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Warc and TikTok's connect media report tells brands to focus on relevance

20 Nov 2024

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Tiso Blackstar Group sells media, broadcast and content businesses

Tiso Blackstar Group sells media, broadcast and content businesses

28 Jun 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.

CPJ urges Tanzania lawmakers to revise proposed legislative amendments

27 Jun 2019

A Kenyan journalist has an altercation with a police officer. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

Accountability in Kenya's media still needs attention. What can be done?

Jared Obuya 24 Jun 2019

This year’s jury president is Fiona Rogers, chief operating officer of Magnum Photos. Image source: .

Epica Awards announces new website and ad campaign

24 Jun 2019

Dentsu Aegis Network pioneers the media industry - Launching the first SME incubator in Africa out of Kenya!

Dentsu Aegis Network pioneers the media industry - Launching the first SME incubator in Africa out of Kenya!

Dentsu 21 Jun 2019

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Media continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

The Uganda High Court is in Kampala on May 14, 2018. CPJ today called for Ugandan authorities to intervene and end the criminal case against editor Pidson Kareire. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Isaac Kasamani.

Ugandan editor charged with criminal libel

18 Jun 2019

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Africa Women in Media Award launched

14 Jun 2019

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Canal+ International to launch Canal+ University in Africa

14 Jun 2019

CPJ joins call for UN to scrutinise human rights situation in Eritrea

CPJ joins call for UN to scrutinise human rights situation in Eritrea

14 Jun 2019

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AMA and African Leadership partner up to promote London Africa Summit

12 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

RIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

The APO-Getty strategic partnership was acknowledged with a photo of Lee Martin, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Development at Getty Images, and Lionel Reina, CEO of APO Group, displayed on the NASDAQ Tower in New York's Time Square. The NASDAQ Tower is considered the most visible LED video display in Times Square and is one of the most valuable advertising spaces in the world.

APO partners with Getty Images to raise profile of Africa's story

4 Jun 2019

iProspect East Africa wins big at the Digital Media Awards 2019

iProspect East Africa wins big at the Digital Media Awards 2019

Dentsu 4 Jun 2019

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

3 Jun 2019

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#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

#AWE2019: Highlights from Day 1

#AWE2019: Highlights from Day 1

Johan Walters 30 May 2019

Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri, left, and Alagoa Morris, pictured in Abuja after Abiri's release from detention in 2018. A court on May 22, 2019 charged Abiri on three counts and ordered him detained. Credit: CPJ/Alagoa Morris.

Re-arrest of editor Jones Abiri in Nigeria

27 May 2019

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First Africa Media Index published on Africa's media markets

24 May 2019

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IDG appoints Turn Left Media as Africa representative

23 May 2019

Prison guards are seen at Somaliland's Hargeisa prison on March 29, 2011. Television reporter Abdirahman Keyse Mohamed was recently arrested by police in Somaliland and is being held without charge in a prison in Las Anod. Credit: CPJ/AP/Katharine Houreld)

Somaliland journalist injured during arrest, jailed without charge

22 May 2019

Multilingual broadcast journalist-turned-real estate entrepreneur, Rokelle Sun.

#AfricaMonth: Encouraging female African business leaders from the other side of the world

Leigh Andrews 21 May 2019

New Wan-Ifra report tackling disinformation around the world

New Wan-Ifra report tackling disinformation around the world

15 May 2019

A banner of Tanzanian President John Magufuli hangs on a wall around a tanzanite mine, in April 2018. CPJ and other organizations are calling on the Human Rights Council to address a crackdown on journalists, human rights defenders, and other groups in the country. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Joseph Lyimo.

Human Rights Council should address Tanzania crackdown

15 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Imagine a world without data?

Joaquim Bretcha Boix 13 May 2019

Cobus Heyl is Burn Media Group’s new chief products officer.

Cobus Heyl announced as director, chief product officer of Burn Media

13 May 2019

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine appears for his bail application via a video link from prison, on a television screen in a court in Kampala, Uganda, on May 2, 2019. Uganda's media regulator suspended staff from 13 broadcast outlets for covering his arrest. Credit: CPJ/AP/Ronald Kabuubi.

Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine

10 May 2019

African Business magazine launches event series

African Business magazine launches event series

10 May 2019

Editor from South Sudan is 2019 Africa Laureate

Editor from South Sudan is 2019 Africa Laureate

9 May 2019

AWIEF Awards 2018.

APO partners with AWIEF to empower women entrepreneurs

9 May 2019

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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.

CPJ urges Tanzania lawmakers to revise proposed legislative amendments

27 Jun 2019

A Kenyan journalist has an altercation with a police officer. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

Accountability in Kenya's media still needs attention. What can be done?

Jared Obuya 24 Jun 2019

This year’s jury president is Fiona Rogers, chief operating officer of Magnum Photos. Image source: .

Epica Awards announces new website and ad campaign

24 Jun 2019

Dentsu Aegis Network pioneers the media industry - Launching the first SME incubator in Africa out of Kenya!

Dentsu Aegis Network pioneers the media industry - Launching the first SME incubator in Africa out of Kenya!

Dentsu 21 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

The Uganda High Court is in Kampala on May 14, 2018. CPJ today called for Ugandan authorities to intervene and end the criminal case against editor Pidson Kareire. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Isaac Kasamani.

Ugandan editor charged with criminal libel

18 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Africa Women in Media Award launched

14 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Canal+ International to launch Canal+ University in Africa

14 Jun 2019

CPJ joins call for UN to scrutinise human rights situation in Eritrea

CPJ joins call for UN to scrutinise human rights situation in Eritrea

14 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

AMA and African Leadership partner up to promote London Africa Summit

12 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

RIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

The APO-Getty strategic partnership was acknowledged with a photo of Lee Martin, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Development at Getty Images, and Lionel Reina, CEO of APO Group, displayed on the NASDAQ Tower in New York's Time Square. The NASDAQ Tower is considered the most visible LED video display in Times Square and is one of the most valuable advertising spaces in the world.

APO partners with Getty Images to raise profile of Africa's story

4 Jun 2019

iProspect East Africa wins big at the Digital Media Awards 2019

iProspect East Africa wins big at the Digital Media Awards 2019

Dentsu 4 Jun 2019

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

3 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

#AWE2019: Highlights from Day 1

#AWE2019: Highlights from Day 1

Johan Walters 30 May 2019

Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri, left, and Alagoa Morris, pictured in Abuja after Abiri's release from detention in 2018. A court on May 22, 2019 charged Abiri on three counts and ordered him detained. Credit: CPJ/Alagoa Morris.

Re-arrest of editor Jones Abiri in Nigeria

27 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

First Africa Media Index published on Africa's media markets

24 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

IDG appoints Turn Left Media as Africa representative

23 May 2019

Prison guards are seen at Somaliland's Hargeisa prison on March 29, 2011. Television reporter Abdirahman Keyse Mohamed was recently arrested by police in Somaliland and is being held without charge in a prison in Las Anod. Credit: CPJ/AP/Katharine Houreld)

Somaliland journalist injured during arrest, jailed without charge

22 May 2019

Multilingual broadcast journalist-turned-real estate entrepreneur, Rokelle Sun.

#AfricaMonth: Encouraging female African business leaders from the other side of the world

Leigh Andrews 21 May 2019

New Wan-Ifra report tackling disinformation around the world

New Wan-Ifra report tackling disinformation around the world

15 May 2019

A banner of Tanzanian President John Magufuli hangs on a wall around a tanzanite mine, in April 2018. CPJ and other organizations are calling on the Human Rights Council to address a crackdown on journalists, human rights defenders, and other groups in the country. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Joseph Lyimo.

Human Rights Council should address Tanzania crackdown

15 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Imagine a world without data?

Joaquim Bretcha Boix 13 May 2019

Cobus Heyl is Burn Media Group’s new chief products officer.

Cobus Heyl announced as director, chief product officer of Burn Media

13 May 2019

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine appears for his bail application via a video link from prison, on a television screen in a court in Kampala, Uganda, on May 2, 2019. Uganda's media regulator suspended staff from 13 broadcast outlets for covering his arrest. Credit: CPJ/AP/Ronald Kabuubi.

Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine

10 May 2019

African Business magazine launches event series

African Business magazine launches event series

10 May 2019

Editor from South Sudan is 2019 Africa Laureate

Editor from South Sudan is 2019 Africa Laureate

9 May 2019

AWIEF Awards 2018.

APO partners with AWIEF to empower women entrepreneurs

9 May 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa, in August 2018. Since Abiy's election, conditions for Ethiopia's journalists have improved, but some challenges remain. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

How the media is faring in Ethiopia

Muthoki Mumo 7 May 2019

Screen grab from ADC 98th Annual Awards' Black Cube for Best of Show winner, “The Truth Is Worth It,” on behalf of The New York Times, awarded to Final Cut New York and Furlined Santa Monica with Droga5 New York.

#OneShow2019: All the ADC 2019 winners!

7 May 2019

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Peter Penar and Carolyn Logan 3 May 2019

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A mixed bag of media freedom in southern Africa - SAEF

3 May 2019

DStv rolls out news channel Newzroom Afrika

DStv rolls out news channel Newzroom Afrika

3 May 2019

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Glenda Daniels 3 May 2019

Image via : A woman is reflected next to a poster outside a community hall hosting a night vigil for kidnapped photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, on January 18, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Community members, friends, family and colleagues of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed held a night vigil at the Lenasia South Civic Centre. Mohamed was abducted in Syria on 10 January while working with the aid mission Gift of the Givers. (Photo by Gallo Images / Dino Lloyd)

South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown alive in new video

Jonah Dylan 2 May 2019

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Reporting on China in Africa is too binary

Yu-Shan Wu 30 Apr 2019

One journalist will win a trip to EurAfrican Forum

One journalist will win a trip to EurAfrican Forum

29 Apr 2019

Five key learnings from SXSW 2019

Five key learnings from SXSW 2019

Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam 18 Apr 2019

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Google launches news innovation challenge for African media

17 Apr 2019

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