About the
Media Challenge Expo
Solution Journalism
The Expo offers expertise on reporting that responds to social problems, and factors everyday people in editorial decisions
Networking
Every year, we assemble captains of industry and aspiring journalists as a way of creating career networks that nurture talent and build professional capacity.
Virtual Meetup
We are keeping journalism alive in a period of uncertainty. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Media Challenge Expo has been held online. Register to join the network
Opportunity
We invite media managers and owners to identify talent, and recruit from competing students in the Inter-Institutional Media Challenge.
Meet our 2020 Expo Speakers
Stephen Ouma Bwire
General Secretary of the Uganda Journalists Union
Stephen Ouma Bwire
General Secretary of the Uganda Journalists Union1
Solomon Sserwanja
Director, African Initiative for Investigative Journalism
Solomon Sserwanja
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
Robert Sempala
Director, Uganda Human Rights Network for Journalists
Robert Sempala
Director, Uganda Human Rights Network for Journalists1
Njoki Chege
Aga Khan University Innovation Center Director
Njoki Chege
Aga Khan University Innovation Center Director1
Ms. Ann Therese Ndong Jatta,
Director and Representative, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Ms. Ann Therese Ndong Jatta,
Director and Representative, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa1
Jan Ajwang
Programme Manager, Media Focus on Africa
Jan Ajwang
Programme Manager, Media Focus on Africa1
Ibrahim Bbossa
Head of Public and International Relations Uganda Communications Commission
Ibrahim Bbossa
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.
Eva Georgia
Founder, Cards
Eva Georgia
Founder, Cards
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Cayley Clifford,
Africa Check Fact-Checker
Cayley Clifford,
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
Bill Silcock
Humphrey Program Curator Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Arizona
Bill Silcock
Humphrey Program Curator Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Arizona1
Benon Oluka
Africa Editor, Global Investigative Journalism Network
Benon Oluka
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.
Angelo Izama
International Journalist and Media Consultant
Angelo Izama
International Journalist and Media Consultant
Angelo Izama is a Ugandan journalist, writer, analyst and frequent contributor on current affairs for local and international publications and broadcasters. After over a decade and a half as a journalist, Mr. Izama’s interests have spanned national and regional security, political economy and international organisations as well as rights associated with free expression. He is presently researching a book on the political economy of decision-making in Uganda’s oil sector and is a co-founder of a Ugandan think-tank, Fanaka Kwa Wote. A recipient of several fellowships including the Knight Fellowship at Stanford University and the Open Society Fellowship, Mr. Izama focuses on how effective public knowledge can affect economic and political outcomes in Uganda and within the East African region. He splits his time between Kampala, Palo Alto and Abu Dhabi.
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