MDIF’s CEO Harlan Mandel appeared on WAN-IFRA‘s new media freedom podcast, The Back Story. The episode, entitled ‘Show me the money – Censorship and financial independence’. also featured Fatemah…

MDIF’s CEO Harlan Mandel appeared on WAN-IFRA‘s new media freedom podcast, The Back Story. The episode, entitled ‘Show me the money – Censorship and financial independence’. also featured Fatemah…
Media Development Investment Fund has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a free online resource for investors and financial advisors, for the seventh consecutive year. The IA50…
(New York, 12 December 2017) MDIF has acquired a majority stake in South African media company Mail & Guardian. The restructured ownership also sees M&G’s Chief Executive Officer, Hoosain Karjieker,…
Nine organisations, startups and nonprofits have been selected as winners of the South Africa Media Innovation Program’s (SAMIP) first Innovation Challenge. The nine winners are: Children’s Radio…
The Facebook page of the leading Ukrainian business website, liga.net, suffered a five-hour outage after a massive bot attack on 6 December. The social network blocked all traffic to the…
Last year, MDIF clients reached 77.1 million people in countries where access to free and independent media is under threat. At a time when fake news and propaganda are thriving…
29 August 2017, Johannesburg: Today saw the launch of the South Africa Media Innovation Program (SAMIP) to provide dedicated funding and capacity building support to independent media in the…
Three reporters from two news businesses taking part in MDIF’s Myanmar Media Program were released on bail on 1 September after spending more than two months in jail,…
It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Goran Vladković, owner and chief editor of Serbia’s OK Radio, who died yesterday in Belgrade at the…