News & Events

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:

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.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Nairobi, Kenya - Launch of Africa Means Business

Economists and journalists will this week join forces in a new project managed by Thomson Media Foundation aimed at improving economic policy across Africa. The project, called Africa Means Business (AMB), will be launched at a one-day conference at Nairobi's Strathmore Business School on Wednesday (May 2nd).