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    The power of African creativity: Our time is now!
    The power of African creativity: Our time is now! 
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    Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for 6 months

    By Tarek Amara 18 Apr 2024

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    16 Apr 2024

    Eloine Barry, CEO African Media Agency.
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    Andrew Human to leave the Loeries

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    A police officer is seen in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on May 16, 2016. Police in Hargeisa recently arrested Horyaal 24 TV owner Mohamed Osman Mireh. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab.
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    11 Sep 2019

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    How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

      10 Sep 2019

    Image credit: 95C from Pixabay.
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    Police officers are seen in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Lagos police recently arrested publisher Agba Jalingo, who has been charged by federal authorities with treason. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.
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    9 Sep 2019

    The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.
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      4 Sep 2019

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    Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

    3 Sep 2019

    Ugandan journalist wins APO invite
    Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

    3 Sep 2019

    MTA expert, Joel Rubinson at the MMA SA's recent Thought Leadership Event, The Future of Attribution.
    MTA expert Joel Rubinson on the future of attribution

      3 Sep 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

      2 Sep 2019

    All the panellists. Picture © Goethe-Institut South Africa.
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      30 Aug 2019

    Image courtesy of Fotolighthouse.
    Western media, Chinese media... where is African media?

      30 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    ZEE5 offering news channels for free in Africa and MENA

    30 Aug 2019

    Empowering news organisations through technological innovation
    Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

      28 Aug 2019

    Media training in Chad.
    Africa's journalists trained in migration reporting

    27 Aug 2019

    Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.
    Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

    27 Aug 2019

    A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.
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    26 Aug 2019

    Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police
    Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

    26 Aug 2019

    Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.
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      26 Aug 2019

    Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
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      23 Aug 2019

    PIC: Ethiopians follow the news on television at a cafe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ethiopian authorities arrested journalist Mesganaw Getachew on August 9 after he filmed outside a court in Addis Ababa. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene.
    Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew

    23 Aug 2019

    Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
    #Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

      23 Aug 2019

    The Loeries' Game and Dion Wired 'What do CMOs really want' masterclass panel. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
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      23 Aug 2019

    #Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories
    #Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories

      22 Aug 2019

    Mo Abudu.
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      21 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    Guinea media leader arrested

    21 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    PAMRO student bursaries announced

    20 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

    19 Aug 2019

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    How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

     10 Sep 2019

    Image credit: 95C from Pixabay.
    Reaching the base-of-the-pyramid consumer

     10 Sep 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    ANA News to scale back SA operations

    9 Sep 2019

    Police officers are seen in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Lagos police recently arrested publisher Agba Jalingo, who has been charged by federal authorities with treason. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.
    Nigerian publisher charged with treason

    9 Sep 2019

    The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.
    Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

     4 Sep 2019

    Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa
    Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

    3 Sep 2019

    Ugandan journalist wins APO invite
    Ugandan journalist wins APO invite

    3 Sep 2019

    MTA expert, Joel Rubinson at the MMA SA's recent Thought Leadership Event, The Future of Attribution.
    MTA expert Joel Rubinson on the future of attribution

     3 Sep 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

     2 Sep 2019

    All the panellists. Picture © Goethe-Institut South Africa.
    Future of Journalism: A sector in crisis

     30 Aug 2019

    Image courtesy of Fotolighthouse.
    Western media, Chinese media... where is African media?

     30 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    ZEE5 offering news channels for free in Africa and MENA

    30 Aug 2019

    Empowering news organisations through technological innovation
    Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

     28 Aug 2019

    Media training in Chad.
    Africa's journalists trained in migration reporting

    27 Aug 2019

    Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.
    Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

    27 Aug 2019

    A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.
    Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

    26 Aug 2019

    Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police
    Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

    26 Aug 2019

    Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.
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     26 Aug 2019

    Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
    #Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

     23 Aug 2019

    PIC: Ethiopians follow the news on television at a cafe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ethiopian authorities arrested journalist Mesganaw Getachew on August 9 after he filmed outside a court in Addis Ababa. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene.
    Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew

    23 Aug 2019

    Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
    #Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

     23 Aug 2019

    The Loeries' Game and Dion Wired 'What do CMOs really want' masterclass panel. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
    #Loeries2019: What do CMOs really want from their agency?

     23 Aug 2019

    #Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories
    #Loeries 2019: Brand SA tells untold stories

     22 Aug 2019

    Mo Abudu.
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     21 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    Guinea media leader arrested

    21 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    PAMRO student bursaries announced

    20 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

    19 Aug 2019

    Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO
    Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

    19 Aug 2019

    Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.
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     16 Aug 2019

    A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.
    Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

    15 Aug 2019

    Image credit: Vogue International.
    Condé Nast reshuffles global leadership, Anna Wintour's role goes worldwide

    15 Aug 2019

    A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.
    Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

    14 Aug 2019

    Juba International Airport, pictured in October 2018. Two days before South Sudan's National Security Service detained Al-Watan editor Michael Christopher, the journalist had his passport confiscated at a Juba airport. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Akuot Chol.
    South Sudan detains Al-Watan editor for over 3 weeks

    14 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

    13 Aug 2019

    A man rides a motorcycle as young people of the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, celebrate at Hawassa city over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama, in Awasa, July 15, 2019. Authorities arrested three media workers from the Sidama Media Network on July 18. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.
    Ethiopia detains journalists amid southern unrest

    13 Aug 2019

    Image source: Gallo/Getty.
    New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do

     8 Aug 2019

    Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, who is detained in Tanzania. Credit: CPJ/Jamii Forums.
    Tanzania switches track, charges Kabendera with economic crimes

    7 Aug 2019

    Image credit: Tracy Thomas on Unsplash.
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     6 Aug 2019

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     5 Aug 2019

    Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir.
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    5 Aug 2019

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