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Epica Awards announces new website and ad campaign
This year’s jury president is Fiona Rogers, chief operating officer of Magnum Photos. Image source: [[https://www.facebook.com/EpicaAwards/ Epica Awards Facebook]].</span>The Epica Awards has...
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CPJ urges Tanzania lawmakers to revise proposed legislative amendments
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...
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Tiso Blackstar Group sells media, broadcast and content businesses
© Cytonn Photography via [[www.unsplash.com Unsplash.]]</span>Tiso Blackstar Group has announced selling its media, broadcast and content businesses in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya to...
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Somaliland bans two privately owned TV stations
Somaliland.</span>Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should immediately lift an indefinite ban on two privately owned television stations, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
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Africa media innovators can apply for Google funding
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>The Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge is now accepting application submissions from news organisations in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.Read...
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New team for BBC Studios in Africa
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>A new BBC Studios leadership team for Africa and the rest of the MENA region, has been announced.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Two days left to enter African Digital Media Awards 2019
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>The annual 2019 African Digital Media Awards awards hosted by WAN-IFRA, recognise publishers which have delivered unique and original digital media projects in...
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Best Use of Data jury announced for Warc Media Awards 2019
Spotify's Scott Marsden, global head of media, performance and lifecycle marketing. Image supplied.</span>Warc has announced the jury lineup for the Best Use of Data category for the Warc Media...
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In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press
Ethiopians read newspapers in Addis Ababa on June 24. Following what the government refers to as a failed attempted coup, access to the internet was cut and journalists were arrested. Credit:...
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Creating a brand safe environment for advertisers in Africa
Ad Tech Masterclass in Nigeria.</span>Julian Jordaan, commercial director of 365 Digital, talks to Bizcommunity.Africa about the need to create brand safe, trusted, premium digital advertising...
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In BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is...
In an interview today, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda (pictured), who has been missing since 2017, is dead. Credit: CPJ/Mwananchi.</span>The...
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MTN Group urged to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan
Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns....
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Fake news and the role of the ordinary citizen
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>Fake news is eroding trust in the media in Africa, fuelling hate speech and leading to violence in extreme instances. Research into the responsibility of citizens...
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Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny
Image source: Gallo/Getty.</span>An enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa annually is for media development. Foreign aid funds diverse projects,...
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Sipromad takes over Pan-African channel Africanews
The Pan-African channel Africanews, owned by Euronews NBC, has been bought by Malagasy Group Sipromad for approximately 20 million US Dollars.Read more... | Send to a friend
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AFCON sports journalists honoured
AFCON sports journalists honoured</span>International Sports Press Association (AIPS) honoured veteran Africa Cup of Nations journalists in Egypt, with Egypt's Minister of Youth and Sports,...
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Justice must be done for death of journalist Azory Gwanda
© via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Following the disclosure by Tanzanian Foreign Minister Paramagamba Kabudi that investigative journalist Azory Gwanda, who disappeared in mysterious...
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Tanzanian among annual press freedom awards honourees
Maxence Melo Mubyazi from Tanzania's Jamii media.</span>The Committee to Protect Journalists will honour journalists from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, and Tanzania with the 2019 International Press...
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Sports as a business and a brand in Africa
At the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, the visual imagery of almost empty stadiums is a powerful narrative. But not the kind that African sports, African football, or corporate sponsors...
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3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office
"In an age of radical transparency, your internal culture is your brand. Time to take action!" proclaims the headline from Trendwatching.com.Read more... | Send to a friend
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