The
Zambia Institute of Mass Communication Education (Trust) Board has appointed
Mr. Oliver Kanene as the new Director of the institute. Mr. Kanene brings to
ZAMCOM a wealth of media and development communication experience. He has worked
as a senior Journalist at Zambia’s daily newspapers. He spent nine years at
Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce as senior Lecturer and Head of
Journalism Department.
A graduate of the University of Tampere in Finland and a 2011 Fellow of AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention of New York,Mr. Kanene has worked in several programming and development communication capacities including the US Peace Corps as Associate Director; the John Snow Training Inc./USAID Support to HIV/AIDS Response in Zambia (SHARe) Project as Communication Specialist; the Zambian Government/World Bank Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) as Communication Specialist; the Centre for Development Cooperation of Finland (KEPA) as Information Officer, CARE International as Evaluation & Participatory Research Coordinator among others.
