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Startup Focuses on Building the Largest African Comics, Cartoons, Gaming and...
By Ogova Ondego Published February 20, 2017 A Lagos (Nigeria)-based initiative is set on building what it refers to as the largest database of African comics, cartoons, video games and movies. Nelson...
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BBC Hausa Service Celebrates 60 Years of Broadcasting
By Khalifa Hemed Published March 17, 2017 A broadcast service that has over the past 60 years remained “a source of trusted and impartial news to millions of people in Nigeria” and the Diaspora...
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BBC Launches Pidgin Service for Younger Africans
By Iminza Keboge Published August 21, 2017 A digital broadcast service in Pidgin in which social media play a key role has been launched. BBC World Service says its “first African digital service...
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Kenya Shuts Down TV and Radio Transmission as Crowds Throng Nairobi Park
By Human Rights Watch Press Published January 31, 2018 Kenyan authorities have switched off three television stations and their affiliated radio stations. The Communications Authority of Kenya switched...
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Initiative to Nurture African Movie Talent Invites Applications
By Abdi Ali Published June 1, 2018 A South Africa-based video entertainment and internet company has launched a programme it says will help in turning audiovisual media across Africa into a vibrant...
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Broadcaster Launches Anti-Disinformation Campaign
By Abdi Ali Published November 12, 2018 An international multi-platform broadcaster has launched a campaign against false, fictitious, made-up or fake news. RELATED:There Can Be No Sustainable...
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Star Presenter Returns to Somali Airwaves
By Khalifa Hemed Published September 23, 2019 A well known presenter return to the BBC News Somali team following a year-long career break. The presenter, Abdirizak Atosh, is set to return to BBC News...
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New African Content Streaming Platform Launches as Kenya Government Collects...
By Ogova Ondego Published January 23, 2020 A new distribution platform aimed at connecting independent content producers with audiences across Africa has been launched. The owners of the pan-African...
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African Film Development Market Invites Submissions
By Iminza Keboge Published December 11, 2020 Moviemakers with full-length fiction and documentary film projects with Africans in the major creative roles (writers, directors, and producers) seeking...
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Leading Film Festival Changes Format and Dates
By Khalifa Hemed Published December 20, 2020 Berlin International Film Festival, one of the leading movie events in the world that usually take place in February, shall in 2021 be held not in February...
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Nigerian Movie Producer Joins Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
By Sharlene Versfeld Published July 7, 2021 Nigeria’s Mosunmola Abudu is one of 29 producers from around the world who has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars)....
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Nigerian and US Studios Snap Up Rights to The Fall Of The Billionaire Gucci...
By Sharlene Versfeld PublishedAugust 12, 2021 EbonyLife Studios, Nigeria’s foremost media group dedicated to creating world-class and authentic African stories, and Will Packer Productions (WPP),a...
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Kenyan to Head African Development Bank Group’s Communication and External...
By Khalifa Hemed Published September 10, 2021 African Development Bank has appointed Solomom Omolo Mugera, a Kenyan national, Director of its Communication and External Relations department with effect...
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Al Jazeera English to Launch Short Documentaries by African Filmmakers
By Sharlene Versfeld and Joy Sapieka Published November 18, 2021 Africa Direct, a series of short documentaries directed and produced by all-African filmmaking talent, are being launched on Al Jazeera...
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African Media Mogul Named Among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
By Sharlene Versfeld Published December 14, 2021 Nigeria’s Mo Abudu and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan have been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women. Forbes...
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Broadcaster Expands Hyperlocal Territory
By MultiChoice Group Published January 18, 2022 A South Africa-based entertainment company has further expanded its hyperlocal offering with the launch of two new TV channels – Maningue Magic in...
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No One is Safe as Crime and Justice Season 2 Premieres
By Jennifer Ochieng Published February 21, 2022 Imagine going after a mysterious powerful enemy who’s pulling strings from the shadows and silencing those who dare challenge them. This is the...
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Internet TV Streaming Service Ramps Up Investment in Kenya with Four New...
By Jennifer Ochieng Published April 1, 2022 In yet another move to invest in the film and TV industry in Kenya, Showmax has unveiled four new original productions to be released in 2022. The slate...
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Showmax to Commission Two New Originals in Kenya
By Jennifeer Ochieng Published May 23, 2022 Just a month after announcing a slate of four new Originals in Kenya in 2022, Showmax is now seeking concepts for two new original titles. The first project...
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Why Content, Art and Output of Africa’s Artists Should Remains Authentically...
By Georginah Machiridza Published May 29, 2022 It’s crucial that the content, art and creative output of Africa’s content creators remains authentically African, even while we embrace the opportunities...
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