If you’re new here, subscribe to Highway Africa’s Email Alerts or RSS feed for regular updates.The Telkom – Highway Africa New Media Awards took place on Sunday 4 July, 2010 at the Opening Dinner of the 2010 conference.
These are the 2010 winners and runner-ups:
Not-for-Profit Category
Winner: African Woman and Child Feature Service – www.awcfs.org (represented by …
1. Key Speakers include: His Excellency John Kufuor (former president of Ghana); Advocate Pansy Tlakula; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Professor Alfred Opubor; Dr. Diana Senghor; Mathatha Tsedu; Nozipho January-Bardill; Amadou Ba; Professor Mindy McAdams; Cheriff Sy; Robert Kabushenga and Professor Adam Clayton Powell.
2. Some Key Sessions:
i) African Media and the Global Media Development Agenda: How is …
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By Kennedy Abwao
African media executives meeting Wednesday to discuss the peaceful co-existence of various forms of telecommunication, have proposed the use of the new phenomenon in the industry, known as citizen journalism, to bridge the growing need for local content.
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