Marketplace Africa talks to Amadou Mahtar Ba, co-founder of AllAfrica global media group. WHO IS AMADOU MAHTAR BA? Amadou Mahtar Ba is Chief Executive Officer of the African Media Initiative (AMI), a ten-year program seeking to profoundly change the continent’s media landscape by improving media freedom, strengthening professional standards and increasing public and private investment [...]

“Homecoming” is a short film about Ibrahim, a Nigerian man, and his American wife, Lily. After his sister’s death, Ibrahim and Lily take in her son, Yakubu, but because of the tragedy of losing his mother and being uprooted, he chooses to only speak in Hausa (a Northern Nigerian Language) even though he can speak [...]

Timbuktu Media’s CEO, Dele Olojede, Publisher of Next Newspapers was recently listed by Fast Company as one of the top 100 most creative people in business. Olojede, Africa’s first Pulitzer winner was listed as number 66. (Post featured on CP-Africa via @Nze Sylva). #As seen earlier on CP-Africa.com, December 16, 2009 Dele Olojode’s feature on [...]

Features Sam Rogers, this year’s overall winner…

Yesterday’s just concluded CNN/Multichoice Africa Journalist of the Year awards presented 19 talented African journalists  with awards  in various categories ranging from Business to HIV/AIDS reporting. Held in the Victoria Hall of the Serena Conference Center in Kampala, dignitaries present included President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Among yesterday’s winners were Pelu Awofeso of Next Newspapers, Nigeria, [...]