fesmedia Events
Friday 06 August 2010
AMB South Africa 2010
Jointly with its partner MISA, fesmedia is facilitating the African Media Barometer analysis in South Africa from August 6th till 8th. [more]
Friday 23 July 2010
Seminar: Elections, Media and Democracy - Prospects and Challenges in the SADC Region
The seminar took place in Swakopmund from the 19th and 22th of July 2010.[more]
Tuesday 20 July 2010
FES Addis Ababa, FES Kampala host journalist training in Kampala in regard to reporting AU changes in policy
The journalist training took place in Kampala between the 17th and 29th of July 2010. [more]
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Results: Telkom – Highway Africa New Media Awards 2010, in Association with the Open Society Institute for West Africa
The Telkom – Highway Africa New Media Awards took place on Sunday 4 July, 2010 at the Opening Dinner of the 2010 conference.[more]
Sunday 11 July 2010
fesmedia Africa: Creating a platform for media dialogue
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) launched a new publication series on media issues in Africa. [more]
Thursday 10 June 2010
AMB Tanzania 2010
The fesmedia Africa will once again have an AMB in Tanzania which will take place on 02-04 July 2010.
Read more about previous AMB's held the past 5 years in Africa.
Thursday 10 June 2010
AMB South Africa 2010 to be held in Johannesburg
The 3rd round of the AMB South Africa will take place on 06-09 August 2010, in Johannesburg.
Please read more about AMB's held the past 5 years in Africa. [more]
Tuesday 04 May 2010
AMB Uganda: report launched on world press freedom day
The African Media Barometer (AMB) Uganda 2010 report has been launched in Kampala yesterday. [more]
Friday 16 April 2010
Central Africa: Local Journalists call for media to contribute their part to MDG achievement
The 5th Regional Radio Programme took place in Brazzaville from the 14th to the 16th of April.[more]
Monday 05 April 2010
The 2010 AMB Madagascar
The AMB Madagascar for 2010, took place during 07-09 May 2010.
Thursday 04 March 2010
Plan of Action to Advance the Right of Access to Information in Africa Released
Participants from the African Regional Conference on the Right of Access to Information today released the Regional Findings and Plan of Action to advance the right in Africa. The conference found that while access to information is a fundamental human right, political and institutional constraints in Africa have limited the opportunities to exercise the right. [more]
Tuesday 02 March 2010
Second round for African Media Barometer (AMB) in Uganda
Facilitator Hendrik Bussiek comments on the scoring
On February 12, a panel of local experts met in Entebbe for two days to debate the current developments in the country’s media scene within the framework of the African Media Barometer (AMB).[more]
Thursday 19 November 2009
Namibia: Launch of the AMB Namibia 2009
On 18.11.09 the AMB Namibia 2009 was launched."Spotlight falls on the role of public broadcasting" is an article that appeared about the launch in the Namibian:[more]
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Namibia: Launch of the media ombudsman
"One of the major challenges the media faces is to uphold the right balance between serving the public interest and upholding the fundamental rights and freedom of citizens" stresses Media Ombudsman Clement Daniels
With the support of fesmedia Africa, the Ombudsman Namibia was launched. Below read the column in "the Namibian" about the launch:
THE Editor’s Forum of Namibia has launched the Media Ombudsman portfolio through which the public will air concerns about the role and activities of the media as well as facilitate the process through which media will keep a finger on their own pulse.
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Cameroon: Seminar on challenges of women in the media
The seminar was organised by the International Federation of Journalists, IFJ and Union of Professional Syndicates of Press in Central Africa, USYPAC, in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the theme "Women in the media and their rights to syndicates in Central Africa"[more]
Monday 12 October 2009
AMB Botswana was launched
The AMB Botswana was launched 09.10.2009 and below you can read the article about it in Mmegi (Online):[more]
Thursday 03 September 2009
AMB Mozambique 2009 launch
The AMB Mozambique 2009 will be launched 16.09.09. The third round of the African Media Barometer in Mozambique took place 12.-14.06.09[more]
Monday 10 August 2009
AMB Ivory Coast
The AMB Ivory Coast will take place 21.08.09-23.08.09. It is going to be the first AMB in the Ivory Coast.[more]
Thursday 16 July 2009
AMB Zambia 2009
24.07.-26.07.09
The third round of the African Media Barometer (AMB) in Zambia is to take place on the last weekend of July 2009 in Lusaka. [more]