The 10th IREN Eastern Africa Media Training – 2012
Theme:Harnessing Digital
Revolution to Benefit Africa
Date: March 14 – 17, 2012
Venue:
Sarova Whitesands Hotel, MombasaKenya
Industrial Revolution led
to
abolition of physical enslavement of Africans and transformed the
continent’s
political and economic landscape. Digital Revolution is the recent surge
in the
manipulation of the physical reality into the non physical, popularly
referred
to as electronic data. Through digital computing and communication
technology,
the World now is more interconnected than ever before.
The Inter
Region Economic Network
(IREN) offers Journalists, Communication experts and Opinion Leaders an
opportunity to participate in the upcoming 10th IREN Eastern
Africa
Media Training to explore the following questions:-
Does Increase in information circulation
necessarily lead to an informed citizenry?
Does the Digital Revolution have an intrinsic
and autonomous power to shape and transform society?
How can East Africans harness Digital Revolution
for wealth creation and build stable societies?
What is the role of individual citizens,
journalists, communication experts and opinion leaders in the Digital
era?
How to Participate
Interested participants should
submit a 200 word abstracts on the above theme by February 17, 2012 to Zaina@irenkenya.com or events@irenkenya.com Selected
submissions will be notified by February 29, 2012.
BACKGROUND
Founded
in 2001, Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) has
organized over 75 high profile forums and hosted over 5,000 delegates
from
across the globe with varied professional backgrounds. The IREN Eastern
Africa
Media Training is one of IREN’s key forums that targets media
practitioners for
annual brainstorming sessions on various issues that affect Eastern
Africa.
For the last nine years, IREN has
trained over 400 journalists and communicators from Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia
and Southern Sudan
who cover business, governance and other developmental issues. The IREN
Eastern
Africa Media Training aims at exposing media practitioners to factors
that
influence events in the world and to principles of wealth creation.
Media
Training Themes
2012 Harnessing Digital Revolution to
benefit Africa
2011 Is Eastern Africa Ready for China-India and
Europe?
2010 The Billionth Africa
2009 Africa
Resources Conflict: Whose Interest does the Press Serve?
2008
The Role of the Media in Positioning Africa in the 21st
Century
2007 Turning Africa’s
People into a Resource
2006 Conquering Poverty through Business
in Eastern Africa
2005 Property Rights in the African Context
2004
Business and International Trade
2003 World Trade
Organization and Africa
The annual themes are set in line with the
feedback
received from the previous meeting as well as topical issues. In all
IREN
Eastern Africa Media Training meetings, varying viewpoints are key
drivers to
discussion. Interested persons apply to attend the meeting and all
selected
delegates are notified through email and phone.
By Josephat Juma Mr. Juma is an African Executive Writer
