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Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business
The adoption continues for the .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gLTD) as Africa's biggest multi-industry website, Bizcommunity, announced the launch of its dotAfrica website.Read...
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Digital media platform for African finance needs repurposed
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) has announced its revamped website. The redesigned MWF4A website offers visitors an invaluable window into its vast African...
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Mo Abudu receives medal of honour at MIPTV Cannes
Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu, the CEO of EbonyLife Media, has been awarded the 2019 Médailles d'Honneur at Cannes. Abudu is the first African and Nigerian recipient of this award.Read more... | Send...
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Armed men raid Somalia's Universal TV, fire guns in station
Traffic flows in Mogadishu's Hodan district in 2018. On March 30, 2019 armed men raided the offices of Somalia's Universal TV station. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.</span>Authorities in...
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Google launches news innovation challenge for African media
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>Google has announced that the Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge is launching in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey in June.Read more... | Send to...
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Five key learnings from SXSW 2019
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual 10-day event of interactive media, brands, film and music festivals that bring 100,000 creatives from across the world to Austin, Texas to network, learn and...
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One journalist will win a trip to EurAfrican Forum
The APO Group will award one African journalist transport, accommodation and a daily allowance to attend the 2019 EurAfrican Forum which will take place in Cascais, Portugal, from 4-5 July, 2019.Read...
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Reporting on China in Africa is too binary
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>China's involvement in many parts of Africa is expanding. Several milestones have been reached in recent years. These include China becoming the continent's...
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South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown...
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How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes
It's pleasing that the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters without Borders rates the state of press freedom in South Africa as "satisfactory". Satisfactory is the second best...
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Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa
In recent months, persistent protesters in Algeria and Sudan have faced down government repression to depose long-time political leaders. Unfortunately, these two countries are the exception rather...
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DStv rolls out news channel Newzroom Afrika
Newzroom Afrika, which is available on DStv channel 405, aired its first news bulletin at 5.30pm, on 2 May, with previous eNCA presenter Cathy Mohlahlana taking the reins alongside sports presenter...
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A mixed bag of media freedom in southern Africa - SAEF
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>As we commemorate this year's World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2019, the Southern African Editor's Forum (SAEF) reports a mixed bag of media freedom within its...
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#OneShow2019: All the ADC 2019 winners!
Screen grab from ADC 98th Annual Awards' Black Cube for Best of Show winner, “The Truth Is Worth It,” on behalf of , awarded to Final Cut New York and Furlined Santa Monica with Droga5 New...
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How the media is faring in Ethiopia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa, in August 2018. Since Abiy's election, conditions for Ethiopia's journalists have improved, but some challenges remain....
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APO partners with AWIEF to empower women entrepreneurs
AWIEF Awards 2018.</span>The APO Group is helping boost Africa's entrepreneurship ecosystem for women by supporting AWIEF's 5th flagship event in October, as well as assisting in amplifying the...
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Editor from South Sudan is 2019 Africa Laureate
Two editors from Lebanon and South Sudan have been awarded the WAN-IFRA 2019 Award recognising exceptional leadership in the newsroom. Anna Nimiriano, editor-in-chief of the Juba Monitor in South...
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African Business magazine launches event series
Asoko Insight and African Business magazine will collaborate to deliver solutions to stakeholders interested and involved in Africa's investment opportunities, through a targeted, high profile series...
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Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine appears for his bail application via a video link from prison, on a television screen in a court in Kampala, Uganda, on May 2, 2019. Uganda's media...
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Imagine a world without data?
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>If you haven't heard of it, 'peak oil' is a theoretical point in time when we hit the maximum extraction of petroleum from our planet, after which it is expected...
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