MTN Group has partnered with South Africa’s Rhodes University to sponsor the Highway Africa 2015 Conference, a key event that seeks to empower African journalists.
Highway Africa 2015 Conference is the largest annual gathering of African journalists in the world and takes place on August 30-31 in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Themed “Journalism in the City,” this year’s event will explore the relationship between the media narratives and the city, in particular, looking at aspects such as how a city’s geography, economic activity, politics and social life influence journalistic narratives, according to organisers.
“Highway Africa 2015 will also explore how language and identity are implicated in the narratives of the city; and how ICT innovation enables city dwellers to tell their own stories and to challenge dominant narrative.”
Cross section of attendees at TECH+ Expo in Lagos
