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Media Advisory Services (MAS), MDIF’s technical assistance division, has teamed up with the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) to provide expert business advice to investigative journalists worldwide. The GIJN…

MDIF team members Harlan Mandel, Mohamed Nanabhay and Bilal Randeree have been featured guests on four recent podcasts, talking about different aspects of our work, media investing and media operations.

In a move to bolster media innovation in Southern Africa, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has invested in South African podcasting company Volume. MDIF is a not-for-profit investment fund providing…

MDIF today launched MDIF Ventures to invest $1 million in young and growing media companies with a positive social impact and the potential to scale. MDIF Ventures will…

By Kevin Brockland, Principal Investment Officer Over 25 years, we have invested in about 200 projects with 128 media organizations. The companies we have invested in span stages and business…

El Faro, El Salvador’s leading digital daily, is facing a barrage of smear campaigns, wiretaps, threats and false accusations of tax evasion by the government of President Nayib Bukele. The…

As Covid ravages India, coverage of the pandemic and dealing with the fallout has been the focus of most of our clients’ work. Scroll and Josh Talks, two very different…

By Magdalena Skrzypek, Impact and Communications Manager World Press Freedom Day is a time to reflect on the enormous value free media contributes to open and free societies, and how…

New York, 22 April, 2021: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has purchased a 34% minority stake in leading Slovak publisher Petit Press from Namav s.r.o, a subsidiary of Penta Investments…