The DCI team searched all over the world and we found a number of speakers who are guaranteed to blow your mind! Our keynote speaker this year is Cameroon blogger Dibussi Tande who will inform us about the state of social justice and digital media in Africa, other confirmed speakers are Elia Varela Serra from Maneno, Global Voices editor Eduardo Ávila, Brett Davidson with Ndesanjo Macha (Stop Stock-outs project), Peter Benjamin on Mobile for Mobilisation and mobile for communities entrepreneur Marlon Parker.
Tags: Africa, Brett Davidson, Cameroon, concept document, Dibussi Tande, Digital Civil Society, digital media, digital media activism, Digital Media and the Right to Language, Eduardo Avila, Elia Varela Serra, gender, Global Voices, Maneno, Marlon Parker, Mobile for Mobilisation, Ndesanjo Macha, Peter Benjamin, social justice, Stop Stock-outs
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The theme of this year’s Digital Citizen Indaba is Digital Civil Society and Journalism in Africa and aims to focus on the complex interaction between mainstream media and civil society. It will also focus on how this interaction could be leveraged to advance civil society activism and enrich journalism on grassroots issues.
Tags: concept document, DCI09, Digital Civil Society, digital media activism, Elvira van Noort, Grahamstown, grassroots, Jane Duncan, Journalism in Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa
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