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A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

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26 Aug 2019

Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.

#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

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#Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

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Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

The Loeries' Game and Dion Wired 'What do CMOs really want' masterclass panel. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: What do CMOs really want from their agency?

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PAMRO student bursaries announced

20 Aug 2019

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

19 Aug 2019

Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.

#Loeries2019: Tackling unconscious bias, raising jurors' cultural awareness

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2019

Juba International Airport, pictured in October 2018. Two days before South Sudan's National Security Service detained Al-Watan editor Michael Christopher, the journalist had his passport confiscated at a Juba airport. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Akuot Chol.

South Sudan detains Al-Watan editor for over 3 weeks

14 Aug 2019

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

A man rides a motorcycle as young people of the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, celebrate at Hawassa city over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama, in Awasa, July 15, 2019. Authorities arrested three media workers from the Sidama Media Network on July 18. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

Ethiopia detains journalists amid southern unrest

13 Aug 2019

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New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do

Sharon Adetutu Omotoso 8 Aug 2019

Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, who is detained in Tanzania. Credit: CPJ/Jamii Forums.

Tanzania switches track, charges Kabendera with economic crimes

7 Aug 2019

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Kantar's Eric Salama discusses the way forward under new owner Bain Capital

Juanita Pienaar 5 Aug 2019

A screenshot of Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa, left, speaking at a July 30 press conference. Mambosasa said that police have detained freelancer Erick Kabendera. Credit: CPJ/YouTube/Kwanza TV.

Tanzania detains freelancer Kabendera over 'citizenship'

31 Jul 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment for MultiChoice Group.

Africa is a great repository for untapped and untold stories

Yolisa Phahle 30 Jul 2019

A local market in Dar es Salaam, pictured in May. A group of armed men forcefully took an investigative journalist, Erick Kabendera, from his home outside the city on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Said Khalfan.

Journalist Erick Kabendera abducted in Tanzania

30 Jul 2019

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Is it premium versus programmatic or premium and programmatic?

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Naomi Campbell poses with female basketball players this week at the Hoop Forum organised by the SEED project in Senegal.

Forbes hosts businesswomen in Rwanda

26 Jul 2019

Yash Deb, managing director and chief creative officer at Isobar, Kenya and this year's Loeries integrated campaign, film & radio, and radio craft juror.

#Loeries2019: "Strength of a creative campaign lies in how rapidly others can build on it" - Yash Deb

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Wan-Ifra explores how news media is adapting business models to promote press freedom

22 Jul 2019

Sports as a business and a brand in Africa

Dr Victor Oladokun 17 Jul 2019

Maxence Melo Mubyazi from Tanzania's Jamii media.

Tanzanian among annual press freedom awards honourees

17 Jul 2019

Justice must be done for death of journalist Azory Gwanda

Justice must be done for death of journalist Azory Gwanda

16 Jul 2019

AFCON sports journalists honoured

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15 Jul 2019

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15 Jul 2019

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