Media Party Africa is hosted by the continent’s largest data journalism and civic technology federation, Code for Africa, in partnership with Hacks/Hackers Africa. Together, we’re gathering some of the world’s most exciting civic technologists, digital journalists and other social justice watchdogs from across the world for three days of workshops and talks.
We have speakers confirmed from Vox, ProPublica, ESPN, Buzzfeed Labs, Quartz, Huffington Post, Zeit Investigativ, Google, Jigsaw, First Draft News, the Gates Foundation, the Mozilla OpenNews Fellowships, and many more, talking everything from drone and sensor journalism, to how they’re pioneering 360˚and VR journalism, investigative technologies, geojournalism, verification, chat apps and the rise of the bots.

THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW SPEAKERS SIGN ON: PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR CHANGES.

Geoff Cohen

&INNOVATION, TBH.WORKS
Media partner & Investment adviser

Geoff successfully led Africa’s largest digital media, e-commerce and classifieds organization for 8 years. He is highly regarded in the industry, both technically and commercially, with extensive contacts across agencies, brands and ecommerce. Geoff, has co-founded a Data-Driven Marketing Technology company as well as advising numerous individuals and companies on media strategy, acquisitions and disruptive investments.

My Speakers Sessions

11:10am SAST

Revenue and social platforms Main RoomGeoff Cohen

My Moderators Sessions

10:00am SAST

Data and dollars: how to make money with digital journalism Main RoomGeoff Cohen • Miguel Castro • Mohamed Nanabhay

Media Party Africa

Geoff Cohen

My Speakers Sessions

11:10am SAST

My Moderators Sessions

10:00am SAST

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