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Congress
fully booked
November 20 - 24, 2025

2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The global event, supported by KAS Media Africa, convenes innovative journalists from around the world

This year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held from 20 to 24 November 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Workshop
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December 01 - 04, 2025

Managing Conflict in Today’s Newsroom Training 2025 - Nairobi, Kenya

This workshop covers the key competencies required to deal with conflict situations in today's newsrooms

KAS Media Africa collaborate to make the four-day training course for newsroom managers, starting on 1 December, possible.

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Study and information programme
fully booked
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.

Event
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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.

Event
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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.

Event
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August 22 - Sep 06, 2024

Africa Check Fellowship Programme 2024 in Dakar, Senegal

Strengthening fact-checking in West Africa

Forum
fully booked
June 16 - 18, 2024

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

Sharing Solutions

The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum offers a unique interdisciplinary platform for media professionals as well as decision-makers from politics, civil society, culture, education, business, and science from all over the world to get together and to learn from each other as part of an intercultural exchange since 2008.

Germany
Event
June 6, 2024

Reporter Slam Africa 2024

Entertaining stage format with journalists in cooperation with the Reporter Slam Organisation Germany and African citizens.

The event brings journalists into the spotlight and challenges them to tell a unique and interesting way about their work. At the event journalists will compete against each other and present their story as creative as possible and give a behind the scenes look at their life as a journalist. The end of the event the journalist whose story is appeals to the public will be named the Slammer for 2024.

Cape Town South Africa
Workshop
fully booked
April 28 - May 02, 2024

Summer School for Political Speechwriters

Political speech writers exchange notes and share insights

Italy
Specialist conference
fully booked
January 30 - Feb 01, 2024

Local Journalism Conference 2024

New Challenges for Local Journalism

Local news is the solution for the survival of ailing media.

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Media Freedom Festival 2025 about Free speech in current developments – Johannesburg, South Africa

KAS Media Africa supported the Media Freedom Festival, helping bring together leading voices in journalism, policy, and media innovation.

The Media Freedom Festival 2025 in South Africa featured three vibrant days of panels and workshops exploring journalism’s role in democracy.

October 27, 2025
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First ever South African Reporter Slam in Johannesburg

Journalists from across the country took the stage in Johannesburg to turn their investigations into unforgettable performances.

KAS Media Africa provided a platform for six journalists from South Africa and Germany to present their stories creatively. The winner is a young journalist from a local newspaper in Johannesburg.

October 23, 2025
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Africa Facts Summit 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, aims for strengthening Information integrity

For the first time, the Africa Facts Summit was held in a French-speaking country

This year's African Facts Summit, which took place on 1st and 2nd October in Dakar, Senegal, aimed to discuss the impact of fake news and how to combat it

October 22, 2025
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Public Service Media (PSM) Symposium About the Future of South African Public Broadcasting – Johannesburg, South Africa

Supported by KAS Media Africa, the annual Public Service Media (PSM) Symposium reflected on the state of public broadcasting in South Africa.

On the 3rd of October, the Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS) organized the annual event, which aims to ensure the significance of public broadcasting in South Africa in face of ongoing challenges in the digital era and changing customer behaviour.

October 21, 2025
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Adenauer Media Lecture 2025: Fake News and Fact-Checking – Accra, Ghana

KAS Media Africa supported discussions on the mechanisms behind modern disinformation

The Adenauer Media Lecture took place during the annual AJEN 2025 on the 4th of September 2025 at the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC) in Accra, Ghana – with Prof. Dr. Claudia Nothelle from Germany.

September 19, 2025
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AJEN 2025 Conference Faces Challenges in the Current Media Landscape – Accra, Ghana

Supported by KAS Media Africa, the three-day event aimed to strengthen journalism education across Africa to combat disinformation and shape the future of the media landscape.

From 3rd to 5th September 2025, the African Journalism Educators' Network (AJEN) provided a vital forum for collaboration, innovation and strategic planning for journalism educators from across Sub-Saharan Africa.

September 19, 2025
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M20 summit brings together media experts and civil society – Johannesburg, South Africa

KAS Media Africa supported M20 - the first conference on media and information integrity running on the sidelines of the G20 South African presidency

On the 1st and 2nd of September, Johannesburg turned into a gathering of journalists, media experts and policymakers from around the globe to discuss ongoing challenges concerning information integrity, media viability, Artificial Intelligence and journalists’ safety towards the upcoming G20 summit in November this year.

September 9, 2025
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Summer School for Political Speechwriters 2025 - Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

Political communicators tackle AI tools and interferences through disinformation in a focused regional training hosted by KAS Media Africa

From 29 - 31 July 2025, KAS Media Africa hosted its annual Summer School for Political Speechwriters in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire. Bringing together political communicators from five African countries, the workshop focused on equipping participants with practical tools to respond to the challenges of political speechwriting in the age of artificial intelligence and disinformation.

August 8, 2025
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2025 Africa Check Fellowship Programme, Dakar, Senegal

KAS Media Africa supports the Sixth Edition of the Africa Check Fellowship Programme for Francophone Journalists

From 7 to 22 July 2025, KAS Media Africa once again partnered with Africa Check to support the sixth edition of its Francophone Fact-Checking Fellowship Programme in Dakar, Senegal. The initiative brought together five journalists from Bénin, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Mali for an immersive 12-day workshop in verifying information, debunking misinformation, and strengthening journalistic credibility.

July 31, 2025
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First Pan-African Media Councils’ Summit 2025, Arusha, Tanzania

KAS Media Africa supports the first gathering of the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA) to advance media regulation and ethical journalism

From 14 - 17 July 2025, KAS Media Africa supported the First Pan-African Media Councils’ Summit, hosted in Arusha, Tanzania, by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) in partnership with the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA), the East Africa Press Councils (EAPC), and the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC). The summit brought together media regulators and stakeholders from across the continent to reflect on regional challenges, share best practices, and strengthen cooperation for ethical and sustainable journalism.

July 30, 2025
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