BUSINESS BLOGS
 Shanta Devarajan |
Meredith talks with the World Bank's Chief Economist Shanta Devarajan about the role African media can play in the reduction of poverty and investment money flowing into Africa |  Jay Naidoo |
Meredith discusses the media’s role in Africa’s development, leveraging the attention of foreign investors and telecom as a game changer with Jay Naidoo, Chairman of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Former Minister of Information in Nelson Mandela's cabinet | |
 Sadler Kamudyariwa |
Sadler Kamudyariwa, CEO of the Southern Africa Media Development Fund describes the changing media landscape, new business models and the skills required to compete in the new global marketplace |  Joe Otin |
Joe Otin, Managing Director-Media CT Pan-Africa at IPSOS Kenya shares insights about advertising trends and the importance of market research in making good business decisions | |
 Macenje Mazoka |
Macenje “Che Che” Mazoka, Head of Funding & Partnerships for the South African Broadcasting Corp. shares content funding strategies and talks about the variety of funding sources available to create new television content |  Wallace Kantai |
Wallace Kantai, Business Editor for NTV/Nation Media Group in Kenya discusses industry disruptors and opportunities in the changing media landscape | |
 George Twumasi |
George Twumasi, CEO of African Broadcast Network talks about preserving our cultural heritage assets and outlines the opportunities cloud broadcasting offers to African media. |  Ramanou Kouferidji |
Ramanou Kouferidji, Directeur Général of Imanle Television in Benin, surveys the challenges and benefits of analogue to digital television and what it means to his station. His comments are in French | |
 Linus Wamanya |
Linus Wamanya, Innovations Coordinator for New Vision Media Group in Uganda, discusses convergence in the media industry and its impact on newsroom workflow |  Peter Mwangi |
Meredith talks with Peter Mwangi, CEO of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, about the forecast for growth of the East African economy and how the media sector fits in | |
 Sylvester Ebhodaghe |
Sylvester Ebhodaghe, CEO of the National Daily Newspaper in Nigeria explains how he addressed the challenge of accessing funding commonly faced by small newspapers |  Edmund Fianco |
The analogue to digital television migration is an expensive and daunting task for any country. Edmund Fianco of the National Communications Authority in Ghana makes the business case for the transition and explains why it's worth the investment | |
 Chris Finch |
Chris Finch, Social Accountability Specialist at The World Bank surveys the promise of the open data movement and what it portends for progress in Africa |