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Workshop

E-lection Bridge Academy in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire

KAS Media Africa is gathering ten young politicians from Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger and Togo for a two-day workshop. This event, to be held in Grand-Bassam, will offer training in political communication in the digital age.

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Radio Days Africa 2019

Presented by the WITS Radio Academy, the 10th edition of Radio Day Africa will see around 300 radio managers, owners, practitioners and enthusiasts gather in Johannesburg for this two and a half day conference. The agenda covers all tiers of radio - public, online, community and commercial - and preliminary topics include production skills, creating radio dramas, online radio trends and master classes in story-telling.

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Media and Migration: Telling Moving Stories

KAS Media Africa, in associated with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) will host the conference at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center and it will be attended by journalists and researchers working in the area of migration. It will focus on media reporting on migration and refugees and how the narratives, attitudes and debates differ in the various regions of Africa and Europe.

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9th E-lection Bridge Konferenz

Banjul, The Gambia

Building a bridge between the players in modern political communication - that is the goal of the KAS E-lection Bridge conference that brings together leading campaign experts from sub-Saharan Africa and Germany. This year the KAS welcomes the experts in Banjul from March 3rd to 7th, 2019.

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Crisis and War Reporting Conference

Changing Narratives: Crisis and war reporting in and about Africa – 25 years after the genocide in Rwanda

KAS Media Africa is hosting a 2-day journalism conference on crisis and war reporting in and about Africa, featuring renowned international speakers like Michela Wrong (UK), Jean-Philippe Rémy (France), Catherine Gicheru (Kenya), Mel Bunce (UK) and Sheila Kawamara (Uganda).

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African Investigative Journalism Conference

African Investigative Journalism Conference

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Entrepreneurial Journalism

Entrepreneurial Journalism

Congress

Radio Days Africa

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

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International Press Institute World Congress 2018 in Abuja

The annual International Press Institute World Congress in Abuja, Nigeria

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#AfricaBlogging Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe

The 4th conference of African bloggers organized by KAS Media Africa and KAS Zimbabwe

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Fostering Leadership in this year’s “Managing Conflict in Today’s Newsroom”, in Nairobi, Kenya

Shaping the future of African journalism through collaboration and education

This year’s third edition of “Managing Conflict in Today’s Newsroom” concluded successfully in Nairobi, bringing together 15 newsroom leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa.

KAS Supported the Africa Journalism and Media Summit in Harare, 2024

From Chaos to Clarity: Reinventing Local Journalism in the Age of Disruption

The 2024 Africa Journalism and Media Summit, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from November 12 to 14, provided an essential platform for journalists, media experts, media owners and other stakeholders in the industry, to navigate the challenges facing local journalism.

20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC)

Exploring New Frontiers in Investigative Journalism

Over 400 journalists from more than 55 countries gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the 20th edition of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC). Spanning three days, the conference highlighted critical themes shaping journalism today, including data journalism, cyber and crypto crime, cultural art and NFT investigations, journalist safety, health investigations, and AI-driven disinformation.

International Round Table on Public Service Media: Bringing Together Voices from Africa and Europe

Exploring Media Resilience, Trust, and Collaboration Across Continents

Between October 19th and 22nd, KAS Media Africa hosted an International Round Table on Public Service Media (PSM) in Dakar, Senegal – where the African Broadcasting Union (AUB) is based - bringing together experts from across Africa and Europe. This pivotal gathering provided a unique platform to examine the challenges, opportunities, and shared experiences shaping public service media on both continents.

Africa Facts Summit 2024 in Accra, Ghana

Countering Disinformation in Africa: Challenges, Innovations and Strategic Responses

The KAS Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa once again supported this year’s Africa Facts Summit, which brought together around 200 fact-checkers, journalists and media experts from across the continent. They gathered in Accra, Ghana, to address challenges and innovations in the fight against misinformation and disinformation in Africa.

KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award Winners Visit Germany

African journalists meet with counterparts in Berlin & Leipzig

In September 2024, KAS Media Africa organised a visit for the four winners of the Local Journalism Award to local newsrooms and other important institutions as part of a dialogue programme bringing the two worlds together.

Africa Check Fellowship Programme 2024 in Dakar, Senegal

In August KAS Media Africa supported the Fifth Africa Check Fellows Programme for Francophone Journalists

Following two weeks of intensive training in Dakar, five fellows from Burkhina Faso, Côte d’lvoire, Senegal, DRC, and Cameroon successfully complete their course

Adenauer Media Lecture in Nairobi

Television is dead, long live television! Multimedia developments in television.

The KAS Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa organised an Adenauer Media Lecture at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya. Prof. Dr. Claudia Nothelle gave a lecture on the topic "Television is dead, long live Television! Multimedia developments in Television."

International Conference of the African Journalism Education Network

Sustainable Journalism Education

The KAS Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa supported this year's International Conference of the African Journalism Education Network (AJEN) focused on the topic "Sustainable Journalism Education: Rising through the tide of a media and planet in crisis."

Global Media Forum 2024

KAS Media Africa once again took part in the largest international media conference in Germany

At this year's Global Media Forum in Bonn, we organised a panel discussion on the topic of "Journalism is not activism" together with our two other KAS Media Programmes.