in Lusaka, Zambia

Deliberations on Challenges of Being a Business Reporter and Illustrating Business Journalism in Africa

In February 2023, KAS Media Africa hosted its second Business Journalism Conference in Lusaka, Zambia. In attendance were 14 participants from Angola, Ethiopia, Germany, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

March 22, 2023
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Three African Local Journalists win KAS Media Africa Award for Local Journalism

The award winners expose grievances in Africa with their reportages

Local journalism is very important for many African media. News from the immediate environment creates a bond between readers and listeners and a newspaper or radio station. It is all the more surprising that many local journalists are poorly paid, their work is hardly valued by many publishers and they often face hostility from local dignitaries about whom they report critically.

February 8, 2023
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15 NEWSROOM MANAGERS ATTEND ‘MANAGING CONFLICT IN TODAY’S NEWSROOM’ COURSE IN NAIROBI, KENYA

Newsroom Managers from Across the African Continent Meet to Share Experiences and Gain Insight

In November 2022, KAS Media Africa and the Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) at the Aga Khan University conducted their first conflict management in newsrooms course held in Nairobi, Kenya. 15 Newsroom managers from Zimbabwe, Uganda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, The Gambia, Rwanda and Malawi, beat out over 150 applicants from the continent to be part of the first cohort of the course.

November 30, 2022
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How to rejuvenate Public Service Broadcasting in Africa KAS Media Africa Conference in Addis Ababa

Experts from across Africa meet to discuss challenges and opportunities in public Service Broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) have resources, they are heard nationwide and they have well trained journalists, says Joseph Warungu, formerly of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, later of the BBC, where for years he was the head of the famous Focus on Africa magazine.

October 6, 2022
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African Fact-checkers on KAS-Dialogue Programme in Berlin and Brussels

KAS Media Africa Supports African Fact-Checkers as they Meet Colleagues in Berlin and Brussels

That dialogue with social networks seems to be as difficult in Europe as it is in Africa, was one of the findings that fact-checkers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal made on a recent KAS-study tour to Berlin and Brussels in late August 2022.

October 4, 2022
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KAS Media Africa at IPI-World Congress in New York

KAS Media Africa joined journalists from across the world in New York in September 2022

KAS Media Africa participated at the 72nd International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress with Motunrayo Alaka of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism in Lagos, Nigeria and Nwabisa Makunga of the Sowetan in South Africa as speakers.

September 23, 2022
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International Press Institute – Africa Mission 2022

KAS Media Africa supports the IPI on a fact-finding mission to Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa

IPI delegation and KAS Media Africa team visit southern Africa to assess and report back on the state of press freedom in the region.

September 13, 2022
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