The specialist news agency, bird, today announced Ndu Okoh as its new Editor-in-Chief.
The specialist news agency, bird, today announced Ndu Okoh as its new Editor-in-Chief25 October 202225 October, Nairobi: The specialist news agency, bird, announced Ndu Okoh as its new Editor-in-Chief. Okoh’s role will oversee all aspects of the agency’s editorial...
bird News Agency launches project to shift the narrative on climate action in Africa.
bird News agency has announced the launch of a project that will highlight African-led efforts to respond to climate change on the continent, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt this year.
New report on Africa’s creative and cultural industries finds youth admire creatives, but they won’t spend on their work
Johannesburg, 8 September: Africa’s youth love local films and admire creatives, but they don’t read books by African authors for pleasure or spend on creative products, according to the newly launched Africa’s Soft Power: Can Africa’s creativity transform the continent? report by Africa No Filter.
African writers and visual artists to celebrate 20 years of the African Union.
Addis Ababa, 15 September 2022: Ten talented pan-Africanist writers and visual artists will help the African Union mark 20 years of leading the continent’s development, unity, and peace.
Africa No Filter launches The Last Mile Film Fund for African filmmakers
23 August, Dakar: In recognition of the power of film to change narratives, Africa No Filter has launched a fund that will provide grants to filmmakers in the final stages of production.
New handbook outlines how journalists can write about Africa beyond stereotypes
Narrative-change organization Africa No Filter is challenging stereotypical news about Africa with its latest handbook, Why Change the Way We Write About Africa?A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa.
Africa No Filter Launches the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund to Empower Emerging African Creative Talent
Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to transform stereotypical narratives of Africa, has launched the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund.
Greta Thunberg speaks for Africa when it comes to climate. Where are Africa’s voices?
Africa has become the face of the global climate crisis, yet Greta Thunberg has emerged as the continent’s leading voice of advocacy – even among African activists, according to the newly launched report, Climate Change in Africa: Are Africans sleepwalking to disaster?
Experts say this is how Africa can take ownership of its business narratives
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will glorify the hunter. The same can be said about the media, ‘until the lions have their own journalists the news coverage of the hunt will glorify the hunter,” said Yasmin Kumi, award-winning entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Africa Foresight Group.
Africa No Filter and Meta announce the next generation of XR creators in Africa
Africa No Filter and Meta today announced the next generation of Extended Reality (XR) creators in Africa with six recipients selected from the Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds program.
New report on narratives on business in Africa shows another ‘scramble for Africa’ by foreign powers is underway in international media
There is another scramble for Africa according to international media, but this time it is about who can best profit from the continent’s business opportunities.
Un nouveau rapport met en lumière les discours persistants sur les affaires en Afrique, alors que le potentiel du continent continue d’être négligé
Africa No Filter et AKAS, le cabinet international de conseil en stratégie de communication, ont publié aujourd’hui un nouveau rapport, intitulé le rapport narratif sur les affaires en Afrique, qui met en évidence l’existence d’un certain nombre de récits problématiques sur les affaires en Afrique, à la suite d’une analyse complète des environnements médiatique, numérique et universitaire internationaux et africains.
Representation is top of mind for the latest artists funded by the Africa No Filter Kekere Storytellers Fund
How do you tell a story powerfully? Represent yourself. That’s the theme in the stories that will be produced by 11 emerging and mid-career artists selected to be in the second cohort of the Kekere Storytellers Fund.
Des artistes africains vont réaliser des projets déterminants pour leur carrière dans le cadre du programme de bourses pour artistes émergents de Africa No Filter
Quel est le dénominateur commun entre un ancien esclave gambien la nourriture basotho, le textile kitenge que l’on trouve en Afrique de l’Est et la poterie Dada de l’État de Kwara au Nigeria ?
African artists to produce career-defining projects as part of the Africa No Filter Emerging Artists Fellows program
What does a formerly enslaved Gambian have in common with Basotho food, the kitenge textile found in East Africa and Dada pottery from Kwara State in Nigeria?
