Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Ghana news: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors - Graphic Online
Ghana news: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors - Graphic Online: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors
Ghana news: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors - Graphic Online
Ghana news: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors - Graphic Online: Be vigilant on SSNIT’s operations- Lawyer tasks contributors
Ghana news: Trouble at SSNIT...Contributors worried over pension scheme - Graphic Online
Ghana news: Trouble at SSNIT...Contributors worried over pension scheme - Graphic Online: Trouble at SSNIT...Contributors worried over pension scheme
Ghana news: Sanction officials who misuse oil revenue - PIAC - Graphic Online
Ghana news: Sanction officials who misuse oil revenue - PIAC - Graphic Online: Participants in a public forum on the management of petroleum revenues have strongly recommended penalties for those who divert oil revenue for other purposes.
Ghana news: Farmers at Dawa benefit from rehabiliatted dam - Graphic Online
Ghana news: Farmers at Dawa benefit from rehabiliatted dam - Graphic Online: Farmers at Dawa benefit from rehabiliatted dam
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
21st Highway Africa conference held
By Ama
Amankwah Baafi
Grahamstown, South Africa
The 2017 edition of the annual
Highway Africa Conference took place in Grahamstown, South Africa from 31st
August 2017 to 1st September 2017.
The two-day conference which was on
the theme, 'Media, Accountability and Local Governance,’ was hosted by the
School of Journalism and Media Studies at the Rhodes University.
The 21st since its inception, the
conference brought together seasoned editors, journalists and civil
society activists to explore ways to build the capacities of the different
actors especially the local media within the accountability framework.
The Conference Director, Mr Chris
Kabwato, said building capacity for the media has become important as they are
the hope for the struggles of countries.
Ahead of the conference, a
pre-capacity building workshops for journalists from selected countries were
held.
These include the Barclays Data
Journalism Master class, which three journalists from Ghana participated; The
Gates Foundation Science Journalism; and the Open Society Initiative for
West Africa (OSIWA) Media and Local Governance training.
Background
Touted as the largest annual
gathering of African journalists, the conference has been the fulcrum
of debates on Journalism, media and information and communication
technology.
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