Theme:
The 2020 Media Challenge Expo was meant to discuss the state of journalism amidst the covid-19 pandemic, and all its accompanying implications on the media industry. Prior to the pandemic, journalism was already dealing with aggressive authoritarian regimes, trust and credibility as well as a looming economic crisis that raised questions on media viability or sustainability of quality journalism.
A Riveting panel discussions with journalists, journalism students and media leaders to challenge the status quo of how journalism is done in Uganda and generate solutions to challenges.
A disruptive career fair approach where students walk in for interviews, live auditions and networking with our network of media house employers and learn innovative journalism skills in a series of interactive skills building workshops.
We invite media managers and owners to identify talent, and recruit from competing students in the Inter-Institutional Media Challenge
Every year, we assemble captains of industry and aspiring journalists as a way of creating career networks that nurture talent and build professional capacity
Director and Representative, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Country Representative, DW Akademie Uganda
Investigative Journalist NOVA TV, Croatia
Award Winning Investigative Journalist NOVA TV, Croatia
International Journalist and Media Consultant
Africa Editor, Global Investigative Journalism Network
Benon Herbert Oluka is a journalist who started his career with Observer Media moving to Monitor Publications in 2008. He has also contributed as a freelance writer to The Mail, The Guardian and The Africa Report. His work has earned him a number of accolades including Winner of the Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalist Award 2008, Winner of the Uganda Investigative Journalism Awards in 2007 and the Golden Pen Journalism Awards in the same year.
Humphrey Program Curator Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Arizona
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Uganda Radio Network Data Journalist
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Head of Public and International Relations Uganda Communications Commission
Ibrahim Bbossa is the Head Public and International Relations at the Uganda Communications Commission, the Communications Regulator in Uganda. He has been at the Commission for Eight years now, and before this appointment, he headed the Consumer Affairs division of the Commission spearheading Consumer protection and empowerment.
He’s an experienced marketing professional and a member of the Charted Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom. In addition to a Masters in Communications Management (University of Rwanda), Ibrahim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies from the Islamic University in Uganda, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing studying at the London School of Marketing.
Assignments in consumer protection, education and empowerment have exposed him to intricate aspects of telecommunications, broadcasting and audio-visual content, and enabling him to contribute to the enhancement of regulatory tools in complaints handling and redress mechanisms in the communications sector. Recently he is focusing on concerns around Media Freedom and Freedom of Express.
Founder, Cards
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Director, African Initiative for Investigative Journalism
Solomon Serwanjja is a Ugandan investigative journalist and news anchor with NBSTV. In 2019 Serwanjja was awarded the Komla Dumor Award, an annual award given by the BBC to celebrate African journalists
Africa Check Fact-Checker
World is committed to making participation in the event a harass ment free experience for everyone, regardless of level experience gender, gender identity and expression
Aga Khan University Innovation Center Director
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Director, Uganda Human Rights Network for Journalists
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General Secretary of the Uganda Journalists Union
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