Business Blog
Business Blog

Chris Finch, Social Accountability Specialist for the World Bank talks about the promise that open data offers for media organizations.

20 finalists in $1m challenge

Twenty journalists have been shortlisted as finalists in the Agriculture and Food Security theme of the $1 million African Story Challenge Programme

20 finalists in $1m challenge
Why African Media Leaders Must Head to Ethiopia
Why African Media Leaders Must Head to Ethiopia

An op-ed by Amadou Mahtar Ba

Events

The African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) is in Addis Abba (Ethiopia) in November

Events

Our Work Falls Into Three Categories

Innovation

Innovation

Knowledge

Knowledge

Networks

Networks

Video: Over 600 delegates from across Africa attended the 6th African Media Leaders Forum this November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Watch the highlights here!!!
Monday, 2 December 2013

Over 600 delegates from across Africa attended the 6th African Media Leaders Forum this November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Watch the highlights here!!!

Video: African leaders addressed media stakeholder at a recent conference in Ethiopia, and called for better engagement and partnership with Africa's media.
Sunday, 1 December 2013

African leaders addressed media stakeholder at a recent conference in Ethiopia, and called for better engagement and partnership with Africa's media.

Africa 54’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports, and gets perspective from Amadou Mahtar Ba, Chief Executive of the Africa Media Initiative.

Video: Media owners, journalists and others in the media industry recently convened in the Ethiopian capital,Addis Ababa.
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Media owners, journalists and others in the media industry recently convened in the Ethiopian capital,Addis Ababa.

The annual media conference took place despite calls for organizers to change the venue,due to Ethiopia’s controversial media practices and laws. VOA’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports and later gets a perspective on Ethiopia' media practices from Henok Fente, a reporter with VOA's Horn of Africa service.

Our Activities

African Story Challenge African Story Challenge
The African Story Challenge (TASC) is a new $1 million programme of reporting grants to encourage innovative, multi-media storytelling that aims to improve the health and prosperity of Africans.
African News Innovation Challenge African News Innovation Challenge
This innovation challenge focuses on journalism and the news media. We are looking for disruptive digital ideas for improving the way that news is collected and disseminated.
Ujuzi Ujuzi
Ujuzi, which is a Swahili word that stands for Knowledge or Skill, and aims to design and build a sustainable demand driven open data ecosystem.
Code For Africa Code For Africa
Code for Africa promises to change the power dynamics that govern our societies, giving ordinary citizens more and deeper information in real time, along with digital tools for engaging with fellow citizens and with those in positions of power.
Public Insight Network
PIN has been designed, by APR, to allow media to systematically recruit tens of thousands of ordinary citizens, profiling each of their grassroots expertise and life experience (including their location and demographics) in an easy-to-use database.
Show all Activities

Our Thought Leaders

Amadou Mahtar Ba
CEO
AMI
Noreen Wambui
Senior Program and Executive Officer
AMI
Dr Roukaya Kasenally
Director of Programs and Knowledge Management
AMI
Karen Bichage
Director of Finance and Administration
AMI
Wangethi Mwangi
Senior Consultant
AMI
Meredith Beal
Business Development Manager
AMI
Joseph Warungu
Content Development Director
AMI
Justin Arenstein
Chief Digital Strategist
AMI
Trevor Ncube
Co-Chair
AMI
Dele Olojede
Publisher
NEXT, NextOnSunday and 234NEXT.com
Show all Thought Leaders

Funders

Partners

Show all Partners

Resources

'The African Media Initiative's Statement'
HARNESSING THE CAPACITY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN BUILDING AFRICA
Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets - Kenya
Youtube
Slideshare
DocumentCloud
AMDI Research Summary Report
Applying Standards: Media Owners and Journalism Ethics
Show all Resources