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Applications are now open for #CohortThree2026 at AfriMedia Training Institute! Application Deadline: April 30, 2026 Training Begins: May 4, 2026 Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable skills and hands-on experience. Apply here: 👇afrimediatraininginstitute.com/courses

Northern Uganda called us. We are going back with training sessions beginning May 11, 2026. Join us for hands-on mobile storytelling, podcasting, personal branding training. Learn to shoot, edit and share content using your phone. 📍TAKS Centre, Gulu 🗓 May 11–15, 2026 ⏰ 10am

We celebrate Senior Photojournalist with @DailyMonitor @abubakerlubowa this #WPFDUG2026. He sees society through his lens and brings them raw to his audience @NationMediaGrp. His photos/videos together with other professional journalists communicate/reflect #JournalismForPeace.

A MIT professor gave a 1-hour lecture in 2019 that has 18 million views. He died 5 months after recording it. It was his final gift to the world. Patrick Winston taught at MIT for 50 years. The smartest engineers on earth sat in his classroom. And he spent his last lecture teaching them the one skill their degrees never covered. How to speak. 15 lessons that will change how you communicate forever: Never open with a joke. Your audience is not ready to laugh yet. Open with a promise of what they will know by the end. Your ideas are like your children. You are too close to them. What is obvious to you is invisible to everyone else. Explain the obvious. The 5-minute rule: the first 5 minutes of any talk determine whether people will listen for the next 55. Spend more time on your opening than anything else. Repeat your most important idea 3 times in 3 different ways. Once is never enough. Build a fence around your idea. Tell people what it is NOT before you tell them what it IS. Verbal punctuation. Pause. Let the idea land before moving to the next one. Ask questions nobody will answer. Then wait 7 seconds. The silence is not awkward. It is processing. Never read your slides. Your audience can read. They cannot listen and read simultaneously. Use the board not the slides. Writing forces you to slow down. Slowing down forces clarity. Inspire before you inform. Nobody learns from someone they are not inspired by. End with a contribution not a summary. Tell them what you gave them. Not what you said. Never say thank you at the end. It is weak. End with something that lands. Stories make ideas stick. Data makes ideas understood. You need both. In that order. The quality of your communication determines the quality of your ideas in the eyes of the world. Not the ideas themselves. Practice is not preparation. Practice IS the skill. Patrick Winston understood something most people spend their entire careers missing. Your ideas are only as powerful as your ability to transfer them into someone else's mind. You can be the smartest person in the room and be completely invisible. Or you can master communication and make average ideas feel like breakthroughs. He chose to spend his last lecture teaching this. Watch it tonight. Bookmark this first. Follow @cyrilXBT for more lessons from the people who built the future.

This Sunday, May 3, 2026, we walk for #PressFreedom during the #WPFDUG2026. Join us to promote awareness about press freedom, a foundation for peace, development, and security. Let's meaningfully engage to strengthen efforts toward journalists’ safety. @DailyMonitor @VisionGroup

Earlier today, we held a Joint Press Conference at the @UgandaMediaCent together with actors in the Media under the @SectorUganda (UMSWG). Our statement was issued by Hon. @lo_apitta on behalf of the @ChairpersonUhrc and the UMSWG statement was jointly issued by the Chairperson @MediaCouncilUg, Mr. Paulo Ekochu and Mr. Alex B. Atuhaire from the Editors' Guild. The Press Conference is a precursor to the main event which will be held at UBC grounds on Sunday 3rd May, 2026 slated to kick off with a Walk at 7:00 am from the ground to Lugogo and back. @MFAUganda @UCC_Official @AAfrimedia @WomenLensAfrica @unescoug @Makerere

You spoke to us and we listened! Introducing our Team Training Sessions, designed for organisations and media companies looking to strengthen their teams’ skills and thrive in an ever-evolving digital audience landscape. Register your team today: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/course-details…

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AfriMedia Training Institute trains you to gain valuable digital skills to create those moments that matter for your personal or career branding. Applications are now open for #CohortThree2026. Training begins on May 4, 2026. Apply through our website: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/courses

This partnership between @femjofu and @AAfrimedia had one goal in mind, to create a space where journalists could access both professional and emotional support without waiting for perfect conditions. We are grateful to those who showed up for us in many ways to support us.

Colleagues showed up genuinely. Professional counsellors agreed to provide their services without guaranteed compensation. Trainers in mobile storytelling, an area identified as a key need, stepped in with minimal financial expectations. The team leader facilitated a session...

On the day of the event, March 20, 2026, counselling sessions, initially scheduled from 9am-1pm, extended to 7pm. Held at TAKS Centre in Gulu, journalists showed up for a day of learning, reflection, and support. Training and counselling sessions ran concurrently. Thank you all!

The #FiresideChat2026 is in #Gulu this Friday. Join us and let's reflect, connect....

AfriMedia Training Institute is now accepting applications for Cohort 2 of the Career and Personal Branding Course. This practical training will help journalists, communicators, and emerging professionals learn how to: • Build a strong professional brand • Position themselves for new opportunities • Communicate their expertise with confidence • Develop a clear career growth strategy 📅 Enrollment closes: March 30, 2026 Training begins on April 1, 2026 Secure your spot in this and other priority Journalism modules like Mobile Storytelling and Writing for Online by registering here: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/course-details… Feel free to share this opportunity with colleagues who may benefit from strengthening their professional brand.

Welcome #Cohort1! Today marks the beginning of a journey of exploration, reflection and intentional learning for most of our course participants. AfriMedia Training Institute aims to impact professionals in media through structured and needs based skills enhancement. We cannot wait to grow with our trainees in intentional ways that make meaning to each and every one of them. #Cohort2 applications are now open for our four-week courses in journalism, communication, and career branding, starting April 1, 2026. Sign up here: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/courses

There is a growing narrative, especially on social media, claiming that "education is not the key to success", that one must search for other “keys.” I strongly caution young people against this misguided thinking. Education remains a key. It may not be the only key, but it is certainly a fundamental one. It opens doors to knowledge, opportunity, innovation, and responsible leadership. Education equips individuals to make informed decisions, contribute meaningfully to society, and navigate the complexities of the modern world with confidence and integrity. Nothing replaces knowledge. No one should mislead you into believing otherwise. Yes, there are a few successful individuals with limited formal education, but how many are they? They do not even constitute 1% of Uganda’s population. Exceptional cases should not be used to misguide a generation. Sustainable success is built on knowledge, discipline, and values and education provides that foundation. I firmly debunk the narrative that education is not essential to success.

Nation Media Group is expanding its team. Apply now by sending your detailed CV and academic documents as a PDF by March 10th, 2026.

We see possibilities! 🥂to a new journey with @MFAUganda and what we can achieve together for media professionals across the continent. Better training. Wider reach. Greater impact. Learn more: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/home #AfriMedia #MediaDevelopment #AfricaMedia #JournalismTraining 📸@MFAUganda @LorenzoJonath12

AfriMedia Training Institute is proud to engage with @MFAUganda and we couldn't be more energised by what this collaboration means for the media professionals we both serve. At AfriMedia, we believe that the most meaningful growth happens in the community, through shared networks, aligned values, and a genuine commitment to supporting journalists, communicators, and content creators across Africa to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry. Together with Media Focus on Africa, we look forward to expanding access to quality training, mentorship, and opportunities that equip media professionals to do their best work and build sustainable careers. If you are a journalist, editor, communicator, or content creator looking for practical, industry-aligned training, we are here, and we are growing. Learn more about AfriMedia and explore our courses: afrimediatraininginstitute.com/home #AfriMediaTrainingInstitute #MediaFocusOnAfrica #MediaDevelopment #JournalismTraining #AfricaMedia #NurturingProfessionals 📸@MFAUganda