The Daily IIJ

By Kofi Ahovi More than 70% of the registered Rural and Community Banks (RCB) in Ghana have met the new minimum capital requirement, Business Week has gathered.

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By Kofi Ahovi The mining industry in Ghana has reacted to the new tax reforms introduced in the 2012 budget statement by the government. According to the industry, the new reforms would deter the mining companies to make further investments in the sector. However no categorical statements have so far been made on the fate [...]

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A free and informative press is widely agreed to be crucial for the democratic process. The concept of the fourth estate that commonly refers to the news media perceives, journalism as a power for changes and a watch-dog as well. Therefore, the meeting between press and parliament, as an official forum, becomes necessary to maintain [...]

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The Elsa BrändströmHaus, one of luxury buildings in the elite neighborhood of Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany became a place of sweet memories of friendship and valuable knowledge for our professional life from IIJ Summer Academy 2011. IIJ (International Institute of Journalism) training “Freedom and Responsibility in the Media” program that was held from July 17th till [...]

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After the Second World War, Germany was divided in two parties, but the eastern part influenced by the Soviets kept a horrific eye on Western Germany. There was established the Stasi, an intelligence service, in order to monitor suspicious movements. Dagmar Hovestädt , press officer at the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State [...]

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Did you know that one of the founders of the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ), Axel Springer, founded Europe’s most successful paper, Bild in 1952? With a circulation of more than three million, Bild is the biggest German tabloid newspaper and one of the 230 newspapers and magazines published by the Axel Springer publishing house. [...]

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He looks much younger than his 89 years and is still in good health considering. He even still drive on his own. His wonderful sense of humor only serves to make him more endearing. “My name is Franz Bergmann (name changed) from Germany,” he said when he introduced himself to participants of this year’s IIJ Summer [...]

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While some prefer the details of the past to remain in the closet, many Germans  who were spied on by the so-called Stasi, the feared secret police of the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR), want to know the details of  their lives and the horrific crimes that were committed by the Stasi agents while the [...]

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When the German press agency dpa was set up after World War II, it “started at zero”, as today’s news editor Martin Romanczyk puts it. The organisation lacked everything that is necessary to set up a successful news operation: Money, communications, equipments, papers and office space. Nowadays, dpa is the biggest news agency in Germany [...]

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Melike (left), accompanied by Mona (centre) and another colleague, holds a ball inside her shirt, symbolising that St. Pauli Women’s Football Club is awaiting the birth of more success for the future. (Picture by Chipiliro Kansilanga) For a Malawian girl of 15, life after school is all about helping parents with house chores or engaging [...]

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