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Media literacy: Five fact-checking tips for the fake news era

Media literacy: Five fact-checking tips for the fake news era

Leigh Andrews 16 Oct 2018

Does traditional 'offline' media still have a place in the digital online media space?

Does traditional 'offline' media still have a place in the digital online media space?

Margie Knap 15 Oct 2018

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Sunday Times 'deeply' regretful for 'failing SA'

15 Oct 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

Tom Jackson 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Vincent F. Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Research data needs to be used with purpose

12 Oct 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group 12 Oct 2018

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

Edwin Macharia and Zarina Nteta 11 Oct 2018

Frank Eleanya, online news editor, Nigeria.

APO sponsors journalist for Web Summit 2018

11 Oct 2018

#Newsmaker: Destiny Man has a new editor, welcome back Kojo Baffoe

#Newsmaker: Destiny Man has a new editor, welcome back Kojo Baffoe

Jessica Tennant 11 Oct 2018

Ghana to host 5th AFRIMA

10 Oct 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

10 Oct 2018

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Geoffrey Ssenoga 8 Oct 2018

Facebook Africa launches third-party fact-checking w/ Africa Check, AFP

4 Oct 2018

Various Visi covers.

African design inspo and that almost 100-issue strong Visi vision

Leigh Andrews 4 Oct 2018

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

3 Oct 2018

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Africa Science Desk calls journalists to pitch science stories

3 Oct 2018

Andrew Bonamour
Photographer: Karl Rogers

Tiso Blackstar to play lead role in SA film sector

Nick Hedley 28 Sep 2018

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

26 Sep 2018

Mobile internet cut in Ethiopia

Mobile internet cut in Ethiopia

26 Sep 2018

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Yuveshen Darmalingum 21 Sep 2018

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

19 Sep 2018

Vicki Myburgh, entertainment and media leader for PwC SA and

#PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry experiencing Convergence 3.0

19 Sep 2018

Nigeria's Tizeti raises $3million for expansion of internet service across Africa

Nigeria's Tizeti raises $3million for expansion of internet service across Africa

19 Sep 2018

The winning Eric Njiru photograph.

Top rugby photographer awarded

18 Sep 2018

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

17 Sep 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila delivers a state of the nation speech in Kinshasa on July 19, 2018. Authorities in the DRC jailed a journalist for criminal defamation on September 6. Credit: AFP/Junior D. Kannah/CPJ.

DRC journalist jailed for criminal defamation

17 Sep 2018

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

17 Sep 2018

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

14 Sep 2018

AfricaCom 2018 takes place in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018.

Celebrating Africa's digital heroes in 2018

14 Sep 2018

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Sunday Times 'deeply' regretful for 'failing SA'

15 Oct 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

Tom Jackson 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Vincent F. Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Research data needs to be used with purpose

12 Oct 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group 12 Oct 2018

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

Edwin Macharia and Zarina Nteta 11 Oct 2018

Frank Eleanya, online news editor, Nigeria.

APO sponsors journalist for Web Summit 2018

11 Oct 2018

#Newsmaker: Destiny Man has a new editor, welcome back Kojo Baffoe

#Newsmaker: Destiny Man has a new editor, welcome back Kojo Baffoe

Jessica Tennant 11 Oct 2018

Ghana to host 5th AFRIMA

10 Oct 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

10 Oct 2018

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Geoffrey Ssenoga 8 Oct 2018

Facebook Africa launches third-party fact-checking w/ Africa Check, AFP

4 Oct 2018

Various Visi covers.

African design inspo and that almost 100-issue strong Visi vision

Leigh Andrews 4 Oct 2018

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

3 Oct 2018

(c) Alistair Cotton -

Africa Science Desk calls journalists to pitch science stories

3 Oct 2018

Andrew Bonamour
Photographer: Karl Rogers

Tiso Blackstar to play lead role in SA film sector

Nick Hedley 28 Sep 2018

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

26 Sep 2018

Mobile internet cut in Ethiopia

Mobile internet cut in Ethiopia

26 Sep 2018

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Yuveshen Darmalingum 21 Sep 2018

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

19 Sep 2018

Vicki Myburgh, entertainment and media leader for PwC SA and

#PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry experiencing Convergence 3.0

19 Sep 2018

Nigeria's Tizeti raises $3million for expansion of internet service across Africa

Nigeria's Tizeti raises $3million for expansion of internet service across Africa

19 Sep 2018

The winning Eric Njiru photograph.

Top rugby photographer awarded

18 Sep 2018

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

17 Sep 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila delivers a state of the nation speech in Kinshasa on July 19, 2018. Authorities in the DRC jailed a journalist for criminal defamation on September 6. Credit: AFP/Junior D. Kannah/CPJ.

DRC journalist jailed for criminal defamation

17 Sep 2018

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

17 Sep 2018

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

14 Sep 2018

AfricaCom 2018 takes place in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018.

Celebrating Africa's digital heroes in 2018

14 Sep 2018

Give your brand the space to grow on Bizcommunity

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CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

13 Sep 2018

Michael Wokorach races towards the try line. Credit: APO.

Writing the story of the rise of African rugby

13 Sep 2018

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

12 Sep 2018

Detailed 'PR value' media monitoring service for Africa

Detailed 'PR value' media monitoring service for Africa

10 Sep 2018

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, looks on behind bars in his trial on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on May 31, 2016. Shawkan was sentenced to five years in prison on September 8, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/CPJ.

Egypt sentences photojournalist Shawkan to five years

10 Sep 2018

The Future of Media in Africa

The Future of Media in Africa

Meltwater 10 Sep 2018

Investigative journalism is evolving as newsrooms continue to shrink

Investigative journalism is evolving as newsrooms continue to shrink

6 Sep 2018

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

5 Sep 2018

A newsstand in Ghana's capital, Accra, in 2016. Attackers abducted and beat a reporter for the Ghana News Agency on August 27 over his critical coverage of an opposition politician in Bawku. Credit: AP/Sunday Alamba/CPJ.

Ghanaian journalist abducted and beaten

3 Sep 2018

Africacom, Cape Town.

The spread of digital connectivity in Africa

3 Sep 2018

African editors oppose media accreditation fees in Mozambique

African editors oppose media accreditation fees in Mozambique

31 Aug 2018

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