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Global Media Forum 2025 – “AI Disinformation & Countermeasures in Europe and Africa"

An interactive workshop providing journalists with knowledge of how to engage with AI and disinformation

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07-22

2025

KAS Media Africa supports Africa Check Fellowship Programme 2025

A Francophone fellowship programme strengthening fact-checking in Africa in Dakar, Senegal.

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July 14 - 17, 2025

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

KAS Media Africa supports the 2025 Africa Media Councils Summit, advancing media and communication regulations for journalism excellence in Africa

From the 14th to 17th of July 2025, KAS Media Africa will be supporting the first Pan-African Media Councils’ Summit 2025 hosted by the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA) in collaboration with the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) and East Africa Press Councils (EAPC) in Tanzania. It brings together members of the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC), NIMCA and EAPC to review their past achievements, current challenges and future goals.

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November 25, 2024

Roundtable Discussion: Russia vs Ukraine – An African Lens

Examining Conflict Reporting and Global Perspectives, with Nataliya Gumenyuk

KAS Media Africa will be supporting a compelling roundtable discussion with esteemed Ukrainian journalist and author, Nataliya Gumenyuk. Specializing in conflict reporting, Gumenyuk brings insights into the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. This engaging event will take place on 25 November 2024, from 18:00 to 20:00 at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.

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November 13 - 14, 2024

2024 Africa Journalism and Media Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Reinventing Local Journalism in the Age of Disruption.

Join us for the 2024 Africa Journalism and Media Summit, 13 to 14 November in Harare, Zimbabwe, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

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October 30 - Nov 01, 2024

The 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference

KAS Media Africa supports African Investigative Journalism

The largest gathering of investigative journalists, trainers and experts in Africa will return to Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa once again this October

Johannesburg South Africa

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October 22 - 24, 2024

Sustainable Journalism Workshop in Arusha, Tanzania

Transforming Journalism Education in East Africa

KAS Media Africa supports a groundbreaking workshop aimed at integrating sustainability into journalism curricula across East Africa.

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October 19 - 22, 2024

Conference on Public Service Broadcasting 2024

How to Rejuvenate Public Service Broadcasting Africa

KAS Media Africa is due to host its second conference on the revitalisation of public service broadcasting.

Dakar Senegal

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October 09 - 10, 2024

2024 Africa Facts Summit Accra, Ghana

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

Study and information programme

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September 15 - 21, 2024

Local Journalism Award Winners Visit Germany

Dialogue Programme for KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award 2024 Winners

This year's edition of the KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award hail from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. They will converge in Berlin to begin a week-long dialogue programme with local newsrooms, before moving to Leipzig for the second leg of the meetings.

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August 27, 2024

Adenauer Media Lecture

Television is dead, long live television!

The second Adenauer Media Lecture will take place at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, on 27 August 2024.

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August 26, 2024

African Journalism Education Network 2024

Bringing together journalism educators from across Africa

Founded in 2023, the African Journalism Education Network (Ajen) seeks to bring people and organisations active in African journalism together to share knowledge and promote independent media on the continent. The network also strives to elevate African journalism on a global scale.

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August 22 - Sep 06, 2024

Africa Check Fellowship Programme 2024 in Dakar, Senegal

Strengthening fact-checking in West Africa

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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).

July 2, 2025
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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.

Rebecca Sibanda
May 27, 2025
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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.

April 24, 2025
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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.

March 24, 2025
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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"

March 20, 2025
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KAS Media Africa’s Local Journalism Conference in Addis Ababa

From 4 to 6 March 2025, we hosted our International Roundtable on Local Journalism - “2024, The Super Election Year” - in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our event brought together journalists and media experts to tackle the challenges of election reporting, disinformation, and press freedom across Africa.

March 12, 2025
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Launch Europe Tour for our new Study “AI-Generated Disinformation in Europe and Africa”

From March 17-20, 2025, we presented our new study in Berlin and Brussels to a broad audience as well as to a select group of experts.

February 26, 2025
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KAS MEDIA AFRICA AWARD FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 CONTEST

The jury is out and are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 contest!

The candidates were chosen out of over 30 submissions from 16 countries in Africa, across the anglophone and francophone regions. These submissions had an important focus on local reporting during elections.

February 19, 2025
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Celebrating Excellence in Journalism: Reporter Slam Finale Berlin

Melony Ishola, Winner of Reporter Slam Africa 2024, Represents Africa in Berlin

On the 18th of January, Reporter Slam Africa 2024 winner, Melony Ishola from Lagos, Nigeria, competed alongside journalists from Germany and Malta at the prestigious grand finale of the Reporter Slam in Berlin. The event highlighted the power of journalism to engage and inform, even in these challenging times.

January 22, 2025
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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.

December 11, 2024
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