Monday, 20 August 2012
Media coverage | Africa Means Business in Ghana
Africa Means Business will be launched in Ghana this week. Here's how it's being announced in the media:
Welcome to Africa Means Business
Welcome to Africa Means Business. This pan-African initiative is designed to help the continent’s national economies to grow, leading to a brighter future for those who live there.
Africa Means Business improves the flow of critical information about economic issues. This leads key policy makers to better-informed decisions about the sustainable economic development Africa so crucially needs.
The programme works via a unique collaboration between the media and economists, initially focusing on Kenya and Ghana. Journalists are trained in reporting on financial, economic and business topics, while economic researchers are given the skills required to identify and provide material of media interest.
Africa Means Business is supported and run by African and international organisations. It aims to create more balanced, reliable and in-depth coverage of important economic and financial issues on mainstream TV and radio, in newspapers and magazines and online, reaching decision-makers, influencers and the wider public.
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Thursday, 16 August 2012
Africa Means Business in Ghana
This ground-breaking project to bring together journalists and economists to improve public debate on finance and business issues will be launched in West Africa on August 23rd. Eight journalists and eight economists will swap skills in a series of three-day workshops at Ghana University's School of Communication Studies.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Economists and journalists visit the Nation Group headquarters
For the 14 economists and journalists visiting the Nation Group HQ, this is the first time many of them have seen the news being transmitted and it has given them fresh insight into the pressures and realities of news coverage.
Monday, 21 May 2012
Pamoja FM Radio & Africa Means Business
Pamoja FM is a vital resource in an area where few people can afford television sets or even newspapers and that's why two of their best journalists are taking part in the Thomson Media Foundation's Africa Means Business training course in Nairobi.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Africa Means Business in the news
What the Kenyan media is saying about the launch of Africa Means Business
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Kenya has "opportunity of the century" says economist
A leading economist warned today (2nd May) that the discovery of oil in Kenya meant the country had the "opportunity of a lifetime" or could face a potential "nightmare". Speaking in Nairobi at the launch of a major new initiative " Africa Means Business " Professor Paul Collier, an expert on economics in Africa, said Kenya could avoid oil revenue becoming a curse in the future but that there were dangers.
