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  Honoring the contributions of the sustainable development of livestock for livelihoods in Africa (Live2Africa) project Through Mediavision Academy   By Daniel Massamba Meboya Corporate Communication Strategist     Kampala, 24 July 2023 – For over a month, the Mediavision Academy’s multimedia team travelled to Kenya, Zimbabwe and in Uganda soaking up the reality of the sustainable development of livestock for livelihoods in Africa (Live2Africa) project.   Using the camera to capture the broad impacts of the project, the Academy’s team created a visual ‘proof’ of something that could not be conveyed in words.   In Africa, populations gravitate towards a higher dependency on animal resources to support their livelihoods. For five years from December 2017, the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) implemented the sustainable development of livestock for livelihoods in Africa (Live2Africa) project. The Live2Afric...

  Mediavision Academy Teams up with Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) to Create Content against virus spread.   By Daniel Massamba Meboya, Corporate Communication Strategist   Entebbe, 26 June 2023 – Students in their final year of training in film and video at Mediavision Academy provided their multimedia expertise to Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) in Entebbe, a town on a peninsula in Lake Victoria, in Central Uganda. Area beaches include busy Lido Beach, near Entebbe International Airport.   Mediavision Academy Team together with the Infectious Disease Institute Team at Entebbe Referral Isolation Centre   The  Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)  was established in 2002 in Kampala, Uganda by the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa, a group of infectious diseases experts from Uganda and North America, with initial support from Pfizer Inc. and other partners.  This public-private partnership aimed to provid...

Do you love nature? If you do then you must have celebrated the 14th day of July. It was the World Chimpanzee day. Chimpanzees are part of wild nature that we should jealously treasure, chimps play a big role in maintaining the natural ecosystem. According to Uganda Wildlife Authority, chimps alone contributed 6bn shillings to the National economy in the last financial year. And this comes in through tourism. What if other sectors like film for example, tapped this resource? Much more revenue would be coming in. But survival of these apes especially in the unprotected areas is at stake. Early this month, a crew from Mediavision Academy, with support from the Cross Cultural Foundation Uganda (CCFU) trekked some forests in Kagadi to film the chimps struggling to survive in such areas.  Chimpanzee photo shot by Tumanyane Andrew in Muhooro forest Up to 500 chimps are surviving in these forests. The chimps have strong relationships with the locals. The locals know the chimps by name a...

  MultiChoice Uganda and Mediavision Academy Seal Partnership in Promoting Young Talent in Filmmaking   By Daniel Massamba Meboya Corporate Communication Strategist   Mitchel Mwesiga introducing MultiChoice Talent Factory to Students & Alumni   Makindye Division – Kampala, 12 July 2023 – “MultiChoice Talent Factory has identified Mediavision Academy as the center of excellence when it comes to training youth in Film, Television, Video, Radio and Photography,” Mitchel Mwesiga, public relations and publicity executive at MultiChoice Uganda, told the Academy community gathered in the main hall of their campus located at Makindye Division in the capital city, Kampala.   The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) is a shared-value initiative that provides a platform for the creative industries to develop their talent and engage with one another through their shared passions. This initiative has a multi-tiered approach, namely; the MTF Portal, the ...