Funding African Media in an Age of Uncertain Business Models will be the main theme of the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) when it meets in Yaounde, Cameroon in November.
The Forum, an annual gathering of African media owners and operators from around the continent , is the flagship programme of the African Media Initiative (AMI). “The main objective of the Forum is to facilitate the emergence of an African media sector that is professional, financially sustainable, technologically adaptable and socially responsible,’ says to Amadou Mahtar Ba, AMI CEO.
The Forum, which will take place on the 18 and 19 November, will be hosted by the Spectrum Media Group, one of the largest broadcasters on the continent, which operates out of West and Central Africa. Over 250 participants including CEOs, managing directors, publishers and media leaders from Africa and beyond are expected to attend. The organizers have reported an over five-fold increase in number of participants attending when compared to the first AMLF which was held in Dakar, Senegal in 2008
This year’s Forum will be organized around both plenary sessions and working groups that will run simultaneously. The topics will be Financing; Technology and New Business Models; and Ethics, Leadership and Social Responsibility.
The co-chairs of the 2010 Forum are: Joyce Barnathan, President of the International Center for Journalist (ICFJ), USA; Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, CEO and founder of the Advanced Finance & Investment Group, USA; Reginald Mengi, Executive Chairman of IPP, Tanzania and Salim Amin, Chairman, A24 Media and Camerapix, Kenya
For more information, please contact: amlf2010@africanmediainitiative.org
