by SAMIP | Sep 2, 2019 | News
August is Women’s Month in South Africa and the country takes the time to commit to uplifting women in our society. At the South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) we strive to do our part through our mission in transforming the local media industry by empowering...
by SAMIP | Aug 14, 2019 | News
July tends to be dominated with news of the Durban July – the eponymous horse race which brings out the fashionistas of the country. But for the South Africa Media Innovation Program it was a month of learnings and innovation. New voices in podcasting The coldest...
by SAMIP | Jul 12, 2019 | News
June is Youth Month in South Africa. It’s a time when the country is encouraged to think about the bravery of the young people who, on 16 June 1976, put their lives on the line during the uprisings that started in Soweto and spread around the country. This Uprising is...
by SAMIP | Jun 7, 2019 | News
May 2019 will be remembered as the month that South Africans went to the polls for the fifth time since we attained democratic freedom in the 1990s. The elections that took place on 8 May went without incident and with journalists and other media professionals being...
by SAMIP | Jun 3, 2019 | News
The South Africa Media Innovation Program is pleased to announce the third placement of the Children’s Radio Foundation(CRF) at the World Digital Media Awards, in Scotland last night. So proud that our WhatsApp Radio Integration initiative was amongst the nominees for...
by SAMIP | May 20, 2019 | News
At the start of this year the South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) held another meeting of its Advisory Committee to decide on the shortlisted applicants for 2019. After a lengthy session the following projects and organizations were selected to enter our...
by SAMIP | Apr 23, 2019 | News
It is with great sadness that we report the passing away of Matthew Buckland, a member of our Advisory Committee and Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Entrepreneur-in-Residence, after battling illness. Professionally, Matt was a genuine pioneer in digital media...
by SAMIP | Apr 5, 2019 | News
The month of March is one in which human rights, as enshrined in the Constitution of the country, are celebrated with a public holiday of the same name. The day itself commemorates a moment in time when the country pivoted to making sure that the rights of all...
by SAMIP | Mar 28, 2019 | News
The South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) is pleased to announce that the University of the Witwatersrand will be honoring Mandla Langa with an honorary doctorate in Literature during its March graduation season. Langa recently joined SAMIP’s Advisory...
by SAMIP | Mar 8, 2019 | News
February is known as the month of love and for the South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) we got to express our love for the local media industry and for our participants. The short month may only have twenty-eight days but we packed in more than two months...
