MultiChoice has hosted online courses tailored for industry professionals working across the African continent in eight countries, including Malawi.

The courses are an expansion of the existing programmes MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) already offers its beneficiaries.

The lessons in progress

MTF said in a statement it has partnered with SAE Institute, a world leader in creative media education established in 1976, to offer fully-funded online short courses to 300 media professionals from Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria who work at various broadcasters and production houses.

“In South Africa, they proudly offer nationally accredited bachelor’s degrees and higher certificates across four disciplines namely animation, audio, games and film,” reads the statement in part.

The online short courses have been custom designed by MTF and SAE, to fulfil the production knowledge gaps that exist within the industry. The five courses created are script writing, production management, cinematography, audio post-production and 3D animation, run five weeks each.

MTF director for Africa Nwabisa Matyumza said following the success and immense impact of the MTF Academy, they received numerous requests from established film and TV industry professionals, who are unable to apply for the Academy Graduate Programmes as they only cater for working professionals.

“We wanted to create short courses to further enhance their skill sets and this is our response to those requests. The television and film industry is constantly evolving and as such we as professionals must continue to diversify and develop our skills,” she said.

Invictus Online SAE Institute Scott Rogers said they were excited to walk the journey with MultiChoice Talent Factory.

He said: “Our purpose is to educate, empower and employ and this partnership allows us to expand this purpose into other African countries.”

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