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Africa must step up to support its innovators

Robyn Curnow 9 Oct 2019

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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

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#AdobeCX: How to embrace the power of customer experience management

Leigh Andrews 8 Oct 2019

Africa is hell

Ndeye Diagne, Kantar 8 Oct 2019

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African Women in Media Award finalists

3 Oct 2019

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

2 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

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Judges for APO media award

Judges for APO media award

1 Oct 2019

Solomon Serwanjja.

BBC Komla Dumor award for Ugandan journalist

30 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen at El Harrach prison in Algiers, Algeria, on June 13, 2019. Freelance journalist Sofiane Merakchi was recently sent to the prison for pre-trial detention. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Ramzi Boudina.

Algerian authorities arrest freelance journalist

30 Sep 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

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How partnerships can help Africa achieve UN SDGs

26 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Cairo, Egypt, on September 21, 2019. Police recently arrested several journalists covering protests in Cairo and other cities, and authorities blocked news websites and Facebook Messenger. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed.

Egypt authorities arrest 3 journalists, block websites, amid protests

25 Sep 2019

Molengwa Rose Luckscheiter.

A challenge for the media: Proactive reporting

Molengwa Rose Luckscheiter 23 Sep 2019

Mark Tungate, the editorial director of the Epica Awards. Image supplied.

#EpicaAwards2019: What's new this year?

23 Sep 2019

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Video Exchange Africa at AfricaCom 2019

20 Sep 2019

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Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

How to create SEO friendly content for your new website

How to create SEO friendly content for your new website

Katie Chodosh 16 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

12 Sep 2019

Eloine Barry, CEO African Media Agency.

African Media Agency partners with USAfrica Expo

11 Sep 2019

Andrew Human to leave the Loeries

Andrew Human to leave the Loeries

Loeries 11 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on May 16, 2016. Police in Hargeisa recently arrested Horyaal 24 TV owner Mohamed Osman Mireh. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab.

Somaliland police raid Horyaal 24 TV offices

11 Sep 2019

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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

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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

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Schaefer presenting at the Adobe CX Forum.

#AdobeCX: How to embrace the power of customer experience management

Leigh Andrews 8 Oct 2019

Africa is hell

Ndeye Diagne, Kantar 8 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

African Women in Media Award finalists

3 Oct 2019

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

2 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Judges for APO media award

Judges for APO media award

1 Oct 2019

Solomon Serwanjja.

BBC Komla Dumor award for Ugandan journalist

30 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen at El Harrach prison in Algiers, Algeria, on June 13, 2019. Freelance journalist Sofiane Merakchi was recently sent to the prison for pre-trial detention. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Ramzi Boudina.

Algerian authorities arrest freelance journalist

30 Sep 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

How partnerships can help Africa achieve UN SDGs

26 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Cairo, Egypt, on September 21, 2019. Police recently arrested several journalists covering protests in Cairo and other cities, and authorities blocked news websites and Facebook Messenger. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed.

Egypt authorities arrest 3 journalists, block websites, amid protests

25 Sep 2019

Molengwa Rose Luckscheiter.

A challenge for the media: Proactive reporting

Molengwa Rose Luckscheiter 23 Sep 2019

Mark Tungate, the editorial director of the Epica Awards. Image supplied.

#EpicaAwards2019: What's new this year?

23 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Video Exchange Africa at AfricaCom 2019

20 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty Images.

Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

How to create SEO friendly content for your new website

How to create SEO friendly content for your new website

Katie Chodosh 16 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

12 Sep 2019

Eloine Barry, CEO African Media Agency.

African Media Agency partners with USAfrica Expo

11 Sep 2019

Andrew Human to leave the Loeries

Andrew Human to leave the Loeries

Loeries 11 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on May 16, 2016. Police in Hargeisa recently arrested Horyaal 24 TV owner Mohamed Osman Mireh. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab.

Somaliland police raid Horyaal 24 TV offices

11 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Image credit: 95C from Pixabay.

Reaching the base-of-the-pyramid consumer

Lorraine Gwewera 10 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

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

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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

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