Kennedy Wandera - Reporting Covid & launching foreign press association

Dr. Roselyn Akombe is the Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Coordinator at UNDP's Regional Service Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with additional offices in Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya and serving  45 Country Offices. 
Twitter: @DrRoselynAkombe
Relevant links: A renewed discourse on managing inclusive transitions in Africa https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/a-renewed-discourse-on-managing-inclusive-transitions-in-africa/

Democracy & Media series. Episode 2: Roselyn Akombe - UNDP Africa

Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021. 
Twitter: @joeasunka
Relevant links: Democracy in Africa: Demand, supply, and the ‘dissatisfied democrat’ https://afrobarometer.org/publications/pp54-democracy-africa-demand-supply-and-dissatisfied-democrat

Democracy & Media series. Episode 3: Joseph Asunka - CEO Afrobarometer

Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper

Relevant links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45917294

Democracy & Media series: Episode 6 - Lamin Cham - Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper

Odanga Madung is a Mozilla Fellow, he is the co-founder of Odipo Dev, a data Consultancy in Nairobi. He researches the impact the internet in having in societies in Africa.
Twitter: @Odangaring 
Relevant links: In Kenya, Influencers Are Hired to Spread Disinformation https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-in-kenya-influencers-are-hired-to-spread-disinformation/

Democracy & Media series: Episode 7 - Odanga Madung - Mozilla fellow

Democracy & Media series. Episode 8: Laura Miti - Executive Director Alliance for Community Action

Sipho Kings is the Editorial Director at The Continent 
Twitter:@SiphoKings   
@thecontinent_

Democracy & Media series. Episode 9: Sipho Kings -  Editorial Director at The Continent

Dube Divine CEO is the CEO of The Citizen Bulletin
He's an alumnus of the JSK Fellowship at Stanford University.
Relevant links:  https://www.thecitizenbulletin.com/
https://medium.com/@divine_dube

Democracy & Media series: Episode 10 - Dube Divine - CEO The Citizen Bulletin

The latest report by Africa No Filter investigates news and content about business in Africa and the impact of perceptions about Africa as a business and investment destination. It also identifies information and news gaps that offer alternative framing for business in Africa. The report shows another ‘scramble for Africa’ by foreign powers is underway in international media and that keywords, stories, frames, and narratives associated with business on the continent are dangerously distorted. There is an overemphasis on the role of governments, foreign powers, and larger African states alongside an under appreciation of the role of young people, women, entrepreneurs, creative businesses, smaller successful African states, and Africa’s future potential. https://africanofilter.org/the-business-in-africa-narrative-report

Natasha Kimani - Research and Media Program Lead Africa No Filter

Listen to this discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. 

Featuring: 
Njoki Chege (KENYA) – Director, Media Innovation Centre, Nairobi
Hesbon Hansen Ochieng Owilla (KENYA) – Research Associate, Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (AKU-GSMC)

Episode 1/4: The state of the news media in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Media houses were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic, with only about 50% having broken even or made a profit in 2019.
The pandemic led to a decrease in advertising demand but at the same time an increase in demand for information, and, therefore, larger audiences.
Most media houses adapted to the pandemic only with layoffs and paycuts, but did not transform their business model, which is a key mark of business resilience in crisis. 

Listen to this discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. 
Featuring: 
Hesbon Hansen Ochieng Owilla (KENYA) – Research Associate, AKU-GSMC
Philip Mwaniki (KENYA) – Head of Digital, Royal Media Services (RMS)
Tony Kirita (TANZANIA) – Founder, The Chanzo Initiative (online news platform)

Episode 2/4: Business models and navigating crises

Quality journalism is positively related to innovation – meaning that media houses that invest in quality journalism seem to be more innovative and vice versa. 
However quality journalism is challenged by issues such as intimidation and pressure from political entities, funders and advertisers. This pressure and intimidation was found to be present in all three East African countries, though at varying levels: it was highest in Uganda and lowest in Tanzania. 

Listen to this discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. 

Featuring:
Rose Kimani (KENYA)  – Project Manager, DW Akademie
Joseph Elunya (UGANDA) – Director, Centre for Investigative Journalism, Uganda

Episode 3/4: What’s impacting the quality of journalism in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. 

Featuring:

Carol Beyanga (UGANDA) – Head of Mentorships, Partnerships and Monetization at Nation Media Group
Henry Maina (KENYA) – Lecturer University of Nairobi, Media Complaints Commissioner, former Regional Director of Article 19
Tony Kirita (TANZANIA) – Founder, The Chanzo Initiative (online news platform)

Episode 4/4: The way forward

The Africa Journalism and Media Summit is an annual congregation of stakeholders from the media, academia, government, civil society and business organized by the Zimbabwe Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ZCMIL) with support from the Konrad Adenuer Stiftung. The summit is inclusive, collaborative and interactive and enables participants from Zimbabwe and Africa in general, to exchange knowledge and ideas about the role journalism and media plays in shaping democracy while they map out strategies for building strong and resilient media institutions that foster a vibrant civil society.
This year’s hybrid edition of the Africa Journalism and Media Summit will be held under the theme “Journalism and Democracy in a ‘Post-News’ World: Promises and Perils” and will take place from 31 Aug. - 2 Sept. 2022 in BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE  https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/africa-journalism-media-summit-2022/1096768577715761/

Presentation: Will Solo journalists save the news?

As I prepare to step back from frontline reporting, I wanted to share this conversation I had with my friend Frenny Jowi about journalism and why I believe the media on the continent should default to a crisis mode.

What is journalism for?

Journalism Innovation in Africa - Introduction

Catherine Gicheru - Country Lead Code4Kenya - Data journalism and diversity in newsrooms

Yusuf Omar - Co-founder Hashtag Our Stories - Mobile journalism

Tsedale Lemma - Editor Addis Standard - Reporting in 'new Ethiopia'

Churchill Otieno - Digital Editor Nation Media Group - Legacy vs digital media

Peter Cunliffe-Jones - Director Africa Check - The fight against misinformation

Musikilu Mojeed - Editor Premium Times - Covering Nigeria elections

Dr Kate Wright - Uni of Edinburgh - Who is Reporting Africa Now?

Verah Vashti Okeyo - Nation Media Group - Ethnographic Journalism

In November 2019 the East African Community will mark 20 years since the signing of a treaty to re-establish the organisation after it collapsed in 1977.  
The regional body has six members - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. 
To assess what the region has achieved, its challenges and what the future holds for it, I spoke with veteran journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo following his special series of articles about the East African Community.

EAC turns 20, Episode 1: The state of play

EAC turns 20, Episode 2: Coalition of the willing

China is Kenya's biggest trading partner but the East African country has been borrowing a lot from the Asian giant to fund its infrastructure projects, this has created a lot of concern that Kenya is borrowing beyond its means. I asked China's Ambassador to Kenya, Wu Peng about the funding for the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway - China's largest funded project in the country- whose viability is being questioned. The interview also covers debt trap diplomacy, funding for the Lamu coal power plant, trade imbalance and more.

Interview with China's ambassador to Kenya

So a couple of weeks ago I tried to bring together three of my favourite Kenyans for a special podcast episode. Well, I managed to get two - Ory Okolloh, a well known commentator on matters Kenya, and Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst. We talked about activism, tech, politics, the media in Africa and much more. It's a really good listen. I also managed to speak to Nanjira Sambuli - my other favourite Kenyan - so watch out for that episode as well.

Special podcast episode: Ory Okolloh and Nanjala Nyabola

"#Africa🌍has more than 600 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in 34 countries, compared with 147 cases one week ago. While Africa can learn from the experiences of other countries, the response must be adapted to the context of the continent." - WHO 19.03.2020

Alphonce Shiundu- Africa Check: Coronavirus and misinformation in Africa

Verah Okeyo & Esther Nakkazi: Reporting Covid-19 in Kenya and Uganda

Akinyi Ochieng is a writer and marketer working in the tech and financial services industries. She is based in New York. More here www.akinyiochieng.com

Towards An Anti-Racist Workplace: Tools and Strategies to Support Black Employees https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/towards-an-anti-racist-workplace-tools-and-strategies-to-support-black-employees-a83c4f38c9ef

Akinyi Ochieng: Towards An Anti-Racist Workplace

Dickens Olewe is a Kenyan journalist currently working for the BBC in London. 
He was a 2015 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University. The fellowship focusses on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership in journalism. 
He was the founding digital content manager at the Star newspaper in Kenya where he led the establishment of the newspaper's digital department including its website, social media platforms and audience engagement strategy.
He's been a speaker on several media subjects including: drone journalism, digital publishing platforms, media trends, mobile journalism, social media for news, user engagement and crowdsourcing news, at several journalism conferences around the world including: SxSw, re:publica, ONA and the World News Media Congress. He's been a trainer for WAN-IFRA emerging markets webinar series and Internews.

The Dickens Olewe Podcast

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