Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP)

Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) was established by the Ministry of Information in 2021 to address the capacity challenges faced by the media and to position it to play its role effectively as the fourth estate in our governance system. The programme is in line with one of the key strategic objectives of the Ministry of Information that is to improve the media’s participation in national development. 

The programme will see to the periodic training of journalists across the country to enhance their journalistic skills. A skill gap analysis and training needs assessment have been conducted by consultants with expertise in the media industry and a curriculum based on the gaps has been identified for which a faculty for the training of journalists based on the curriculum has been established. So far, the programme has trained a first cohort of 60 journalists with a further 190 set to also be trained in the coming months.