Media Challenge Initiative

We were honoured to welcome the Danish Embassy delegation to our @mcimediahub today. The day was filled with rich conversations spanning fact checking, media literacy & the possibilities for meaningful partnerships.

This Editor Collaboration Lab has created a structured space for both senior and next generation editors to share newsroom experiences, identify emerging public interest issues, and develop collaborative approaches to public interest reporting.

Experienced, professional, and next-generation editors from across Uganda have come together to connect, exchange, and strengthen public interest reporting at the first edition of the Editors' Collaboration Lab.

.. strengthen editorial networks, and collaboratively identify opportunities for stronger Public Interest journalism . This Editors' Collaboration Lab (ECL) edition is in partnership with @EUinUG and @dw_akademie.

Editors are the backbone of the media. They decide what gets covered, and how stories are told to serve the public interest. We are hosting the Editors' Collaboration Lab (ECL), a platform where rural-based and urban-based editors are exchanging newsroom insights, ...

They learnt how to use their smartphones to create content, promote their products and services, and connect with customers in a whole new way. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

Today, we held an mobile storytelling session with commercial farming agents in Adjumani district with key focus on one powerful idea: your story matters. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

Under Uganda’s labor laws, every working mother has the right to maternity leave, job protection, and fair treatment at work because building a career and building a family are not competing dreams. They are both valid. Motherhood is not the end of ambition. And a career should never come at the cost of dignity, family, or health. Switched by @Dismas_Nuwaine #shapingculture #shapingthefuture #africanstories

English On 20th May, Uganda, through the Uganda National Bureau of Standards UNBS, is going to join the rest of the world to celebrate World Metrology Day, as it spreads awareness about the importance of measurements. Luganda Nga 20 omwezi ogwokutaano, Uganda ng'eyita mu kutongole kya gavumenti ekya Uganda National Bureau of Standards UNBS egenda kwegatta ku nsiyonna okujaguza olunaku lwa World Metrology day nga bwemanyisa n'eggwanga omugaso gw'ebipimo. Switched by @DivineMercyNal #qualitycontrol #africanstories #switchafrica

Our CEO @phillipmwebaza is representing #AFHEG at the @AI_EverythingKE in Nairobi. He took the main stage today to make the case that health literacy is the system that determines whether communities can actually use and benefit from AI in healthcare. #AIEverythingKenya

They learnt how to create compelling content and authentic narratives around their products and services. Because in today's market, the farmer who can show what they do has a real edge over the one who only tells. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

Equipping farmers with the tools to tell their own stories. We had a hands-on training session with farmers from Kitgum, Agago, Pader & Lamo districts with key focus on one simple but powerful idea: your smartphone is your most underused business tool. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

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This is a well-deserved recognition of the work you've put in and the storyteller you've grown into. We're proud to call you one of ours. Keep telling the stories that matter. The continent is watching, and you're ready. 🌍 We send you all our #MCILove 💙

Congratulations to our very own #MediaAlumniUg alumnus Ruth Kamanzi on officially joining the 2026 #GRIOTS Fellowship cohort at LéO Africa Institute!

The commercial agents learnt how to create content that connects with customers and brings their products to life all this from the palm of their hand. Because every farmer has a story worth telling. 📲 #ClimateSmartAgriculture

🌾 Exciting things are happening in Northern Uganda! We recently held a training session for commercial farming agents in Gulu, focused on one big idea: how to use smartphones to promote their business and tell powerful stories about what they do. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

@PRwoth @UJAofficial Thank you Racheal

@IMChallengeug @UJAofficial Congratulations fam 🔥

Honoured. Grateful. Ready for more. Over a week ago, we won the 4th edition of the @UJAofficial #WorldPressFreedomDay Media Football Gala.

The mobile storytelling session focused on equipping agents with the skills to craft impactful stories about their products and services. These are the stories that connect with buyers, build trust, and grow their business. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

📱Commercial agents who tell great stories sell more. That's why we recently trained commercial agents in Kiryandongo on how to use their smartphones as powerful tools for business promotion and storytelling. #ClimateSmartAgriculture

We’re more "connected" than ever, yet global data shows youth loneliness is at an all-time high. It isn't just a feeling; clinically, chronic isolation is proving to be as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We sit down with a clinical psychiatrist to uncover how the "survival mode" of city life and the trap of infinite scrolling are physically shortening lives. Switched by @ShadrachBethel #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #shapingthefuture #switchafrica #africanstories