Moky Makura, the executive director of Africa No Filter, tells us about bird - a newly launched story agency designed to shift narratives about Africa...
Google has announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1m in funding through the second Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge for Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey...
World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra)'s Women in News programme has provided first-of-its-kind insight into the scale of sexual harassment in African media organisations...
The One Club for Creativity and The 3% Movement have opened the call for entries for their jointly run Next Creative Leaders 2021...
With 74% of Africans now aged under 35, the youth are powerful agents of change...
On 27 May 2021, Kantar, in partnership with Affectiva, presented a webinar on how inclusive portrayal in advertising is important for the progression of media...
Emily Stander 28 May 2021
People's cars: VW's advert continues the brand's fine tradition; This is your typical South African story; race and language are irrelevant...
Brendan Seery 25 May 2021
In an effort to reverse the flood of abuse on the platform, Twitter is rolling out a new feature...
Martin Graff 24 May 2021
Warc has launched the Warc Awards for Media 2021, a global awards scheme rewarding communications planning and aiming to make a positive impact on business results...
The One Club for Creativity rallies creatives to take a collective stand against racism and intolerance...
Covid-19 pushed much of the world into the digital realm for everything from schooling and work to religious worship and dating. At the same time, many governments were turning data connections off. Full or partial shutdowns of the internet and social media are increasingly common parts of the "digital authoritarian" toolkit.
Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz 3 May 2021
Changes in the journalism profession have made journalism education challenging...
Nathan Oguche Emmanuel 20 Apr 2021
South African startup BlueAvo has been shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation...
Evan-Lee Courie 13 Apr 2021
Facebook is launching a new campaign in partnership with the WHO called 'Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation'...
