Event
Launch of KAS Study, “AI-Generated Disinformation in Europe and Africa”- Berlin
Presentation of a Groundbreaking Study on 17th February, in Berlin, Germany
Event
Launch of KAS Study, “AI-Generated Disinformation in Europe and Africa”- Brussels
Presentation of a Groundbreaking Study on 19th February, in Brussels, Belgium
Event
fully bookedLocal Journalism Conference 2025 and KAS Media Africa Local Journalism Award
Strengthening Local Journalists for Democratic Elections, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From 4 to 6 March 2025, KAS Media Africa will convene a vital conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together editors, journalists, and media experts from across Africa and Germany. The event will focus on the role of local newsrooms in election reporting, ensuring fair and transparent coverage in an era of disinformation, political influence, and evolving technology.
Lecture
fully bookedAdenauer Media Lecture: The Role of Public Service Broadcasting in a Democracy, Lessons from Germany
The Adenauer Media Lecture will take place at Wits University, Johannesburg on the 18th of March 2025, with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Peter Frey
Event
fully bookedLaunch of KAS Media Africa’s first Comic Book, 19th of March in Johannesburg, South Africa
Bringing Journalism to Life: Exploring Truth and Combating Disinformation and AI in Journalism
KAS Media Africa is proud to present the launch of an innovative journalistic comic book “Currents of Truth”, that blends investigative journalism with dynamic storytelling. Written by Ryan Pedro and illustrated by Careshia Esperanza, this graphic novel follows a young journalist’s quest to expose corruption and fight disinformation in an AI-driven world.
Event
fully bookedAnnual Conference of the International Association of Religion Journalists
Enhancing Accuracy, Empathy, and Best Practices in Religion Journalism, the conference will be taking place from 14 to 15 April, in Nairobi, Kenya
KAS Media Africa will support this year's International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) Conference, which will take place at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya. This event will provide a platform for journalists and journalism students to exchange best practices, strengthen accuracy in reporting, and build empathy in covering religious topics across Africa.
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.
Specialist conference
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.
Specialist conference
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.
Specialist conference
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.
Event
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).
Specialist conference
African Investigative Journalism Conference
African Investigative Journalism Conference
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.