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Written by By Afrika News Reporter
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 |
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His Highness The Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and prominent media owner, received a standing ovation in Nairobi when he announced that his foundation network will establish a graduate school of journalism to serve Africa and the Global South next year.The school will be based in Nairobi, Kenya. |
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Written by By Afrika News Reporter
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
Kenya’s Nation Media Group has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a big two-day media conference that attracted political leaders, prominent media personalities, freedom activists, and entertainment celebs from across the world.
The title of the conference was Media and the African Promise. It was “a collaboration of the Africa Media Initiative and the Nation Media Group and reflected on the African media’s past, present and prospects for the future against the challenges of a dynamic globalized environment,” says Nation Media Group CEO Linus Gitahi, conference convenor.
Held at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, the Pan African Media Conference 2010 was addressed by, among others, former Mozambique President Joaquim Alberto Chissano, journalism scholar Hussein Amin Professor, and a representative of the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, Achim Steiner.
Rock star Bono also attended the conference.
The first copy of the Nation rolled out of the press in March 1960 in a country still fighting to shake off the shackles of British colonialism. The first major paper representation views other than those of the European colonialists, Nation has grown over the years to be the most widely newspaper in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It was started by the Aga Khan. Although Africans first started as translators in the Nation, they slowly took key positions as the newspaper grew.
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Written by Evan Mwangi
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
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A newly-released book by Professor Mwenda Ntarangwi discusses East African hip hop music to demonstrate the challenges and opportunity globalization of music has brought in its wake in the region. |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
By Jessica Partnow 51% The Women's Perspective, August 7, 2008
In many parts of the world, women and girls walk long distances or spend hours waiting in queues for water. Often, the water these "water walkers" draw isn't even clean. According to a 2006 United Nations report, diarrhea caused by contaminated water is the second largest cause of child mortality. More than 5,000 children die every day from easily treatable diarrhea. That's 5 times as many as HIV/AIDS. Jessica Partnow brings us this audio story about a day in the life of a water walker.
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