Programa | Digital Media Africa 2021

Digital Media Africa 2021

Programa | Digital Media Africa 2021

Programa

Conference Start Times: 9:00 a.m. (West Africa Time (WAT)); 10:00 a.m. (Central Africa Time (CAT) featured below); 11:00 (Eastern Africa Time (EAT))

Please revisit our programme page between now and the conference, as we are regularly adding relevant case studies and best practices on publishers (in Africa and beyond) right up until the start of the event.

In addition to providing you with world-class presentations on managing the after-effects of the global pandemic, we also aim to inspire you in new ways to future-proof your business!

Sessions

July 06
Martes

  • 10:00

    Day 1: Digital Media Africa Conference Kick-off *10:00 CAT

    Welcome to the 5th edition of Digital Media Africa! WAN-IFRA's Cherilyn Ireton will address the audience and go over the itinerary for Day 1.

    Chair 

  • 10:15

    Session 1: Trust in News Media, Trust in journalism: How is the situation after one year with the pandemic?

    With misinformation and disinformation running rampant online, and this has been particularly dramatic this year around the world, we felt necessary to highlight different approaches and initiatives on how to create and secure a trusted relationship with readers.

    Ponentes 

    • Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, United Kingdom
    • Founding Editor, The Conversation, South Africa
    • Deputy CEO at Code For Africa, South Africa
    • Project Director - Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), Germany
  • 11:15

    Breakout Session: Attendees share ideas & remarks

  • 11:45

    Session 2: Alternative Revenue Streams

    This session is dedicated to exploring how to implement new strategies and identify growth opportunities to diversify your revenue. We feature real cases from African publishers - and also internationally - to present a scope of what's working in other markets. Sometimes it is impossible to ask your readers to pay for a digital subscription, and even when it works - what if you are at the very start of your reader revenue journey. The traditional advertising market has broken down in most countries and Covid-19 has caused, in some cases, irreparable damage to the production and distribution of printed newspapers.

    Moderador 

    Contributors 

    Making micropayments a revenue stream

    Ponentes 

    Building long-term advertising partnerships

    Ponentes 

    Events Reloaded: What to know before getting started in the events business

    Ponentes 

    Future of Business Development Strategies for African Publishers: How core revenues are evolving

    Ponentes 

    • Director, Innovation Centre- The Aga Khan University, Kenya
  • 13:00

    Conference Break

  • 15:00

    Session 3: Empowering Future Media Leaders

    Short video on young women's passion in the professions and expectations to be shown during session. Idealism and passion about journalism are in abundance but is our industry as welcoming as it should be with young women in the workforce? Recent leadership mapping from WIN shows the difficulty to retain women in leadership positions. Another key question: how can you cultivate the interest of a young female audience if you can’t keep female employees on staff? This session explores the expectations and how a mindset change may be needed to equip today’s young journalists with the right skills and then unlock their way to a seat at the top table.

    Moderador 

    Ponentes 

  • 15:45

    Session 4: Eliminating Sexual Harassment in the Media Industry: First Hand Lessons Learnt

    New research from Women in News highlights the extent of the scourge in African newsrooms. What are news leaders doing to call out harassment and end the power play that wrecks so many women’s careers and confidence.

    Part 1: The grim research findings

    Ponentes 

    • Director for Africa, Women in News, Kenya
    • Director of Media Development and Head of Women in News, Canada

    Part 2: Panel discussion

    Ponentes 

  • 16:30

    Moderator-led Breakout Session on Empowering Future Media Leaders

  • 17:00

    WAN-IFRA Game Night

    Back by popular demand, David Gray will once again host the Quiz Masters round for our dynamic Social Hour! You do not want to miss this!

    In this engaging hour, you will get the chance to test yourself on a wide range of questions pertaining to General Knowledge, Global Current Affairs, the Media Industry, and more! There will also be a team element - with the chance to meet your colleagues from across the continent.

    Make sure you have a second device for this session and we'll see you there!

    Moderador 

July 07
Miércoles

  • 10:00

    Day 2: Welcome back to your Digital Media Africa Conference! *10:00 CAT

    Selected Digital Media Africa 2021 Award Winners will showcase their successful projects!
  • 10:30

    Session 5: Google News Initiative's Innovation Challenge in Africa

    As the second edition of the GNI Innovation Challenges for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa comes to a close, this session highlights two projects that were part of the first innovation competition. Sarah Hartley, recipients and applicants manager, GNI Innovation Challenges, will introduce the session with a presentation on how to make the innovation process work in news organisations.

    Moderador 

    • Program Manager, Google News Initiative, United Kingdom

    Ponentes 

  • 11:30

    Session 6: Generation Z: Has the news media lost contact with the digital natives?

    This is a resounding question heard the world over. How do we get the youth to tune into mainstream media and how do you build loyalty with your brand? We will look at some examples of publishers looking to start early by investing in media literacy and fostering those long-lasting relationships between reader and publisher.

    Moderador 

    Ponentes 

  • 12:30

    Moderator-led Breakout Session on Gen Z

  • 13:00

    Conference Break - Day 2

  • 14:00

    Session 7: News from the Digital Paid Content Frontline

    Moderador 

    How product management contributes to a successful paid content strategy

    As the role of product manager establishes itself as indispensable in media companies, how do we best organise them as the nucleus of the newsroom working collaboratively and unifying tech and editorial teams?

    Ponentes 

    Paid Content Roundtable: Pain points and positive learnings in the deployment of a Digital Subscription Strategy

    We’re looking back at lessons learned as we feature publishers who have recently launched paywalls in the past year.

    Ponentes 

  • 15:00

    Breakout Session: Attendees share ideas & remarks

  • 15:30

    Conference Wrap-up and Takeaways

Digital Media Africa 2021

Contacto 

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