2006 Conducted Workshops And Other Key Activities Undertaken


Training

Business Management workshop – Mozambique

A five days workshop on Business Management was held on 14 – 18th August 2006, at Cardoso hotel in Maputo. Sixteen (16) community media radio stations in Mozambique were trained on Business Management skills. Participants were mobilized with the assistance of FORCOM and MISA Mozambique, from the provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane.

Financial Management workshop – Mozambique

A financial management workshop was held as a follow up to the Business Management workshop, to compliment skills. It was also held in Maputo, Mozambique on 09 – 13 October 2006. Fifteen participants were selected from the same community media enterprises that attended the Business Management training in August 2006.

In-House Training

In-house training has been delivered to 14 (fourteen) media enterprises in six countries, between the period of October 2005 and April 2006

Country

Course

Enterprises

Botswana

Sales & Marketing
  1. Sunday Tribune
  2. Clarxons Studio

Lesotho

Sales & Marketing
  1. Harvest FM
  2. PC FM

Namibia

Financial Management
  1. Radio Energy
  2. The Big Issue
  3. Opt media

Zambia

Financial Management
  1. 5 FM
  2. Q FM

Zimbabwe

Financial Management
  1. Business Connect
  2. Voice of the People
  3. Blue Advertising

Swaziland

Financial Management
  1. Miles Communications
  2. Youth Connexion

Angola Research

SAIMED undertook a research assignment in Angola to identify the players in the emerging and community media sectors, and establish their training and development needs. An external consultant was engaged to carry out the assignment during the dates of 15 – 19 August 2006. The research assessed the market potential among emerging, commercial and community enterprises, in line with SAIMED’s current courses; i) Business Management ii) Financial Management iii) Marketing and Sales. Recommendations were made in terms of training courses and methodologies that would be suitable to the Angola market and environment.

Training Needs Assessment Exercise

In August/September 2006 a snap survey was done to reassess the training needs among community media in the following countries: Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia. The synthesized results illustrates that entrepreneurial enhancement is on high demand in relation to training needs among media enterprises. The three SAIMED flagship courses came uppermost as shown in the summary chart below.