Amplify programs: Making media investment-ready Amplify AsiaAmplify EuropeAmplify KenyaAmplify South AfricaAmplify Southern AfricaMDIF update 22 May 2026 By Bilal Randeree, Chief Program Officer, MDIF Across many markets, smaller independent media face the same structural problem. Editorial quality, audience … Read more
Building Media in the Balkans: The MDIF–Insajder Story MDIF clientsMDIF update 18 May 2026 With a 24/7 television channel, a digital portal and a newsroom that has become the benchmark for investigative reporting across … Read more
Amplify Asia and Myanmar Media Program launch media resilience report Amplify AsiaMDIF update 13 May 2026 Amplify Asia and Myanmar Media Program, run by MDIF with the aim of helping independent media across South and Southeast … Read more
Amplify Europe delivers strong results building media in Central and Southeast Europe Amplify EuropeMDIF update 12 May 2026 Amplify Europe, MDIF’s business support program for independent digital media in Central and Southeast Europe, has concluded its two-year run … Read more
Philippine Supreme Court Ends Case Against Rappler MDIF update 7 April 2026 The Philippine Supreme Court has definitively ended proceedings seeking to shut down Rappler, an independent news outlet and client of … Read more
Empower people, don’t replace them: Lukas Görög, MDIF’s new AI Expert-in-Residence, on AI-adaption in media MASMDIF update 1 April 2026 We are delighted to welcome Lukas Görög as our AI Expert-in-Residence. In the past Lukas has helped Die Presse build … Read more
Media Forum: What happens when business disruption meets a New World Order? MDIF 30th AnniversaryMDIF update 31 March 2026 More than 180 MDIF clients, media partners, team and board members met in Cape Town for the 2026 Media Forum. … Read more
What we are witnessing is an unbundling of media: In conversation with Nigerian media leader Wale Lawal MDIF 30th AnniversaryMDIF update 17 March 2026 In 2021, The Economist described the Nigerian independent media outlet The Republic as “an example of the new intellectual spaces … Read more
How the MDIF Multiplier unlocks 5x investment in independent media MDIF update 13 March 2026 The MDIF Multiplier is an investment mechanism built on a simple but ambitious premise: relatively small philanthropic grants can unlock … Read more
