Koliwe Majama

Experience

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  Radio Dialogue FM

  Apr 2004 - Oct 2007

  Chief Advocacy Officer

  Chief advocacy officer at Zimbabwe’s first community radio initiative that at thetime was raising awareness on the concept and concept of community radio forthe community of Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo. Created designand content of Train-the-Trainer workshop. Experience in position also includes:• Structuring campaign strategies dubbed the ‘Free the airwavescampaign’• Advocacy training for membership.• Media relations• Compilation of news bulletins for alternative broadcasts• Station representative at the World Association of Community RadioStations (AMARC) Show less

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  MISA Regional

  Nov 2007 - Feb 2018

  Management for the programme – including fundraising, projectplanning and implementation and reporting for grants ranging from six (6)months to 3 years.The position also included the following:• Support and capacity building activities for community print, radio and online media initiatives in marginal communities in Zimbabwe through strategic planning, capacity building workshops, compilation of support manuals and monitoring and evaluation support. • Gender and the media programme coordination• National advocacy on the broadcasting and ICT sector• Local, regional and international lobby with relevant ministries, parliamentary portfolio committees & other stakeholders • Policy and legislative analysis • Monitoring and Research on freedom of expression and access to information of broadcasting and ICT sectors • Manage organisational website & social media related platforms to widen accessibility, member participation and strategic partnerships for the organisation. Show less

  • Programme Officer - Broadcasting & ICTs

    Nov 2007 - Feb 2018

  • Programme Officer - Broadcasting & ICTs

    Nov 2007 - Jan 2018
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  Regional Office -Media Institute of Southern Africa

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Regional Coordinator

  Coordinated the regional Children and the media project aimed at improvingthe medias reportage on childrens issues, as well as mainstreaming the voices ofyoung people in critical socio, economic and political issues that they cover.• Coordinating regional children and the media training workshops withjournalists in Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho andSwaziland.• Lead the regional monitoring of the print media in the six countries ofreporting trends on reporting on children.• Coordinated regional awards adjudication and ceremony for 2013.• Compilation of the annual report and proposal for 2014.• Presentation of Southern African regional overview of Childrens reportingby the media. Show less

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  Koliwe Majama Consultancy

  Oct 2017 - May 2019

  Independent Consultant

  Media and ICT development and Communications consultancy

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  Association for Progressive Communications

  Oct 2017 - Feb 2022

  Event planning and management, Funds mobilisation, Faculty Planning Assistant and Report writing

  • AfDec Coordinator and African School on Internet Governance School organiser

    Jun 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Consultant Organiser for Sixth edition of the African School on Internet Governance

    Oct 2017 - Feb 2022
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  Self-employed

  Feb 2018 - May 2019

  Independent Consultant
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  Mozilla

  Feb 2022 - now

  Moziĺla Foundation | Senior Program Officer, Fellowships & Awards