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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda has called on media houses to utilize their platforms to promote culture. In a speech read for her by Judy Kamanyi, a member of the Nabagereka Foundation, Nagginda emphasized that the media, especially online platforms, have been instrumental …

  Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono has launched its PhD in Journalism, Media and Communication. This comes after the National Council For Higher Education (NHCE) accredited the programme, having been satisfied that the UCU School of Journalism, Media and Communication met all the requirements to …

It’s failed to produce an internationally coordinated and funded strategy to support public-interest media COMMENT | JAMES DEANE | In July 2019, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, launched a global campaign for media freedom at a London conference co-organised by the Canadian government. “Today, we are joined by delegations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development (MoGLSD) wants each corporate organisation, particularly the media, to have inter-gender mainstreaming policies to deal with sexual and gender-based violations.  This follows a study done in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the period 2016 to 2021, that …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Rigathi Gachagua, deputy president of Kenya, met with Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, here on Thursday, with both sides pledging to strengthen media cooperation. Gachagua said this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya and China, and that …

COMMENT  | DAVID BIRUNGI |  Last week, the custodians of reputation management and corporate communication convened at Hotel African, and online, to reflect on the practice and the profession of Public Relations. It was organized under the theme The Role of Public Relations in Driving Organization’s Performance. Many of my …

New York, USA | Xinhua | Americans experience more significant shootings than any other nation in the West, and gun violence has left deep scars in the U.S. society, reported the California-based non-profit YR Media on Thursday. “In spite of these mass shootings, our government does not act. The effects of …

Now the party appears to be over and the cleaning up of the financing models must start COMMENT | JOSEPH WERE | The National Association of Broadcasters, media managers and experts, the ministries of Finance and that of ICT and National Guidance, are debating whether the government should give its advertising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has dropped seven places in the international media rankings, according to the 2022 press index report by Reporters Without Borders. Uganda now ranks 132 out of 180 countries. This represents a significant drop from its position in the 2021 rankings. Addressing journalists on Thursday …

Johannesburg, SA | Xinhua | The South African government on Thursday started to accept media accreditation for the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg from Aug. 22 to 24. The deadline for the media accreditation is Aug. 11 and it will not be extended, the Department of International Relations …