Accelerator Programme
The Jamlab Accelerator is a six-month hothouse programme for journalism and media innovators. It is based at Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in the heart of Johannesburg. The first six teams graduated in 2017.
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Everything you need to know regarding journalism and media innovation in Africa – fortnightly in your inbox.
Jamlab Meetup
The Jamlab Meetup Reimagining Journalism Series was created to explore the changes taking place within journalism and media in Africa.
Jamlab Africa Magazine
The Jamlab online magazine showcases journalism and media innovations and innovators in Africa. We aim to grow a network of innovators and to help build a ‘community of practice’ of media makers that can support each other by sharing advice and experience.
How media startup Dataphyte is making data accessible to journalists in Nigeria
Dataphyte is helping journalists across newsrooms with access to relevant data they need for their research and reporting while merging i...
Oct 23, 2020 / Read More
What we are reading
Media Update | Professional journalism versus citizen journalism: What’s the difference?
Oct 22, 2020 / Read More
OnaStories is bringing virtual and augmented reality to Tanzania
Co-founder and head of the immersive unit, Tulanana Bohela, says “this is a big opportunity for African storytellers in different facets,...
Oct 20, 2020 / Read More
Angolan startup Manifexto: What we hope to gain from jamlab
Manifexto joined jamlab to better understand the southern African market and incorporate it into its AI tool to expand into other African...
Oct 19, 2020 / Read More
What we are reading
TechCrunch | Google launches a suite of tech-powered tools for reporters, Journalist Studio
Oct 15, 2020 / Read More
The Feed in Zimbabwe: Changing lives in two-minute-long documentaries
By Lemuel Chekai
Oct 15, 2020 / Read More
Some African media uses TikTok, but traditional newsrooms are slow to catch up
By Elna Schütz
Oct 15, 2020 / Read More
Fact-checking: a blowing wind in the Ghanaian media landscape
By Kweku Dallah
Oct 15, 2020 / Read More
Urban JAM Café: Reimagining new narratives
As we reimagine the future of cities, of human society and how we live and intermingle with one another, technology and the planet — what...
Oct 13, 2020 / Read More
How Africa’s satirists are reimagining public opinion
The role of satirists in undermining propaganda and challenging those in power has never been more important than it is in society today....
Oct 09, 2020 / Read More
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