Shortly before his untimely death in November 1996, Mohamed Amin -
Africa’s greatest television news cameraman - was actively planning to set
up a TV training centre in Nairobi where African television journalists could
be trained to international standards.
Although immediate plans had to be put on hold, his dream came true two years later, when
on 11 December 1998, the first students, MoFORCE 1, graduated from the
Television Training Centre in Nairobi and received their Diplomas in
Broadcast Television Production from the Minister of Broadcasting and
Information. In true Mohamed Amin style, the work of these first students
won the Zanzibar International Film Festival for the Best Video Short (1999).
The Training Centre gives the students an excellent technical base. The
students put their technical skill to work making news packages, short
creative programmes and television drama. The Centre has established
itself as the leader in television training in East Africa.
MoFORCE
The Legend Lives On...
