AFRICA SUMMITS AT A GLANCE
Newsroom Transformation
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Media Revenue
| Product & Tech |
Audience Development
How news media companies can smartly embrace digital products while navigating the tech companies that inspire and create those products
Web vs. apps
Audio, video, and AR/VR
Navigating the AI tech players
What you need to know about AI, LLMs, mobile, Web, audio, video, and AR/VR
The product & tech for media space is dizzying worldwide, yet what are the realistic opportunities and threats to Africa?
In this Africa Product & Tech Summit, distill the new world of AI and LLMs while navigating the realities in traditional products such as mobile, Web, audio, video, and AR/VR. Where is the creativity? What are the priorities? And how does this connect with how people are consuming media?
The summit will feature a keynote on AI, followed by case studies breaking down products and platforms and their creative use by leading media players.
Speakers
Chidimma Echenim
Head of Digital Subscriptions
Business Day
Nigeria
Chude Jideonwo
TV Host, Filmmaker, and Media Entrepreneur
Nigeria
Zubeidah Kananu
Broadcast Journalist, and President
Kenya Editors Guild
Kenya
Carole J. Kimutai
Head of Editorial and Visual Storytelling
Burson Africa WPP Group
Kenya
Alet Law
Head of Audience Development
Daily Maverick
South Africa
Akinola Oyewobi
Deputy Head of Digital Strategy & Technology
Premium Times
Nigeria
Key themes
What you need to know about navigating and AI players
Best practices in AI for productivity and efficiency
Mobile vs. Web: What consumption patterns tell us today
Practical applications of video and audio
Is the juice worth the squeeze? How to evaluate new products and platforms