MBC Malawi

Hope for public service media in Malawi

The Public Media Alliance welcomes George Kasakula as the new Director General of MBC and encourages him to implement much needed reforms.

MBC Malawi

Malawi: Is now the time to reform MBC?

Following the country’s historic election re-run, could this be the time to transform the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation into a public broadcaster free from political interference?

workshop

Webinar | Social Media Guidelines for Journalists & Media Makers in Southern Africa

Join us on 18 July for our live webinar on developing social media guidelines for journalists and media makers in Southern Africa. 

Zambian government to award 60% share in ZNBC to China’s TopStar

Zambia’s government refuses to back down on a decision to award 60% share in the national broadcaster, despite a public outcry and rebukes from the opposition.

Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania: switchon, switchoff

A roundup of developments in the occasionally unpredictable world of digital transition in Africa

Malawi is the only country to meet regional digital deadline

Africa’s SADC set the last day of 2013 as the date to start switching on digital TV and retiring analogue infrastructure

This year’s CBA-Chevening bursars announced

This bursary is awarded each year to full-time staff of CBA’s member broadcasters to study media masters in London and Norwich

Gender on the agenda in Malawi

Malawian content producers and NGOs, and their counterparts in Zambia and Botswana explored ways of redressing gender imbalance in TV and radio

Getting airtime for African women’s voices

A workshop for local content producers and NGOs from Malawi, Zambia and Botswana will start in mid-November. It aims to help broadcasters and organisations redress gender imbalance in TV and radio