the Media community of East Africa

Getting ready for 2010 - South Africans entice East Africa

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:04:00 +0200

According to the World Tourism Organisation's Tourism 2020 Vision, tourism movement to Africa is expected to increase to 47 million arrivals by 2010. One of the factors that will contribute to the increase is the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

New laws threaten free expression in Ethiopia

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:43:00 +0200

Ethiopia has passed a new media law that bans censorship of private media and the detention of journalists, but which critics say maintains other threats to free expression. Read full story... | Send to a friend

New Vision seeks expansion capital from ordinary shareholders

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:40:00 +0200

New Vision, Uganda's latest multimedia player in the information sector, has embarked on a grand plan to amass UGX28bn, which it plans to invest in the expansion of its publishing, radio and television businesses. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Somali journalists trained to survive captivity

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:12:00 +0200

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) and its Somalia partner, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), has provided safety training to 48 Somali journalists and other media staff in Djibouti. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Uganda: Media crackdown taskforce set up

Fri, 23 May 2008 10:14:00 +0200

The Ugandan Cabinet on Wednesday constituted a special sub-committee to investigate radios and newspapers accused of giving bad publicity to the ruling NRM government. Read full story... | Send to a friend

CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008 finalists

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 +0200

Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Competition were announced today, 15 May 2008, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition, now in its 13th year, received a record 1912 entries from 44 countries throughout the African continent, including French- and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Sudanese put an end to censorship

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:21:00 +0200

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed an agreement by Sudanese authorities to end censorship after journalist union leaders brought together a group of newspaper editors in a concerted effort to strengthen ethical journalism and media independence in the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

WAN protests against press crackdown in Tibet

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:08:00 +0200

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) have protested to Chinese President Hu Jintao against the crackdown on coverage of events in Tibet and the banning of foreign media, in violation of international agreements, Chinese law and China's Olympic promises. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Telling it like it is

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:06:00 +0200

Fleishman-Hillard, a leading global PR firm, recently announced its strategic partnership with Tell-Em Public Relations, one of East Africa's leading PR agencies. Carole Kimutai finds out more about the new alliance from Elizabeth Cook, Tell-Em's Public Relations General Manager. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Old man gets what he deserves

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:34:00 +0200

“The young have had their time and now is the elders' turn” seemed to be the contrast between the winner of the 2007 Image Business Journalist (IBJ) Awards and the 2006 winner. Read full story... | Send to a friend