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New media law on horizon
DODOMA, TANZANIA: The Cabinet is close to endorsing the proposed Bill on Media Law, the National Assembly was told on Thursday, 5 July 2012. 9 Jul 2012 14:23
HKLM Nairobi opens its doors
Strategic brand and communication design consultancy, the HKLM Group, has taken a step towards cementing its position as sub-Saharan Africa's leading brand consultancy with the opening of its new Nairobi office recently. 22 Jun 2012 10:55
VIMN Africa announces pay-tv deal for BET
Viacom International Media Networks Africa (VIMN Africa) has announced that the general entertainment network BET is set to expand its African TV footprint following the signing of a new distribution deal that will see BET distributed on the My TV pay-TV platform. 5 Jun 2012 15:41
CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 finalists announced
The finalists in the 17th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition were announced on 18 May 2012, by Ferial Haffajee, chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa. 18 May 2012 11:49
Catherine Nambi wins invite to 2012 AfDB Annual Meetings
Following a call by the African Press Organisation (APO) to African journalists to apply to win an invitation to the 2012 AfDB Annual Meetings, set to take place in Arusha, Tanzania from 28 May to 1 June 2012, Ugandan news reporter Catherine Nambi was selected as the winner and will participate in the meetings. 9 May 2012 12:54
Arusha takes lead in Africa's image
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to bring more than 300 international journalists to Arusha where the AfDB intends to launch new efforts to re-brand the image of the African continent. 23 Apr 2012 14:30
UK firm to boost climate change coverage in EA
[Walter Wafula] WRENmedia, a United Kingdom-based a specialist communications company is set to sharpen reporting skills of journalists covering climate change issues in Eastern Africa, according to Susanna Thorp, director of the firm. 3 Jan 2012 09:07
YoungAfricaLive launches in Tanzania
YoungAfricaLive, a mobile community that entertains and educates young people on topics of love, sexual health, gender and relationships affecting the youth, launched yesterday, 1 December 2011 in Tanzania. 2 Dec 2011 14:01
EAC ministers push for fast digital broadcasting migration
[Walter Wafula] Ministers responsible for communication in the five East African Community (EAC) partner states have called for the swift creation of policies that will enable the region to migrate to digital broadcasting from analogue on schedule. 21 Nov 2011 12:40
Kenya's Nova Nee eyes more East African markets
[Walter Wafula] Nova Nee, a public relations agency in Kenya has set its eyes on the East African market amidst cut throat competition for accounts by established domestic and multinational firms in the region. Beth Maina-Mwaura, the firm's managing director spoke to Bizcommunity about the firm's plans. 21 Sep 2011 13:27
Germany to promote budget reporting in East Africa
[Walter Wafula] Germany's International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) is set to train East African journalists on covering public spending to improve reporting on national budgets and the use of tax payer's money. 7 Sep 2011 10:01
Al Jazeera to start Kiswahili channel in East Africa
[Walter Wafula] The Al Jazeera Media Network in Qatar is set to establish a regional news and current affairs media network in East Africa, the company said on 8 August 2011. 10 Aug 2011 13:50
Carat Media hosts internal conference, launches blog
CAPE TOWN: Aegis Media's agency, Carat Media will be hosting an internal conference for its African representatives from 27-30 June 2011 in Durban. The Carat Media Training Conference, which will also be attended by digital agency Trigger/ Isobar, aims to provide a platform for representatives to share learnings, insights, trends and experiences that have taken place within their media and digital agencies. 27 Jun 2011 11:12
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

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