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"Media freedom is often best defended and advanced by organisations working together to effect change." This learning brief is based on the findings of an online workshop that was organised by International Media Support (IMS) in early September 2021.
"Independent media is vital for people to access trustworthy information.
Mr Anthony Baafi Nyame, a Senior Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a potential game changer for Africa.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Continuously Shattering Glass Ceilings Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She sits on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, and the African Risk Capacity. Known to break glass ceilings in her career path, she recently made history again as the first woman and African to be appointed as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. To commemorate the 2021 International Womenâs Day celebration, Chiemelie Ezeobi profiles this amazon that stands tall and i...
Publication Date October 1, 2020 "Finding effective, sustainable solutions to the intractable problem of securing the long-term viability of media in development contexts is a formidable challenge." Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED) is a 3-year programme to support the provision of public interest media in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone. Launched in October 2020, it is being implemented by a consortium of media development organisations led by BBC Media Action. The programme's overall objective is to address the challenges to p...