The image of Africa painted by the west has been more negative than positive as has been the trend in most media organizations talking about this rich continent.
In an effort to reverse this unfortunate scenario, the Deutsche Welle Akademie brought together African journalists from across the southern African region to tell the African story as it should be.
The participating countries included Namibia, Malawi, Zambia and the hosts South Africa.
As a Zambian representative for our participating station, MUVI TV, we had a challenging but worthwhile task of highlighting a positive aspect about Africa from the diverse opportunities people in Cape Town have identified.
The stories were mainly centered on individuals making a difference in their various traits despite the challenges they are encountering.
Team Zambia represented by Alister Sibbuku, Matthew Nthala and Pennipher Sikainda did a piece on a visually impaired Cape Town resident who is using his disability to change public perception especially among the young people in schools.
Its expected that more media institutions take up the role of painting a more positive picture about the continent to highlight the achievements by individuals and certain government strides leading to better welfare of the people.
This is aimed at giving you information on news developments from within Zambia and the whole world at large.
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