Event
fully booked2024 Africa Facts Summit Accra, Ghana
From Chaos to Clarity: Reinventing Local Journalism in the Age of Disruption
Event
fully bookedConference 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.
Workshop
Managing Conflict in Today's Newsroom 2023
Executive Education Course
Today’s newsroom environment is not devoid of conflict. With many competing interests, especially the business demand for media survival while journalists do what they know best – tell compelling stories – there is bound to be conflict.
Expert conference
fully bookedKAS 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
fully bookedThe 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
fully bookedManaging 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
fully bookedConference 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.
