The African Women in the Media (AWIM) conference, a group organized by Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, Media Entrepreneur is hosting its second annual event, and this year it’s in Ibadan, Nigeria. 

Nima Elbagir, a multi-award winning journalist, exposed the slave auctioning of African migrants in Libya in 2017, sparking a global outcry and earning her a GeorgPolk Award, and the Royal Television Society award for ‘Scoop of the Year’.  

The Conference is on the theme: Visibility

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, an award-winning journalist, academic, media entrepreneur, and founder of Stringers Africa in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said: “In the wake of campaigns like the #MeToo movement, and gender pay gap scandals, networks like the African Women in the Media are important, not just so we women in the media can connect and support each other, but so we can initiate change.”  

AWiM18 is packed with panel discussions, project presentations, training workshops with subjects ranging from data journalism, to digital marketing. AWiM’s FlashTalks Series promises to challenge   perspectives on key issues, while the Pitch Zone affords journalists and media entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to editors, funders and investors. Media and communication scholars are also invited   to submit to the event’s Call for Papers for an academic track.