Quality media in East Africa have been facing existential threats not just since the Covid19 crisis. At the same time more and more media innovators come up with promising ideas on how to find viable solutions for media houses. This panel brings together three institutions that are working on building an environment for innovation in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Listen to Fausta Musokwa, interim Director of the Tanzania Media Foundation (TMF), Njoki Chege, Director of the Aga-Khan-University Media Innovation Centre in Nairobi and Abaas Mpindi, founder of the Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) in Uganda. Moderator is Dickens Olewe.
The MV (Media Viability) Talks, hosted at the MCI Media Hub events space, aim at finding solutions to the existing viability challenges of the media industry in Uganda and East Africa. Check out the Youtube playlist.
Our new talk series, #ConversationsAtMiC, seeks to explore and tackle issues, challenges, and opportunities within the media startup industry. The series aims to invite guests who would empower media startups to grow and develop further.
International experts from Africa, Europe and United States discussed at the Media Challenge Expo 2020 on new business revenue models for media in times of uncertainty.
A series of presentations created by DW-Akademie focussing on relevant topics that can help people working on media viability.
