Digital Media Africa 2016

AFRICA's #1 DIGITAL REVENUE CONFERENCE

28-30 September 2016 - Johannesburg, South Africa

Full coverage on our blog and tweet via #DMAfrica16

WAN-IFRA's Digital Media Conferences focus on digital revenues, attracting top-level publishers, editors, and digital executives from around the world.

With Digital Media Africa WAN-IFRA supports the digital transformation of the African news industry.

Speakers

Dr. Daniel David

Chairman, SOICO Group, Mozambique
Simon Dingle

A broadcaster, designer and technologist; advisor to AlphaCode and Owner of Phantom Design
Astrid Ascar

Chief strategic officer, Wunderman, South Africa
Esmaré Weideman

Chief Executive Officer, Media24, South Africa
Peter Zollman

CEO, AIM, USA
Leonard Stiegeler

General Manager of Swiss Ringier Africa AG
Mariam Mathew

CEO, Manorama Online, India
Andreij Horn

CEO, 24.com, South Africa
Cherilyn Ireton

Executive Director World Editors Forum, WAN-IFRA, UK
Dr. Iqbal Survé

Executive Chairman, Independent Media, and Founder & Chairman, Sekunjalo Group, South Africa
Ralf Ressmann

Executive Director of Europe and Africa, WAN-IFRA, Germany
Francis Munywoki

Managing Director, Print Business and Director of Innovation, The Standard Group, Kenya
Matej Lončarić

Director of Video Operations and media brands JoomBoos & miss7, 24sata, Croatia
Peter Lamb

President, Lamb Consulting, USA
Ben Shaw

Director, Global Advisory - WAN-IFRA, Germany
Justin Clarke

Co-Founder , Chairman and CEO of Ringier One Africa Media 2016
Churchill Otieno

Managing Editor for Digital at Nation Media Group
Jamie Labate

Digital Director EMEA, Quartz
Leonardo Cruz

Deputy Managing Editor, Folha de S.Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Khadija Patel

Editor in Chief Mail & Guardian, co-founder The Daily Vox
Lisa MacLeod

Publishing Consultant FT Strategies, WAN-IFRA Supervisory Board Member London, UK

All Speakers

Topics

Five themes will define DMA2016

Topics

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Reader revenue
2

Distributed content
3

Paid content
4

Millennials & Generation Z
5

Classifieds

DMAfrica home general and why attend

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Conference speakers will be led by subscription and membership-marketing expert Jocelyn Cripps. An experienced marketer, Cripps has worked on both the agency and client-side with media owners such as Amazon, the Financial Times (FT), News UK and Sky. “The key thing is that if you are a publisher or media company that is expecting to move revenues from advertising to subscription then it is not enough to acquire new subscribers - which is already quite difficult - we also need to nurture those customers and keep them engaged,” said Cripps.

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WAN-IFRA Vice-President and Head of Digital at Tiso Blackstar, Lisa MacLeod, said the conference is essential for any African media entity seeking to either shift revenues from print to digital or those wanting to start new digital products. “Africa has a vibrant media already tackling the challenges of monetising digital projects. This is a great opportunity to learn from people who have already started the process and are beginning to see some returns on their investments,” she said.

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The conference will precede the awarding of the prestigious African Digital Media Awards.

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WHY ATTEND?

Join an exclusive group of senior publishing and digital media executives ranging from CEOs, to editors-in-chief, CMOs, digital revenue strategists, heads of sales, media buyers, and advertising agencies
Topics focussing on business value and revenue generation
Networking with high-level executives on a global scale
The African Digital Media Awards

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AFRICAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

The evening following the conference will feature WAN-IFRA's African Digital Media Awards. These awards recognise publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies to meet the major changes in how people consume news and information today.

To see pictures of previous years awards click here.