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2024 Africa Facts Summit Accra, Ghana

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

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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.

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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.

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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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African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF)

AMLF is the largest and most important market place for media owners and executives on the continent. Delegates from all over Africa are expected to meet at the event to exchange ideas about technology, business models and the content of the future.

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Power Reporting 2015

"Power Reporting" is the leading conference for investigative journalists in Africa. KAS Media Africa supports its partner Wits University in Johannesburg in organizing the three-day event for journalists from all over the continent.

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Workshop #AfricaBlogging

Network prepares Launch of Blogger Platform

The platform aims to bring together critical voices from Sub Saharan Africa and make them accessible to a wider audience. It promotes reporting about social and political topics not adequately covered in the mainstream media’s selection of news.

Congress

E-lection Bridge Academy 2015

The challenge of crafting ‘sticky’ political messages and optimizing them for social media was the scope of the E-lection Bridge Academy workshop in Windhoek, Namibia. One highlight was the visit of Prof. Lammert,President of the German Bundestag.

Seminar

Litigation Surgery Workshop

Defending media freedom in East Africa

KAS Media Africa partnered with the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) in hosting a four-day “Litigation Surgery” workshop for young East African lawyers, helping them to build litigation skills and legal strategies for protecting media freedom.

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Radio Days Africa 2015

Radio is still the leading mass medium in Africa. At Radio Days Africa, experts from all over Africa discuss the chances and future developments of radio on the continent. The focus is on radio in a digital age and multimedia broadcasting.

Workshop

E-lection Bridge Dakar

For the first time, KAS Media Africa is taking "E-lection Bridge" to a francophone country. The three-day event in Dakar, Senegal will deal with the political situation in Western Africa and discuss latest trends in political campaigning.

Conversation

#AfricaBlogging – Political Blogging in Subsahara-Africa

re:publica 2015

In this session, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and re:publica provide a forum for political bloggers from Africa.

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Power Reporting 2014

The African Investigative Journalism Conference.

The watchdog role of the media is an important element of democratic societies. That is why in 2014, KAS Media Africa once again supports "Power Reporting" - a conference for every journalist who wants to improve his or her investigative skills.

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Social Media and Journalism Conference

With the increasing internet availability in Africa, social media has become more and more important. For the first time, KAS Media Africa is hosting an international conference with social media activists and bloggers from Sub-Saharan Africa.

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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.

First Reporter Slam Africa

Journalists from six African countries captivated and inspired the audience

The KAS Media Africa organised the first Reporter Slam in Africa with journalists from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival

A gathering of leading journalists, editors and innovators from around the world

Journalists from Africa attend with the support of the Media Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa to bring their respective perspectives, knowledge and experiences from Africa into discussions.

African Media Councils come together to strengthen the professional self-regulation of media content

Members of African Media Councils meet for the first time in Cape Town, South Africa.

Senior journalists, media experts, and members of Press and Media Councils from 13 African countries gathered in Cape Town to share context on the structures, operations, and sustainability of their organisations.

2024 Summer School for Political Speechwriters Concluded in Cadenabbia, Italy

The KAS Media Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa hosted an intensive workshop at Konrad Adenauer's Former Residence

Six African politicians and communication experts participated in the workshop. Facilitators from various countries guided them through essential speech-writing techniques. The event culminated in participants delivering individual speeches, showcasing their refined skills.

Curriculum Perspective of Journalism Education

Roundtable discussion

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa hosted a round-table at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on journalism education.

Television is dead. Long Live Television!

First Adenauer Media Lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand

The Adenauer Media Lecture, organized by the Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Center for Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand, took place on March 19, 2024. Led by Professor Dr. Claudia Nothelle, the lecture explored the theme "Television is dead - long live television!" and delved into the challenges and opportunities facing television journalism in the digital age. Attendees engaged in thought-provoking discussions, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in shaping the future of journalism.

Local Journalism Conference 2024

New Challenges for Local Journalism

In January 2024, KAS Media Africa hosted a third local journalism conference, this time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Journalists from 8 African countries including Ghana, South Africa, Mali and Zimbabwe were joined by a journalist from Germany to discuss the emerging and sustained challenges faced by local newsrooms in their respective countries and regions.

KAS MEDIA AFRICA AWARD FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 CONTEST

KAS Media Africa and the Jury of the KAS Media Africa Award for Local Journalism are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 contest. They were chosen out of almost 300 submissions from 22 countries in Africa and across the anglophone and francophone regions.

Africa Journalism and Media Summit 2023

Reimagining African Journalism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

From 12 to 13 October 2023, the Zimbabwe Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ZCMIL) hosted the 5th annual Africa Journalism and Media Summit (AJMS) in Harare, Zimbabwe. The AJMS was hosted in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s country office also based in Harare. KAS Media Africa supported the AJMS by bringing participants from outside Zimbabwe to offer an alternative and comparative context on the Summit’s chosen topic – how journalists can embrace artificial intelligence (AI) in their daily work.