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Documentary, Media & Film, Science Communication, Training and Mentorship

Eco2Wine

Jive Media Africa was invited to Stellenbosch University to deliver a Build Your Brand training session for the researchers of Eco2Wine, an EU-funded project focused on using microbial biodiversity to advance sustainable winemaking.

With a multidisciplinary approach spanning viticulture, microbiology, and environmental science, Eco2Wine is a key player in the future of eco-friendly wine production. We worked with these researchers to freshen up their science communication skills, helping them create compelling narratives, engage stakeholders, and maximise the impact of their work.


Virgile Rose, Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino
Understanding the mechanisms involved in non-metabolic interactions between wine microbial starters as well as natural microbiota.


Aubrey Lee, University of Perugia
Ruling and technology for strains and consortia biodiversity preservation in oenology.


Capucine Dentraygues, University of Geisenheim
Preferences regarding natural wines and biotechnological wines.


Elena Palencia Mulero, University of Milan
Investigating the role of fungi and yeasts as grapevine biocontrol agents.


Jeanne Laforge, Stellenbosch University
Characterising the ecological and molecular interactions between wine-relevant yeast species and strains.


José Luis Padilla Agudelo, Universidad de Cádiz
Microbial interactions useful to reduce chemical inputs on grape and table-grape.


Katherine Rabik, Stellenbosch University
Closing the Gap – Microbiomics, Winemakers and the Public.


Maria Vazquez Fernandez, Université de Bourgogne
Learning microbial interactions in wine from metabolomics.


Shamin Bhandari, Georgian Technical University
Microbial Consortia to Cope with Drought for a Sustainable Viticulture.

May 2, 2025/by Emily Latt
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Public Engagement, Science Communication

Handwashing Operations and Maintenance

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, UNICEF has installed dozens of handwashing stations at rural schools in South Africa.

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January 18, 2024/by Jive Media
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Public Engagement, Science Communication

Mental Health Community Dialogues

If you saw our earlier post about the Covered, Clean and Caring Covid-prevention campaign we designed for schools and orphan and vulnerable children centres, you’ll know that in 2022 it evolved to focus on mental health.

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January 18, 2024/by Jive Media
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Public Engagement, Science Communication

Covered, Clean and Caring

Covid-19 was one of the toughest challenges South Africa has faced and it taught us lessons we should never forget about the importance of good hygiene and caring for others.

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January 18, 2024/by Jive Media
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Public Engagement, Science Communication, Science Engagement

Finding focus at COP28

Jive Media Africa’s Science Writer and Editor, Yves Vanderhaeghen visited COP as part of the Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation delegation. Upon his return he shared this short reflection – underlining the importance of Jive’s role in science communication and translation.

Image above: An artwork by the world-famous Keiskamma Art Project in the Eastern Cape was the backdrop to the South African Pavilion at COP28 inspiring hope and action. 

COP28 spawned a bewildering number of presentations and debates by an array of organisations and researchers.

It was all too much to take in, and too much to do anything tangible with. But while the big guns were shooting high for global resolutions on fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions, it was in the smaller venues that detailed research was engaged with.

Soil, for example. It has everything, when healthy, that the entire edifice of COP is talking about: biodiversity, water, nutrition, sequestered carbon. And yet, how, mused one banker, do we turn it into an asset class to generate the capital for the small farmer, on the one hand, and to do the heavy lifting to mitigate and adapt to climate change, on the other?

Finance came into just about every conversation, as did just energy transition. Transitioning to green energy is one thing, but getting there with jobs to go around is another, vexed issue altogether, and it is putting a brake on climate imperatives.

Teasing out these debates takes some work, and lots of stamina, and Jive Media Africa listened to a lot of hot air, but got some nuggets in the end, of ideas and research which hold the promise of big things, but which need policy makers, and financiers, as well as society at large, to take up with alacrity to make a difference.

We will continue to grapple with these issues, and to support research engagement at multiple levels and in numerous contexts.

December 22, 2023/by Jive Media
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Science Communication

Digging prosperity out of poison

There are golden prospects in toxic mining wastewater, and Wits chemistry Master’s student Taskeen Hasrod is setting machine learning loose to dig them out. Read more

November 23, 2023/by Jive Media
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Science Communication, Science Communication Training, Skills Development, Training and Mentorship

Keneilwe Moropa runner-up at 2019 FameLab International

“I always jump at any opportunity to talk about my work, but I didn’t know how to get into science communication. Then I attended a FameLab training. I think I’ve found my calling! I want to talk to people about science for the rest of my life.” Read more

July 1, 2019/by Jive Media
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Media Production, Science Communication, Skills Development

Drilling Towards Research Leadership

Jive Media Africa DRILL fellow Lihle Qulu

UKZN’s College of Health Sciences (CHS) is taking knowledge production to a new level through their Developing Research Innovation, Localisation and Leadership (DRILL) program.

In collaboration with the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health (DoH), DRILL aims to identify and nurture the next generation of South African health science research leaders. The skills these researchers develop through the DRILL program will help confront local healthcare challenges whilst keeping South Africa on the forefront of globally competitive research and innovation.

Jive Media Africa has been awarded a 4-year contract, delivering strategic communication and media support in support of the program’s goals. We have been intrinsically involved in the development of the DRILL brand, representing excellence and diversity, as well as a suite of communication tools that position the programme as a significant contributor to health research in South Africa.

Over 5 years, DRILL is to link 20 fellows with leading academics in their fields to develop and boost their existing research capabilities in the interrelated fields of HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Health Professions’ Education, Health Systems Strengthening and Research Ethics. High-profile mentors will arm each fellow with the necessary skills to lead culturally-aware, locally-valuable research programs that respond to the needs and capacities of the healthcare environment in Kwa-Zulu Natal and wider South Africa. Our valuable science communication training further enables the fellows to share their research with the public in meaningful and engaging ways.

We look forward to supporting DRILL on this inspiring journey towards world class research leadership for South Africa, and beyond.

Sources: 1http://chs.ukzn.ac.za/News/16-07-05/DRILL_for_Research_Excellence

May 17, 2018/by Jive Media
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Media Production, Science Communication

The Science of Storytelling: PCST 2018

Jive Media Africa

Stories simplify communication. Through emotional connection and simple language, stories can make complex information relatable – resulting in dialogue and transformation.

To share experiences in storytelling and to gain insight from other communicators and researchers, Jive Media Africa presented a number of papers at the Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 2018 which took place in Dunedin, New Zealand. Jive Media Africa’s work in this area includes comics, music and film among others, bringing researchers and the public together through participatory methods to create compelling media to transform the world.

Presentations included:

  1. Participatory approaches to science communication. A workshop exploring approaches from Paulo Freire.
  2. #TheArtofResearch – Collaborations in art and science with comics, music and film.
  3. Comics as a means of science engagement – a poster presentation on the use of cartoons to explore the invisible world of nanotechnology.
  4. Stories can save lives: in their own words…experiences of living with HIV.
  5. Researching marginalised groups with research – a workshop exploring barriers to engagement.
April 6, 2018/by Jive Media
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Comics, Media Production, Print Media, Science Communication

Put your audience in the picture: Why comics get your message across

Reaching large audiences with important information is a challenge faced by many government departments. Carefully considered policies can fail at implementation if key audiences remain disengaged. Read more

December 14, 2017/by Jive Media
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