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Broadcast moves
The latest high-level appointments and departures in public radio and television
Namibian broadcaster busts myths on Africa, digital & China
We are grateful to all the speakers and delegates at #CBAGlasgow for providing great food for thought during the conference. Here are highlights from one of the keynotes
African business journalism competition opens
Grants are now available for African journalists to fund multimedia reporting on a business and tech theme
BBC Worldwide announces new regional head for Africa
The broadcaster’s commercial arm has created a new role as part of a wider reorganisation along geographical lines, to broaden reach in key markets such as Africa
Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania: switchon, switchoff
A roundup of developments in the occasionally unpredictable world of digital transition in Africa
Malawi is the only country to meet regional digital deadline
Africa’s SADC set the last day of 2013 as the date to start switching on digital TV and retiring analogue infrastructure
Kenya pushes back analogue switch-off date again
The government has postponed the date for the beginning of analogue TV switch-off to June 2014, following a successful petition by the Media Owners Association, which opposed the original deadline as unfeasible and said that not all the stakeholders were […]
CBA board member to give keynote at AfricaCast conference
SABC’s Lulama Mokhobo will discuss the opportunities of ‘triple play’ at a broadcast technology show in South Africa
African Media Leaders Forum
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6 to 8 November 2013 The sixth AMLF will engage media stakeholders from across the African continent and beyond to discuss how the media can contribute to a fresh narrative about the region. This year’s theme is […]
Kenyan newspaper launches mobile news app
The Standard joins Kenya’s news app scene for android smartphones