Year: 2019

Rapper Mak Mansa

Versatile Kenyan Rapper Releases New Single

East African Film Network June 22, 2019

By Amazing Kenya News Published June 22, 2019 Nearly three months on from the...

Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, says agriculture contributes up to 80 per cent of export earnings and employs nearly 75 per cent of the workforce in Tanzania

Tanzania Sets Sights on Reducing Poverty in Rural Areas

East African Film Network May 28, 2019

By Khalifa Hemed Published May 28, 2019 Tanzania, whose backbone is agriculture, is focusing...

Rwanda has made an extraordinary transformation and tourism has been at the heart of that transformation.

Rwanda’s Travel and Tourism Economy on the Upsurge

East African Film Network March 18, 2019

By Irene Gaitirira Published March 18, 2019 The Travel and Tourism sector of Rwanda...

says the Horn Of Africa Roadshow is an 'opportunity for our audiences to hear the full story of Ethiopia.'

BBC, Facebook and Google Focus on East Africa

East African Film Network March 14, 2019

By Ogova Ondego Published March 14, 2019 Google has set up a programme aimed...

The authorities have also fined or suspended media outlets for covering politically sensitive topics, including the coronavirus. On July 6, the Communications Authority banned Kwanza TV, an online television station, for 11 months because of its Instagram post reporting on a Covid-19 health alert by the United States Embassy about Tanzania. The authority’s summons letter to Kwanza TV accused the station of being “unpatriotic.”

Civic Space Shrinks across Eastern Africa

East African Film Network January 18, 2019

By Khalifa Hemed Published January 18, 2019 As clear patterns of repression emerge across...