World Press Freedom Day 2019
Speakers
Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Communications Coordinator for Anglophone West Africa, Afrobarometer
Journalist and Lawyer, Correspondent for The Associated Press (AP) to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU)
Former Deputy-Director General of UNESCO, Distinguished Professor of Leadership & Management at Development Institute (CALDI); Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
Namibia Broadcasting Corporation, Chair of Southern Africa Broadcasting Association Gender Committee
Consultant in media, culture and communication, Former Chair, National Media Commission of Ghana
Director, International Observatory of Human Rights and the Trustee Director of the Royal Caledonian Educational Trust
Associate Professor of Political Science (Michigan State University) and Afrobarometer Working Papers Editor
Deputy General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists; Former Head, NUJ (UK and Ireland)
President, West Africa Journalists Association; Liberian journalist and trainer; Former head, Press Union of Liberia
Reporter, Jornal do Angola; Secretary General, Sindicato dos Jornalistas Angolanos
Programme Specialist for Freedom of Expression and Media Regulation, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
Co-ordinator for Global Campaign on Media Freedom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Ugandan Deputy National Coordinator Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Founder of the Dream Revival Center
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
South African Information regulator and former special rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information to the African Commission
Executive Director – IREX Kenya Regional Lead – Securing Access to Free Expression – East Africa
Senior Research Officer for the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology project (HRBDT) at the Human Rights Centre and School of Law, University of Essex (UK)
Member of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television IWART- Kenya Chapter
Investigative journalist, fact checker and founder of Norwegian fact-checking initiative, Faktisk.no
Commissioner of Police in charge of Research, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ghana Police Headquarters
Public Policy Analyst / Senior Economic Advisor, AEDPI and Co-Founder of #BringBackOurGirls Movement
Programme Manager for Freedom of Expression at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Head of Policy and International development at Fojo Media Institute, Linneus University, Sweden
Digital data expert and deputy managing director at Nubia Media. Co-author of a social media landscape mapping of Ethiopia.
