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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 African media framing Africa’s role on the global stage in relation to the emerging economic order, China, Climate Change, 2010 FIFA World Cup etc.

ii) Mobile is the Future, The Future is Here

iii) ICT Trends and Innovations in Africa – what is and what is not happening on the continent

iv) New Forms of Journalism – ICT and its impact on story-telling

v) Emerging Media Business Models

3. Key Networking Events:

i) Telkom-Highway Africa New Media Awards & Gala Dinner, Sunday 4th July

ii) Absa Africa Night Dinner, Monday 5th July

iii) MTN Africa United Night & Soccer Viewing in MTN Fan Zone, Tuesday 6th July

iv) SA Tourism “Taste South Africa Night”, Wednesday 7th July

4. Training Workshops

i) MDDA Training Workshop: Business Models for Community Media & Small Media

ii) SABC Digital Skills Training Workshop: New Media Skills in Search and Mapping

iii) Highway Africa Workshops: Using Twitter in Journalism & Business; Teaching Online Journalism; Using Google Tools in the Newsroom: Using ICT in Disasters; ICTs for Climate Change

iv) Upstart-MDDA Media Literacy Exchange Programme

5. Book Launches