The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) says it has selected over 300 participants to attend its maiden West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference (WAJIC) starting from July 24th to 26th.
The centre, in a series of tweets, unveiled various key stakeholders who will speak at the event. Among them are Dr. Kole Shettima, the Director of the Nigerian Office of MacArthur Foundation, Joshua Olufemi, founder of Dataphyte, one of Nigeria’s leading data journalism outlets; and Richard Gingras, the Vice President of Google News.
Also, Grant Masterson, the Director of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), and Eugenia Abu, the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Eugenia Abu Media (TEAM) will speak at the conference.
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The conference is less than three weeks away and it will have in attendance some greatest minds and enthusiasts from various sectors who will dialogue and find solutions to some of the big questions facing the West African journalism landscape with a specific eye on West Africa, according to PREMIUM TIMES.
Some of the attendees will come in from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia. A sizable portion of them are journalists from newsrooms around West Africa and researchers, academics, and civil society participants from across the sub-region. The centre says it is convinced that, along with delegates and speakers from Africa, Europe, and the US, it has what it takes to set the groundwork for a more promising future for accountability journalism in West Africa.
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“Democracy and its values, such as inclusion and participation, are at the core of the vision and mission of the CJID,” says Tobi Oluwatola, Executive Director of the centre. “Therefore, to ensure that we are gathering ideas and opinions that may accurately represent the West African Region, we found it important to choose individuals from a diverse range of industries, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
CJID encourages the public to follow up on preparations and other crucial information concerning the conference, panellists, participants and much more on www.wajic.thecjid.org event. The centre is eager to make this one enormous move toward improving journalism in West Africa and hopes you will join in.
