Amplify, Africa’s first paid-fellowship for content creators, has graduated its inaugural cohorts of three teams of young storytellers from Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria. The teams presented their final projects to an all-star panel of Africa’s leading business, media and technology personalities on Friday 7 April in Nairobi, Kenya. African Media Agency (AMA) reports that the Fellowship was […]
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March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A For journalists thinking of running a Non-Governmental Organisation, here are some useful advice to consider. Betty Abbah Executive director at Cee-Hope Nigeria I call it going the less-travelled road, ditching the age-long stance of neutrality and jumping into the ‘ditch’ with the people to fight oppression, right wrongs and or bring
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Two Nigerian journalists, Toluwani Eniola, a correspondent with The Punch Newspaper and Chikezie Omeje, senior investigative and data reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria have been named fellows for the 2017 Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship. Eniola and Omeje are among 12 fellows named for the programme by the International Center for
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March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I
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March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I
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In a review of the curriculum vitae of the new Managing Director of Raypower FM/ Radio Services, Lekan Otufodunrin highlights the major lessons from his career journey What you become is not necessarily based on what you studied Although a graduate of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University
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In a review of the curriculum vitae of the new Managing Director of Raypower FM/ Radio Services, Lekan Otufodunrin highlights the major lessons from his career journey What you become is not necessarily based on what you studied Although a graduate of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University
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March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Steve Aborisade, Development and Human rights journalist, and Coordinator Projekthope says : Traditional media should dictate the pace rather than being followers The distinction between journalism and new media may be unhealthy and perhaps misplaced, for the future of journalism lies in new media formats. Perhaps we may ask how
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The Board of Directors of DAAR Communications Plc had confirmed Dr Ambrose Olutayo Somide as the new Managing Director of the Radio Services – Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of DAAR Communications Plc conglomerate which includes both RayPower FM and FAAJI FM. Somide’s appointment which was confirmed at the 73rd Board Meeting of the board held
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Winners of the the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalism Awards have been announced. Mr Gareth Stokes of Commercial Risk Africa (South Africa) won the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalist of the Year Award, while Ms Josiane Kouagheu of Agripreneur d’Afrique (Cameroon) was awarded Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Article. Mr Isaac Khisa of Independent Publications in Uganda won
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