23 October 2025, The Media Online, TMO Reporter
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and its 13 partners concluded the widely successful Media Freedom Festival (MFF) 2025 last week. Partners included the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP), Amnesty International South Africa, Campaign for Free Expression, Campaign on Digital Ethics (CODE), Defend our Democracy, Embassy of France, Embassy of Germany, High Commission of Canada, The Information Regulator, Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Sub Saharan Africa Media Programme, the Press Council of South Africa, SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition, and We the People SA.
In the three days, it covered the G20, the M20 and the Johannesburg Declaration, combatting hate speech online, the Rate the Hate Challenge, online harms and the law, SLAPP suits, foreign interference in media, and much more.
After 32 years, MMA also refreshed its identity. Now Moxii Africa, the new name which reflects bold vision and unwavering purpose as the organisations continues championing and striving for open and trusted information. More than monitoring, we use tech, litigation, and public empowerment to actively shape a just information ecosystem. The new name is derived from moxie, meaning courage and innovation and the mission is clear: to build an accessible, accountable, and transparent information ecosystem we can trust.