NMT Media Foundation

22/10/2025

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16/10/2025

The conversation on the Future of Journalism Education in Southern Africa continues on 4 November at the pre-conference event, which we're hosting together with partners Akademie, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the Wits Centre for Journalism.

Under the theme 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, we’ll explore how journalism education can remain relevant, resilient, and rooted in public interest values amid digital transformation.

📅 4 November 2025 | 9am–6pm | Online
🔗 For details, see: https://t.ly/_LBSU
📩 Sign up here: https://t.ly/dgbuG

REGISTER: Join DW Akademie, Media Institute of Southern Africa Malawi, Centre for Innovation and Technology, and NMT Media Foundation for an AIJC pre-conference event exploring the future of journalism education in Southern Africa. How can we act now to ensure that tomorrow’s journalism not only adapts to new formats, but also keeps our democracies and information ecosystems healthy?

🗓 4 November, 9am to 6pm, online only.

🔗 For details, see: https://t.ly/_LBSU

📩 Sign up here: https://t.ly/dgbuG

15/10/2025

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 — 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.

In Africa, many governments curtail this right through overbroad laws, censorship, and refusal to share public interest information. But international human rights law is on our side.

In our Media & Digital Policy in Africa online course, a collaboration with Stellenbosch University, we dive into:

* The foundations of freedom of expression (UDHR, African human rights instruments)
* Legitimate vs illegitimate restrictions (the “three-part test”)
* Real world case studies and advocacy tools

Whether you are a journalist, policy advocate, civil society actor, or student, this course gives you frameworks and strategies to defend expression and access to information.

➡️ Find out more / enroll: [Link to course]

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28/09/2025

📌 Informed communities are essential for a sustainable future. Let’s work together for a healthier planet. 🌍

24/09/2025

📌 Inclusion starts with understanding. Let’s all commit to learning more about Deaf culture and accessibility. 👏

23/09/2025

📌A scary reality:

Is your personal data for sale? In Nigeria, the data of 126 MILLION people is being sold online for just 10 cents. This was revealed by Digital Rights Lawyers Co-Founder Solomon Okedara.
This isn't just data. It's people's lives. It leads to identity theft, financial ruin, and even false arrests.
This shocking finding was one of several shared by researchers at our recent discussion on African Data Governance, ahead of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2025 ( )

How can we make sure data policies actually protect everyday Africans?

Here’s what the research uncovered across the continent:

In Zambia, a new data protection law exists, but only 39% of organisations have dedicated staff to enforce it. This means sensitive data—like medical records and names that hold our cultural identity—is often stored on foreign servers, putting our digital selves at risk. As researcher Emsie Erastus asks, "If our names and stories are... scattered all over the digital space... how can we ever truly claim our full rights as people?".

In Ghana, the government promotes Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for ‘efficient service delivery’. But Tech Policy Researcher Mardiya Siba Yahaya asks: who truly benefits? For many market women using mobile money, these "innovations" have created new nightmares of fraud and theft.

In Kenya, data protection laws are on the rise, but access to information laws are being left behind. Co-Founder of Nexus Tech Policy Advisors Mary Gichuki said this imbalance is used to silence journalists and enables censorship. The compliance costs are so high that 42% of media houses in Kenya were recently forced to close.

This is why collaboration between media and civil society is more urgent than ever. We must hold our governments and corporations accountable and fight for a digital future that respects the rights and dignity of all Africans.

What are your thoughts on data privacy in your country? Share in the comments below! 👇
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12/09/2025

The Global Africa Green Hydrogen Summit on Wednesday has highlighted the government’s plan for Namibians to directly benefit from green hydrogen initiatives through local content development. However, the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme last month said there were no immediate plans for a local content policy.

NMT activities include advocacy and policy interventions to promote media freedom, free expression and access to information in Namibia and beyond.

11/09/2025

Green Hydrogen local content push lacks official policy

The Global Africa Green Hydrogen Summit on Wednesday, September 11, highlighted the government’s plan for Namibians to benefit directly from green hydrogen initiatives through local content development. But the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme last month said there were no immediate plans to develop a local content policy. Read full article here: https://shorturl.at/P6Vfb

TEXT BY SHELLEYGAN PETERSEN (NMT Media Foundation Project Officer)

10/09/2025

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