2009 AMLF Agenda

Africa Media Leaders Forum(AMLF) Lagos, Nigeria 4-6 November 2009, http://www.amlf2009.org

Introduction and Objectives

Welcome to the second African Media leaders Forum. This second Forum builds on the outcomes of the first Forum including the Dakar Declaration that, among other things, called for the development and adoption of a charter to structure and guide the work of the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF). This particular Forum reflects an ongoing commitment by media owners to critically reflect and seek common ground on the problems and prospects that the media industry in Africa is facing.

As a platform aimed at critical reflection and common problem-solving, along with concerted high-profile advocacy for an enabling macro-economic and socio-political environment in which media institutions can thrive, this particular Forum has set itself six specific tasks, all of which are intertwined. Therefore, this Forum aims to:

Analyse and articulate the possible futures of the practice of journalism in Africa in an age of radical new-media and technological change, drawing on examples from other parts of the world;
Based upon the analysis above, envision and pinpoint new media business models;
Consider the evolving media development sector and the possibilities for financing the media ventures that it engenders;
Critically relate media to the overall governance agenda in Africa, including debating the merits and demerits of media as a 'fourth estate';
Analyse the implications of monetizing content for the development agenda; and
Explore the African Media Initiative (AMI) as a strategy for an improved media landscape.

A related objective as signalled above, is the presentation of the draft AMLF charter, with a view to endorsing it for immediate implementation.

Wednesday, November 4th
12h00 - 19h00	Registration

19h00	Welcome Reception - Hosted by the Lagos State Government
Speakers	Nduka Obaigbena - Founding Chairman: AMLF and CEO THISDAY
	Eric Chinje - Co-President AMLF, Manager External Relations, World Bank, African Region
	Amadou Mahtar Ba – Co-President AMLF, AMI Acting Executive, Director and President AllAfrica Global Media
	His Excellency Babatunde Fashola - Executive Governor of Lagos State

Thursday, November 5th
07h30	Registration

08h30 - 09h45	Opening Ceremony
Chair	His Excellency, Jonathan Goodluck - Vice President: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Speakers	Nduka Obaigbena - Founding Chairman: AMLF and CEO THISDAY
	Amadou Mahtar Ba – Co-President AMLF, AMI Acting Executive Director and President AllAfrica Global Media
	Eric Chinje - Co-President AMLF, Manager External Relations, World Bank Africa Region
	Chief Ajibola Ogunshola – President: Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria
	Alhaji Abubakar Jijiwa – Chairman: Broadcasting Association of Nigeria
	His Excellency, Jonathan Goodluck - Vice President: Federal Republic of Nigeria

09h45 - 10-00	Coffee Break

10h00 - 10h10	Forum overview: Prof Fackson Banda – Forum General Co-ordinator
10h10 - 12h00	Plenary - WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE FUTURES OF JOURNALISM WITH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW MEDIA?
Keynote Speech	Ted Koppel - Journalist,Former ABC`s Nightline Anchor, Former Managing Editor at Discovery Channel and currently NPR and BBC Senior news analyst
Panel	Oh Yeon Ho - Founder and CEO: Ohmynews Co, South Korea
	Dr Tamela Hultman - Co-founder and Chief Content Officer: AllAfrica Global Media (AllAfrica.com) and Founding Director Centre for Africa and the Media at Duke University
	Dele Olojede – Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
	Prof. John Lavine – Dean: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Moderator	Nduka Obaigbena – CEO: THISDAY and Founding Chairman AMLF

12h00 - 14h00	Networking Lunch

14h00 - 16h00	Plenary - MEDIA AND GOVERNANCE: MYTHS AND REALITIES OF A FOURTH ESTATE
Keynote Speech	Arianna Huffington – Journalist and co-founder: The Huffington Post, USA
Panel	Pius Njawe - CEO and Founder: Le Messager, Cameroon
	Omar Ben Yedder - Associate Group Publisher , IC Publications
	Robert Kabushenga – CEO: New Vision, Uganda
	Trevor Ncube - CEO: Mail & Guardian, South Africa
	Prof Kwame Karakari - Executive Director: Media Foundation of West Africa, Ghana
Moderator	Charlayne Hunter Gault - Co-Chair: Board of Trustees, AMI

16h00 - 16h15	Coffee Break

16h15 - 18h00	Plenary - MEDIA DEVELOPMEN: FINANCING MEDIA VENTURES
Panel	Tayo Aderinokun - Group Managing Director: Guarantee Trust Bank, Nigeria
	Trevor Ncube – CEO: Mail & Guardian, South Africa
	George Twumasi – CEO: African Broadcasting Network, UK
	Kate Senye – CEO: Southern Africa Media Development Fund, Namibia
Moderator	Marie Roger Biloa – CEO: Africa International, France

19h30	Gala Dinner

Friday, November 6th
08h30 - 10h30	Plenary - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD: ENVISIONING NEW MEDIA BUSINESS MODELS
Keynote Speech	Prof. John Lavine – Dean: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Panel	Charlie Beckett – Director: POLIS, London School of Economics, UK
	Cristiana Falcone - World Economic Forum, Director Media, Entertainment and Information Industries
	Reed Kramer – Co-Founder and CEO: AllAfrica Global Media (AllAfrica.com)
	Chris Kabwato - Director: Highway Africa, South Africa
Moderator	Linus Gitahi – CEO: Nation Media Group, Kenya

10h30 - 10h45	Coffee Break

10h45 - 12h30	Plenary - MONETIZATION OF CONTENT AND THE IMPERATIF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
	Introductory remarks Dr Akinwumi Adesina - VP Alliance: A Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Panel	John Lavine – Dean: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
	Ramanou Kouferidji – CEO: Imanle Radio and TV, Benin
	Alhadji Abubakar Jijiwa – Chairman: Broadcasting Association of Nigeria
	Andrew Mwenda - CEO, The Independent Magazine, Uganda
Moderator	Collin Mukete – CEO: Spectrum Media Group, Cameroon
12h30 - 13h30	Plenary - STRATEGY FOR AN IMPROVED MEDIA LANDSCAPE: THE AFRICAN MEDIA INITIATIVE (AMI)
	Amadou Mahtar Ba - Acting Executive Director: AMI
	Eric Chinje – Trustee: AMI
Chair	Charlayne Hunter Gault - Co-Chair: Board of Trustees, AMI
	Trevor Ncube - Co-Chair: Board of Trustees, AMI

13h30 - 14h30	Lunch

14h30 - 15h30	DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF A CHARTER FOR THE AFRICAN MEDIA LEADERS FORUM
Presenter	Presenter: Prof Fackson Banda - SAB LTD-UNESCO Chair of Media & Democracy, School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
Chair	Boureima Jeremie Sigue - Directeur General: des Edition "Le Pays"

15h30 - 15h45	Coffee Break

15h45 - 16h30	ADOPTION OF THE LAGOS DECLARATION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
Chair	Sam Amuka – Publisher: Vanguard Newspaper, Nigeria
	Nduka Obaigbena – CEO: THISDAY, AMLF Founding Chairman

	FORUM CLOSES