Speaking at this year’s African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) second annual lecture under the theme “Media and Politics in Africa,” a lecture series that explores the relationship between media and politics in Africa, Ms Fatuma Abdulahi, decried the coldness of Ugandans to Amisom and rallied the media to break the silence on pertinent stories […]
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Somali media manager and journalist, Fatuma Abdulahi, has expressed her frustration at the growing sexism and dehumanisation of women online. Speaking to a group of women in media, technology and civil society in Kampala this week, Ms Abdulahi, noted that while social media and digital platforms have empowered women to find a voice and tell […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) announces the second annual lecture under the theme “Media and Politics in Africa”. The overarching purpose of the lecture series is to explore the relationship between media and politics in Africa amidst ever-changing circumstances — technological and otherwise — generated from within and without the continent. Ms […]
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This article was first published by Campus Times. On Wednesday 26th November Trevor Ncube delivered the highly anticipated public lecture on Media and Politics, the renowned media Mogul started off by cautioning his audience that some of his remarks in the course of the lecture would upset them. Indeed when Trevor Ncube started reproving the […]
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This editorial was first published by The Observer. Nearly 300 members and friends of the media fraternity spent last Wednesday afternoon in a conference hall at Golf Course hotel, discussing the media and politics in Africa. The first in what will be a series of lectures on this subject was delivered by the renowned Zimbabwean […]
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This article was first published by The Observer. Africa will always be painted as a hopeless place by the Western media as long as the African media fails to tell the stories of innovation and industry on the continent, Trevor Ncube, an accomplished media entrepreneur and publisher, said on Wednesday. Speaking at the inaugural annual […]
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By Harriet Anena The African media industry must work hard to restore its reputation and integrity, Mr Trevor Ncube, a leading media entrepreneur on the continent, has said. “We have broken the trust that the public had in us,” he said. “Our reputation, good people, is in Intensive Care Unit.” Mr Ncube was speaking on […]
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By Harriet Anena The media industry, especially the newspaper, is “under siege” from so many fronts including technology, changing consumption habits, and a generational shift, a leading African media entrepreneur has said. Mr Trevor Ncube, who owns the Mail & Guardian in South Africa as well as Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of four newspaper titles […]
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