CBA President launches book for International Women’s Day

Moneeza Hashmi has written a book celebrating the achievements of female role models in Pakistan

African business journalism competition opens

Grants are now available for African journalists to fund multimedia reporting on a business and tech theme

BBC Worldwide announces new regional head for Africa

The broadcaster’s commercial arm has created a new role as part of a wider reorganisation along geographical lines, to broaden reach in key markets such as Africa

5 Broken Cameras, a CBA WorldView-funded doc, to air on BBC

It will have its UK broadcast premiere on Monday 3 March 2014, at 10.30pm.

TV audiences discuss shows on Facebook in real time

A sizeable proportion of viewers are discussing programmes on Facebook, not just Twitter

Should we start forking out for 4K?

CBA Technical Consultant Neil Dormand looks into the practicalities of 4K’s near future

Broadcasting reassurance: post-typhoon weather reports

A disaster communications expert at Radyo Bakdaw in the Philippines describes how important broadcast weather reports are for reassuring people rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan

World Radio Day: Forecasting radio’s role in extreme weather

The frequency of extreme weather events around the world looks set to increase, and World Radio Day gives pause to reflect on the medium’s key role in emergencies, and how it could be better

Bangladesh proposes independent broadcasting commission

Draft policy approved this week proposing a regulatory body to appointed by the President. Meanwhile the Prime Minister (above) is reportedly left out of the approval process