Media Monitoring Africa

JOHANNESBURG, 10 May 2023 – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) launches its 7th edition of the Isu Elihle Awards Competition – an African groundbreaking initiative that promotes and supports ethical, engaging and quality reporting on children’s issues. The phrase, Isu Elihle is isiZulu for ...
Media Release  1 April 2022 JOHANNESBURG, 1 April 2022 – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is excited to officially open the applications for the 2021 lsu Elihle Awards. Journalists within the African continent are invited to apply for these Awards which open today (01 April 2022) and close on the 1...
Media Release  8 February 2022   2022 Web Rangers South Africa : Bigger and Better JOHANNESBURG, 8 February 2022 – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), together with partners –  Department of Communication and Digital Technologies (DCDT), the Film and Publication Board (FPB), Google, Meta, ...
Media Release  25 November  2021 2021 Isu Elihle Awards winners!   JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2021- Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and UNICEF announced the 2021 lsu Elihle Awards winner on Thursday 25 November 2021. Isu Elihle is an isiZulu phrase that means a “Great Idea” when translated...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), together with the Impact Amplifier are excited to launch the first ever South African based Disinformation Comic Book.  The comic book is the result of the incredible work of 10 Web Ranger ambassadors (between the ages of 12-17 years old)  who came together to develo...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) embarked on a media monitoring exercise between May and September, 2020 to determine trends in media coverage of children. In order to show improvement in media coverage or the lack thereof, the 2020 findings were compared against the 2016, 2017 and 2019 findings.The ...
On 20 November 2020, MMA in collaboration with children and ALT Advisory launched the Children’s Digital Rights Charter, which forms part of MMA’s discussion document on the rights of children online.The aim of the Digital Rights Charter is to give effect to an internet that is accessible, safe ...