ICIR to Celebrate Tenth Year Anniversary
As part of its 10th year anniversary celebration, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, will on Wednesday, June 22 hold a media event on Media Sustainability at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
This is according to a statement signed by its Managing editor, Ajibola Amzat made available to newsman.
He said the issue of financial viability and sustainability is one that media organisations around the world grapple with daily.
“This challenge is exacerbated by the erosion of advertising revenues through the rise of technology platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and several others, leaving the media business in a fragile condition” he added.
Speaking on the planned conference, the Executive Director and Founder of the ICIR, Dayo Aiyetan observed that “the time is now to have a conversation on the future of the media in Africa, particularly its viability and profitability.
“Many news organisation are not profitable because of dwindling sales and ad revenue, many media companies cannot pay salaries and are laying off staff. The media in Nigeria is hemorrhaging,” he said, adding that industry leaders must discuss how to find profitable ways of running media businesses.
A keynote address on Sustainability Imperatives for African Media would be delivered by Tshepo Mahloele, Chairperson of Arena Holdings, one of Africa’s largest English newspaper publishers in South Africa.
Mr Mahloele is also an entrepreneur who holds major investments in many projects in South Africa and other countries.
A panel discussion that follows would have as discussants Chief Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman, Thisday Newspapers; Ms Chris Anyanwu, CEO, Hot Fm; Mallam Kabir Yusuf, CEO, Daily Trust Newspapers; and Ms Kadaria Ahmed, CEO, RadioNow and Professor Abigail Ogwezzy – Ndisika of the University of Lagos, UNILAG.
Martins Oloja, the Managing Director of Guardian Newspaper Limited will moderate the conversation while Euginia Abu, a respected TV personality, would compère the event.
The ICIR is an independent, non-profit news agency that promotes transparency and accountability through robust and objective investigative reporting.
Its mission is to use excellent, investigative journalism to promote good governance by building g a culture of critical reporting in the media.
