A24 is an independent

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production studio, an 'African voice for Africa', based in Nairobi, Kenya. It started operations on 13 May 2008.

Overview

The project is the brainchild of Salim Amin and Asif Sheikh, Salim is a Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur based in Nairobi who runs Camerapix, the media business started by his late father Mohammed 'Mo' Amin. The channel's model for development is the

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network in

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. As well as providing news, A24's mission is to communicate relevant information about cross-border issues especially health care, the environment, business, art, and music, without shirking from addressing the continent's problems. Salim Amin wrote in an article: ''"We are different in each corner of Africa; we have different histories, cultures and many different languages. But we need to talk to each other, we need to understand all these differences, we need to share our successes, and jointly fight our problems and failures - many of which are similar - HIV, malaria, corruption, poverty, human rights and education."''Salim Amin: "Voice of Africa a vision of hope for continent".
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Programming

Series

* God in Africa * Family Doctor * CrossTalk * Witness (licensed from

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) * Shake * Kuwa Tofauti * Hatua * Doctors on Call * Nigeria This Week * Kaleidoscope * Business 2010 * Business in Africa * East Africa Report * Africa's Entrepreneurs * Healthy Business * Initiavtive Africa (produced by People TV) * Business Africa (produced by People TV)

External links

A24 Media
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A24 photography

References

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