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Razor's Kalay Maistry and NTT Data's Marian Scala named in Provoke Media’s Innovator 25 EMEADanette Breitenbach

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

10 Dec 2024

Source: © Bizcommunity The inaugural SSA MMA Smarties Awards awarded 51 Awards, with 19 Gold, 19 Silver and 13 Bronze Awards

Inaugural SSA MMA Smarties' winners announced, the TFG named Brand of the Year

9 Dec 2024

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Reaching the base-of-the-pyramid consumer

Lorraine Gwewera 10 Sep 2019

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ANA News to scale back SA operations

9 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Lagos police recently arrested publisher Agba Jalingo, who has been charged by federal authorities with treason. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

Nigerian publisher charged with treason

9 Sep 2019

The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.

Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

3 Sep 2019

Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

3 Sep 2019

MTA expert, Joel Rubinson at the MMA SA's recent Thought Leadership Event, The Future of Attribution.

MTA expert Joel Rubinson on the future of attribution

Danette Breitenbach 3 Sep 2019

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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

All the panellists. Picture © Goethe-Institut South Africa.

Future of Journalism: A sector in crisis

Danette Breitenbach 30 Aug 2019

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Western media, Chinese media... where is African media?

Zubeida Jaffer 30 Aug 2019

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ZEE5 offering news channels for free in Africa and MENA

30 Aug 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

Media training in Chad.

Africa's journalists trained in migration reporting

27 Aug 2019

Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.

Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

27 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

26 Aug 2019

Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.

#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

PIC: Ethiopians follow the news on television at a cafe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ethiopian authorities arrested journalist Mesganaw Getachew on August 9 after he filmed outside a court in Addis Ababa. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene.

Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew

23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

The Loeries' Game and Dion Wired 'What do CMOs really want' masterclass panel. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: What do CMOs really want from their agency?

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

#Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories

Angie White 22 Aug 2019

Mo Abudu: Woman of many firsts

Phindile Xaba 21 Aug 2019

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Guinea media leader arrested

21 Aug 2019

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PAMRO student bursaries announced

20 Aug 2019

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

19 Aug 2019

Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.

#Loeries2019: Tackling unconscious bias, raising jurors' cultural awareness

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2019

A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

15 Aug 2019

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Condé Nast reshuffles global leadership, Anna Wintour's role goes worldwide

15 Aug 2019

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The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.

Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

3 Sep 2019

Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

3 Sep 2019

MTA expert, Joel Rubinson at the MMA SA's recent Thought Leadership Event, The Future of Attribution.

MTA expert Joel Rubinson on the future of attribution

Danette Breitenbach 3 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

All the panellists. Picture © Goethe-Institut South Africa.

Future of Journalism: A sector in crisis

Danette Breitenbach 30 Aug 2019

Image courtesy of Fotolighthouse.

Western media, Chinese media... where is African media?

Zubeida Jaffer 30 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

ZEE5 offering news channels for free in Africa and MENA

30 Aug 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

Media training in Chad.

Africa's journalists trained in migration reporting

27 Aug 2019

Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.

Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

27 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

26 Aug 2019

Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.

#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

PIC: Ethiopians follow the news on television at a cafe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ethiopian authorities arrested journalist Mesganaw Getachew on August 9 after he filmed outside a court in Addis Ababa. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene.

Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew

23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

The Loeries' Game and Dion Wired 'What do CMOs really want' masterclass panel. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: What do CMOs really want from their agency?

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

#Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories

Angie White 22 Aug 2019

Mo Abudu: Woman of many firsts

Phindile Xaba 21 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Guinea media leader arrested

21 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

PAMRO student bursaries announced

20 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

19 Aug 2019

Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.

#Loeries2019: Tackling unconscious bias, raising jurors' cultural awareness

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2019

A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

15 Aug 2019

Image credit: Vogue International.

Condé Nast reshuffles global leadership, Anna Wintour's role goes worldwide

15 Aug 2019

A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.

Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

14 Aug 2019

Juba International Airport, pictured in October 2018. Two days before South Sudan's National Security Service detained Al-Watan editor Michael Christopher, the journalist had his passport confiscated at a Juba airport. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Akuot Chol.

South Sudan detains Al-Watan editor for over 3 weeks

14 Aug 2019

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

A man rides a motorcycle as young people of the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, celebrate at Hawassa city over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama, in Awasa, July 15, 2019. Authorities arrested three media workers from the Sidama Media Network on July 18. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

Ethiopia detains journalists amid southern unrest

13 Aug 2019

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New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do

Sharon Adetutu Omotoso 8 Aug 2019

Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, who is detained in Tanzania. Credit: CPJ/Jamii Forums.

Tanzania switches track, charges Kabendera with economic crimes

7 Aug 2019

Image credit: Tracy Thomas on Unsplash.

Reject the tyranny of "or": How digital makes traditional marketing more important for big brands

JG Bezuidenhout 6 Aug 2019

Kantar CEO, Eric Salama. Image supplied.

Kantar's Eric Salama discusses the way forward under new owner Bain Capital

Juanita Pienaar 5 Aug 2019

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir.

Mauritanian blogger freed after being held for nearly six years

5 Aug 2019

A screenshot of Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa, left, speaking at a July 30 press conference. Mambosasa said that police have detained freelancer Erick Kabendera. Credit: CPJ/YouTube/Kwanza TV.

Tanzania detains freelancer Kabendera over 'citizenship'

31 Jul 2019

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AGOA info session for media

31 Jul 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment for MultiChoice Group.

Africa is a great repository for untapped and untold stories

Yolisa Phahle 30 Jul 2019

A local market in Dar es Salaam, pictured in May. A group of armed men forcefully took an investigative journalist, Erick Kabendera, from his home outside the city on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Said Khalfan.

Journalist Erick Kabendera abducted in Tanzania

30 Jul 2019

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