Registration open for 17th Annual Highway Africa Conference

24 Jun 2013

Registration has officially opened for the 17th Annual Highway Africa Conference. The conference holds accolades for being the world's largest annual gathering of African journalists and is set to take place at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa from 1-2 September 2103.

Registration open for 17th Annual Highway Africa Conference

The Highway Africa Conference is a project of Rhodes University, in partnership with Telkom, Absa Barclays and MTN. Over the years the conference has been at the centre of Africa's debates on the interface of journalism and new media.

With the theme, "Speaking Truth to Power? Media, Politics and Accountability", the event will see journalists, civil society activists and academics deliberating on African media's role in holding political authority accountable and also how journalists themselves are accountable through codes of conduct and regulatory frameworks.

Other sessions at the conference will focus on social media and how ordinary citizens have used the various platforms to further freedom of expression as well as to hold governments and corporates accountable.

The conference will also host various training workshops, book launches and exhibitions linked to the theme, plus evening gala dinners and networking sessions, including the prestigious Telkom-Highway Africa New Media Awards.