July 29

• Africa: Why African Media Leaders Must Head to Ethiopia [editorial]

  From November 6 to 8, 2013, the African Media Initiative (AMI) will hold its flagship annual convention, the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focused... Read more »

July 23

• Africa: Twenty Finalist Emerge in U.S $1 Million Story Challenge [press release]

  Twenty journalists have been shortlisted as finalists in the $1 million African Story Challenge , a new programme of reporting grants to encourage innovative, multi-media... Read more »

May 04, 2012

• Africa: AMI's Landmark Leadership Guiding Principles Launched and Signed [press release]

  The World Press Freedom Day ushered in AMI’s newest and decidedly ambitious project -- Leadership Guiding Principles for African Media Owners and Managers --which it launched... Read more »

May 03, 2012

• Africa: New Media Principles an African Gift to Globe [guest column]

  A fish, they say, starts to rot from the head. It's the same in the world of newshounds. When there are bad smells at the top echelons of a media house, you can expect the... Read more »

May 01, 2012

• Africa: Media Freedom Spurs Vibrant and Healthy Societies [guest column]

  Information is life. People cannot make a living, hold their governments accountable, or educate their children without a healthy supply of free- flowing information. ... Read more »

April 27, 2012

• Nigeria: African Media Initiative Condemns Attacks on ThisDay [press release]

  The African Media Initiative (AMI) strongly condemns the bombings of THISDAY in Nigeria. Our sympathies go out to the victims of this heinous attack. Read more »

January 26, 2012

• Africa: Media Leaders Roundtable on Open Data and the Future of News [press release]

  Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resolved this week to urgently establish a national task force to promotedata-driven journalism. Read more »

• Kenya: Media Leaders Roundtable on Open Data and the Future of News [press release]

  Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resolved this week to urgently establish a national task force to promote data-driven journalism. Read more »

January 19, 2012

• Africa: New Partnership Launched for African Media [press release]

  The African Media Initiative (AMI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have launched an ambitious strategic partnership to provide professional... Read more »

November 16, 2011

• Africa: Revolution in Tunisia and In the African Media

  Tunisia, the source and inspiration of the Arab spring witnessed a significant milestone in the growth of the African Media Initiative (AMI) and the maturity of African media last... Read more »

September 30, 2011

• Equatorial Guinea: Democracy, Obiang and a Disputed Prize [column]

  Democracy is complex, as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright reminded during a conversation I facilitated at a summit on human rights... Read more »

August 09, 2011

• Africa: Guide for African Mobile Media and Mobile Business [press release]

  Mobile news services offer high hopes for African publishers, who now have a new handbook to help them develop their mobile media and mobile businesses. Read more »