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UK firm to boost climate change coverage in EA

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:07:00 +0200

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.
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EAC ministers push for fast digital broadcasting migration

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:40:00 +0200

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.
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Arab TV springs to life: Pay TV subscribers to top 10 million in 2012

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:35:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Record numbers of households across the Middle East and Africa are signing up for pay TV, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media.
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Germany to promote budget reporting in East Africa

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:01:00 +0200

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.
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Airtel launches TVC to inspire soccer stars [video]

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:41:00 +0200

Airtel Africa recently launched a Pan-African television ad, created by Ogilvy Africa in Kenya, that aims to inspire youth to pursue their passion for football, by participating in the Airtel Rising Stars tournament.
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Al Jazeera to start Kiswahili channel in East Africa

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0200

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.
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African people disillusioned with leadership - Moeletsi Mbeki

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:56:00 +0200

"African people - like me - are completely disillusioned with the performance of their leaders because of what they have done and what they are doing, and for me these people should not be called leaders, but rather the elite," Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki and chairman of the SA Institute of International Affairs, said, speaking at the CNN-MultiChoice media forum currently taking place in Bryanston, Johannesburg, today, Friday, 24 June 2011.
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MTV base launches mini-documentary series

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:29:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG / LAGOS: MTV base today, 6 June 2011, launches its new mini-documentary series, Touching Base. The series aims to present a new generation of "Afro-cool" in African urban culture. The documentary series aims to highlight talented young individuals from Africa.
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Decline in press freedom experienced in key countries - report

Tue, 03 May 2011 14:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: The number of people worldwide with access to free and independent media declined to its lowest level in over a decade, according a Freedom House study released yesterday, 2 May 2011. The report, Freedom of the Press 2011: A global survey of media independence, found that a number of key countries experienced significant declines, producing a global landscape in which only one in six people live in countries with a press that is designated Free.
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Concern mounts over missing SA journo as govt scrambles to assist

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:10:00 +0200

As concern mounts over the fate of Anton Hammerl, a South African photographer missing in Libya alongside two US journalists and one Spanish photographer, the Presidency said yesterday, Wednesday, 20 April 2011, that President Jacob Zuma has been briefed on the attempts made by the SA mission in Libya to locate Hammerl. Reports from Washington DC also suggest that the White House is very concerned about their well-being and it is trying hard to assist them in any way it can.
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