Inspiring the Producers and Custodians of African Media Collections
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 26th, 2009
Twenty four journalists from 13 different African countries: Twenty Ten has brought together a veritable United Africa here in Cairo (from Angola to Zimbabwe via Ethiopia, Liberia, Uganda and so many more) with a sufficient range of skin hues to make the group photography I tried last night well nigh impossible. This is some of [...]
Posted in September 2009, Twenty Ten progress on Sep 14th, 2009
Well the Ghana workshop was completed on Wednesday and everyone dispersed back to their countries all over Africa with World Press Photo, FreeVoice and lokaalmondiaal staff heading back to Europe. The productions from the “All Stars” in the Ghana workshop are being made available for sale online in the features area of Africa Media Online.
We [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2009
The thirteenth Highway Africa conference finished on a note of celebration last night. As we all head home, I mull over the messages that came out of this gathering of African media people – journalists, academics, NGOs and students. Apart from all the usual themes one would expect from a conference such as this – [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2009
David Larsen in Accra, Ghana.
Well Ghana won convincingly and what a colourful event it was! The celebration of winning over Sudan was heightened by Mali failing to win over Benin outright which pushed Ghana through to becoming the first African team, outside the host nation, South Africa, to qualify for the first African World Cup.
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Posted in Tools for African journalists on Sep 7th, 2009
I’m sitting at the launch of Highway Africa, the world’s largest gathering of African journalists. This year the theme is 2010, Development and Democracy and of course the focus is next year’s FIFA World Cup.
Last night MTN hosted us to a sneak preview of the Port Elizabeth stadium, which has not only already been completed, [...]
Posted in September 2009 on Sep 4th, 2009
I am here in Accra with 11 print journalists from Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and 12 photojournalists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa – 23 in all from 13 countries. We are using the 2010 Fifa World Cup qualifying clash between Ghana [...]