New year, more SAMIP

The year started off with a bang for the South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP). With 12 grantees under our banner, and more to come, we have our work cut out for us in 2019.  Last year we ran workshops, trainings and other interventions in order to assist our...

SAMIP brings together media workers, entrepreneurs and techies

If you are media worker looking for a new challenge or you have a side hustle or project you need someone to work with you then do we have the event for you. The South Africa Media Innovation Program is heading down to the Mother City on Friday 08 February and will be...

Remember remember the month of November

In South Africa the month of November is punctuated with fireworks during Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by the local Hindi population, and Guy Fawkes, a British celebration that still brings out the cracker enthusiasts in our country. The South Africa...

SAMIP grantees make a splash at WAN-IFRA awards

South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) grantees The Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF), Hashtag our SA and Daily Maverick walked away with top prizes and as runners ups in four categories at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Africa awards on Friday 23 November. The...

Perfect Pitch 2: Battle of the Revenue Streams

“There is no general model for independent newspapers to replace the one the Internet broke” Clay Shirky After the successful debut of the South Africa Media Innovation Program’s (SAMIP) pitch battle at this year’s Duke Menell Media Exchange, SAMIP is pleased to...

An Octsober month for SAMIP

Octsober is one of those things that you hear about and you wonder what is the point. The premise is simple: abstain from drinking any alcohol throughout the month of October as a detox from most the year as we head into the festive season. It’s a sobering experience...