The continent of Africa finds itself at a critical juncture, grappling with a myriad of challenges including poverty, debt, and the devastating impacts of climate change. These challenges have been exacerbated by the dual crises of COVID-19 and the escalating effects of climate change, hindering the region’s progress towards sustainable development. Despite these formidable challenges, […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to invite Ugandan journalists to apply for reporting grants to pursue in-depth investigative stories on extractives (i.e. oil, gas, and mining). With funding primarily from the Natural Resource Governance Institute, ACME is making available 10 story reporting grants of $300 each. We are looking for story […]
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Application deadline: 7 September 2022 Introduction The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support from the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), invites experienced independent content producers in Uganda to apply for a grant to produce an expansive video documentary on artisanal mining. The selected individual or team will produce a 30-minute documentary film in […]
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This report highlights the policy and advocacy hits and misses in Uganda’s oil, gas and mining (extractive) sector. The primary sources of information are documentary: reports by local and international civil society organisations (CSOs), journals, published research documents, media articles, academic documents. Secondary sources include interviews with media trainers, CSO actors, government officials, private sector […]
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This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights In December 2021, Parliament passed The Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, a law that governs how public money and resources are mobilised or collected, stored, dispensed […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence, with support of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, is calling for applications from journalists and civil society organisation communication officers based in greater eastern Uganda (the area from Karamoja to Namayingo) to attend a short training programme on the mining sector. The sector is changing, with reforms being carried out […]
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The last decade had seen some notable improvements in our journalism and today’s journalists are, in many ways, better trained than those before them. However a combination of structural and professional challenges continued to impede the potential of Ugandan or even the region’s media to inform and engage the public on the critical issues of […]
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