AllAfrica Global Media launches the AllAfrica Media Executive Summit May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit will showcase innovations to take advantage of the ever-changing media landscape, revolutionized by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Global media leaders, development experts, academics and business giants will share best practices for elevating ethics and combating information manipulation to advance economic transformation and human development of Africa.
AllAfrica brings together renowned speakers who will offer invaluable contributions on the theme Re-engineering African media in a time of critical transformation . They understand: Dr Akinwumi AdesinaPresident of the African Development Bank Group; Dr. Benedict Okey OramahPresident and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank; Dr Sidi Ould TahPresident of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA); Admassu Tadesse, president of the group and general director of the Bank of Commerce and Development; Claver GateteDeputy Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the ECA; Serah MakkaExecutive Director for Africa Engagement and Mobilization at ONE Campaign; Binéta DiopSpecial Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women and many others.
To complement the Summit, AllAfrica launched the Newsroom Innovation Youth Challenge to enable participants to discover new ways to engage African youth in mainstream media to advance African solutions to continental and global challenges. Participants are encouraged to think outside the box and push the limits of their creativity to develop innovations that capture the attention of young people. Challenge participants must be between the ages of 18 and 30. AllAfrica receives applications from young leaders from across the continent. The top three winners will be flown to the Summit where they will receive their prizes and showcase their innovations.
Young people make up more than 70% of the continent's population – Africa's demographic dividend. AllAfrica is listening and has launched the Digizens' Circle to ensure the world hears African youth. The Digizens' Circle will be held at the University of Nairobi on May 8, 2024. The theme of the event, “What is the place of young people in African media?', is built around young people who are finding a place in African media.
The event will engage young digital natives in a public debate on the state of media on the continent, their place in it and how to use technology and their digital presence as a force for good governance and development. To take advantage of the different digital tools, each participant will need to bring a smartphone. Young Africans from across the continent are encouraged to register and participate in the AllAfrica Digizens' Circle 2024: Young Africa Speaks, the first event of its kind.
The AllAfrica Media Leaders Summit 2024 promises to be an innovative and thought-provoking event that will provide effective solutions to improve the current African media landscape.
The 2024 edition of the AllAfrica Media Leaders Summit is co-chaired by:
❖ Nduka Obaigbena – President and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY-ARISE Media Group
❖ Dr. Vera Songwe – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility
❖ Ziaad Suleman – Commercial Director and Executive Member of EOH
❖ Mamadou Biteye – Executive Secretary of the Foundation for Capacity Building in Africa
Organized by AllAfrica Global Media, the Summit is convened by:
❖ Amadou Mahtar Ba – President of AllAfrica Global Media
❖ Dr Tendai Mhizha – Senior Advisor and Summit Director of AllAfrica Global Media
❖ Linus Gitahi – Chairman of the Boards of Home Afrika, Diamond Trust Bank Group, AIB Capital Ltd, Oxygene Communications Ltd and Tropical Brands (Africa) Limited
About AllAfrica Global Media:
AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa – aggregating, producing and distributing news and information in English and French from over 130 African news organizations and our own journalists to African and global audiences. AllAfrica operates the largest online platform dedicated solely to Africa-related news and information and is the only news site with a truly pan-African reach. AllAfrica is the essential digital platform for African “influencers” and those interested in Africa across the continent and around the world. AllAfrica's multi-channel platform is the only independent and comprehensive pan-African news source, with unrivaled reach and reputation.