By Shout-Africa Correspondent – The second round of “Afrika Kommt!”, an extensive and practically-based professional business internship program in Germany has been announced. The initiative by German industry is aimed at young professionals and junior executives from sub-Saharan Africa. Applications for the 2010-2012 program will be accepted for consideration until October 31, 2010. After its successful start in 2008, the Afrika Kommt! program has returned. After training 19 participants in Germany’s top firms, the initiative of German industry for future leaders from sub-Saharan Africa will hold another long-term training from March 2011 through late June 2012. Similar to the first... Continue Reading
London revellers can join Zim artists this Thursday (7:00pm – 10:00pm) for an evening of Afro-Jazz as the Book Cafe in Unit K presents Mashasha & Sam(plus guests) and DJ Koichi Sakai (Ghetto lounge) at Open The Gate. MASHASHA is a composer, bass player, guitarist and singer from Zimbabwe. Best known as Harare’s most in-demand session bassist, he was first “discovered” as a teenager by his neighbour Oliver Mutukudzi, the towering figure of Zimbabwean popular music, and he played his first professional gig, supporting Oliver, at the age of 19. Mashasha first collaborated with Sam Chagumachinyi in spectacular Harare Afro-jazz... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG – There was no shortage of input from delegates at yesterday’s conference sessions on the second day of the 2010 Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition. One of these was the session on Needletime. Sub-titled ‘The SA Industry’s Copyright Dilemma’, the breakaway session at Museum Africa saw panelists field tough questions from artists, producers and more. Speakers Kadi Petje of CIPRO and David Du Plessis of SAMPRA (South African Music Performance Rights Association) outlined the current position from each side, followed by a Q and A session which saw heated comments from delegates around the delay in artists seeing much-needed... Continue Reading
The 2010 ACP Photo Award – hurry up: last two weeks to submit your photos There are just two weeks left (15 September) to enter the “2010 ACP Photo Competition” organised by The Courier. This is your last chance to participate and win. Don’t hesitate any longer and be sure that your photos are eligible. The topics of the photo award African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and development: trade, culture, tradition, climate change, science and technology. Who can participate? All young photographers from ACP countries under 30. The prize: An international jury of experts will vote on the best photo... Continue Reading
The Secretariat of the Professional Journalists’ Association is looking for people to shadow our Television Delegate (Billings Siwila, freelance), Magazines Delegate (Ebrahim Moola, FHM), Associate Members Delegate (Robert Brand, Rhodes Journalism) and Wire Services Delegate (probably Anso Thom, Health e-news, now that Jedi Ramalapa, IPS, is moving out of the wire service sector). Dynamic journalists, in particular people of colour, are encouraged to get involved on our Secretariat and make their voices heard! Your duties as the Shadow Delegate will be: 1) To stand in for the sectoral Delegate as the Secretariat’s – and ProJourn members’ – point person for... Continue Reading
