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  • FJP Pan Africa

    By Khaya Thonjeni
    The Future Journalism Programme’s decision to cast their net wider and deeper into the African continent has attracted very enthusiastic responses.
    After an invitation was sent out to students in West African countries to apply for participation in the FJP programme, three students took this invitation seriously.
    Sophiane Bengeloun from Senegal Cesti University, Peter Okosun …

  • Citizen journalism mooted to fill content gap in broadcast media industry

    By Kennedy Abwao
    African media executives meeting Wednesday to discuss the peaceful co-existence of various forms of telecommunication, have proposed the use of the new phenomenon in the industry, known as citizen journalism, to bridge the growing need for local content.
    According to the executives, content has always remained the driver of the broadcasting industry, but the …

  • CAF on the spot over exorbitant charges
  • African broadcasters want joint production facilities to cut costs

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Accolades abound for techno-savvy African journalists
The annual SABC-Highway Africa New Media Awards in association with the Open Society Institute of West Africa (Osiwa) took place on Monday night, 7 September, at the 1820 Settlers Monument in Grahamstown. Pioneered nine years ago, the awards have become one of the major events for the recognition, reward and celebration of creativity for new ...
Broadband Africa Workshop
One of this morning’s panels was on Broadband Africa, with Ben Akoh of Open Society West Africa (Soros Foundation), Eric Osiakwan of Ghana Connect, Anne-Rachel Inné of ICANN and Ashraf Patel of the Meraka Institute. Here are a few notes taken during the session: Ben Akoh gives a background of why broadband is important. He says ...

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