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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My Octopus Teacher makes film history
Craig Foster, the South African conservationist, speaks to Jack Dutton about the overwhelming response to his Oscar-winning film, My Octopus Teacher and how he hopes it will encourage people to protect the oceans.
African media pioneer dies of Covid-19
The founder of magazine titles Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, Béchir Ben Yahmed, died in Paris on Monday aged 93, after losing a two-month …
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.
AfroLandTV: promoting pan-African film and TV content across the globe
Adaora Oramah looks at how a new pan-African streaming platform aims to disrupt the political economy of the film industry in Africa and beyond
Fear of karma?
Any mention of land reform in South Africa seems to drive the right-wing US media into a frenzy. What is behind this over-the-top reaction?