The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa which was launched by Michael Bloomberg, the founder of Bloomberg LP, in February 2014, is set to host the very first Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 9th of November, 2015. The summit will be hosted by CEO, Bloomberg Media, Justin Smith and Co-Founder, Bloomberg News and Editor Emeritus, Matthew Winkler.
The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa was established for the purpose of building and improving media capacity so as to advance transparency, accountability and good governance across the continent. It was also set up to provide programs and mid-career fellowships, increasing the number of highly-trained business and financial journalists within the continent. The initiative will also organise pan-African forums which should help examine worldwide media practices and support research to stimulate media innovations.
In addition to the aforementioned goals, the Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators 2015 Summit has been launched to bring several leaders in the global business space together, including entrepreneurs, investors, media owners and senior editors. The overall intention is to identify strategies to help boost the development of competitive media and financial reporting in Africa and the three-day summit promises to be a highly interactive gathering, involving town hall interviews and round-table discussions.
Aside from the Editor-in-Chief of Ventures Africa and Author of Beasts of No Nation; Uzodinma Iweala, other cited speakers include: Founder of BuzzMachine and Author of What Would Google Do; Jeff Jarvis, Africa Editor, BBC; Solomon Mugera, CEO, Africa.com; Teresa Clarke, Executive Chairperson, Sigma Capital; Phuti Mahanyele, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Africa; Colin Coleman, Editor, City Press; Ferial Haffajee, CEO, GE Africa; Jay Ireland, CEO, Nation Media Group; Joseph Muganda, SVP, Digital, Time Inc; Scott Havens, Executive Director, The Dalberg Group; James Mwangi, Group Publisher, IC Publications; Omar Ben Yedder, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network; Ory Okolloh, Owner, Mail & Guardian; Trevor Ncube and Vice President of Product, Executive Director, Quartz; Zach Seward.
Other invited guests will include Publishers, Journalists and Civil Society Leaders. The summit will allow them share their perspectives on the best approach to the creation of new and sustainable dynamic media businesses and inclusive financial journalism, to ensure economic success in Africa.
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