Media campus set to fill Africa’s digital skills gap
Africa’s growing media industry is being held back by a massive skills gap at the production level. However, as Peter Burdin reports, a new training initiative promises to change all that.
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Showmax – the great African storyteller
Showmax, with its mixture of local and international content, is quietly creating a massive industry in which the African, at long last, is the star. Profile by Anver Versi.
Africa is finally ‘in the house’
The way the world sees Africa and how Africa sees itself has changed dramatically – in the words of Burna Boy, we are finally ‘in the house’, says Moky Makura.
Golden age is dawning for African films, says Ben Amadasun of Netflix
Ben Amadasun of Netflix explains why this could be the much-longed-for turning point for African filmmaking.
Adjoa Andoh: ‘It’s a real honour to be playing in Bridgerton’
A doyenne of British theatre and star of the hotly anticipated Netflix drama Bridgerton, Ghanaian-British actor Adjoa Andoh is really coming into her own. Interview by Juanne H. Fuller.
Bamako photography biennale rises above conflict
Despite the constant threat of jihadist attacks, Bamako in Mali has once again successfully staged its African Biennale of Photography