Malawi-Zimbabwe twinning programme launches 'Brain Trust'

The Malawi-Zimbabwe Executive Twinning Programme, an innovative new WAN-IFRA project that matches two newspaper groups in Malawi with two newspaper groups in Zimbabwe for a series of exchanges including newspaper study tours, job shadowing and collaboration on business projects, entered a new phase with the launch of the Twinning Programme Brain Trust in Johannesburg, South Africa. 17 Nov 2011 15:26

Journos train to make news out of numbers

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Around twenty journalists completed a daylong training course in Lilongwe, Malawi on Friday 11 November 2011, where they learnt skills to turn data and numbers into news stories. The training, funded by the Hewlett Foundation through the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), enables journalists to use research and data to find and strengthen stories. 14 Nov 2011 10:56

Health, development communications training underway in Kenya

[Gregory Gondwe] Media practitioners from Malawi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will be in Kenya for six days where, among other things, they will undergo health and development communication training. The training commenced on Saturday, 25 June 2011, on health and development reporting followed by a session on computer-assisted investigative reporting at Internews in Nairobi. 27 Jun 2011 11:00

IAJ calls for training course applications

South Africa's Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) and the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) in Berlin, Germany, of the GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - are inviting mid-career journalists to apply for a two-week training course on Reporting regional integration - the history, politics and economics of SADC. 23 May 2011 11:11

China puts its mark on Malawi

[Claire Ngozo] Driving through Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, it is difficult to miss the imposing building under construction in the city centre. It's the country's first five-star hotel, US$90 million worth of well-appointed rooms, a state-of-the-art conference centre and 14 opulent presidential suites. 28 Apr 2011 09:47

Education for all: damning report on state of education in Africa

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The state of education in many parts of the world and Africa, especially in zones in conflict, is appalling, miserable and in bad shape, according to a 2011 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report set to be released today, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 in New York. 1 Mar 2011 11:40

JUMA conducts media study in Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] According to a report compiled by the Journalists Union of Malawi (JUMA), the prevailing conditions endured by media practitioners in the country are demeaning, exploitative and not befitting professionals. The study showed that the reasons most journalists in Malawi are exploited are because a majority are young and single. 12 Aug 2010 10:13

Multichoice Malawi connects 34 schools

[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi, which previously connected 27 secondary schools in the first phase of its corporate social responsibility project, has connected seven more schools in the second phase totaling to 34. 4 Sep 2009 11:46

Women still hitting glass ceiling in media

[Colleen Lowe Morna & Pat Made] Research released today, Thursday, 6 August 2007, by Gender Links, a Southern African non-governmental organisation, points out that media is still not a very friendly environment for women to work in. “Glass Ceilings: Women and Men in Southern African Media” presents data and findings from 126 media houses (approximately half of all media houses in the region), representing 23 678 employees. 6 Aug 2009 11:05