President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks during the CNN MultiChoice Africa
Journalist media awards that were held at Kenyatta International
Convention Centre on October 10, 2015. General Electric, which sponsored
the CNN awards' energy and infrastructure category, has partnered with
the African Media Initiative to train East Africa journalists on energy
and infrastructure. PHOTO | PSCU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
African Media Initiative (AMI) and General Electric (GE) have
partnered to boost media coverage in Africa of Energy and Infrastructure
issues.
Some 20 journalists drawn from the East Africa region will undergo basic training on the Energy sector in Africa.
The training will focus on using data to tell stories that will enrich media content and inform citizens on the energy sector.
The training is set to take place between October 9 and 10, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya.
The
training will explore the importance of covering the energy sector, the
weaknesses identified in coverage of infrastructure and energy-related
issues, as well as the use of data and cutting edge technologies to
craft and disseminate media messages for audiences across all platforms.
Director
of Communications for GE Africa Patricia Obozuwa said the initiative
was part of the company’s efforts to support developmental journalism
through capacity building. She said the media plays a key role in
influencing development of societies.
“As an Energy and
Infrastructure company, we are glad to be associated with the Energy
and Infrastructure category of the prestigious CNN awards. We believe
this training will ultimately help in the quality of entries for
subsequent awards” said Obozuwa.
This workshop will be
the first in a series of regional training events that GE will sponsor
to create an Africa-wide network of journalists specialising in
reporting on energy and infrastructure.
AMI’s
partnership with GE will provide the necessary expertise required in
shaping media understanding of the energy and infrastructure sector.
Journalists
will be encouraged to publish and broadcast stories that drive the
development agenda and clearly outline the critical role that energy and
infrastructure play in the growth of national economies.
ABOUT GE
GE imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com
GE imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com
ABOUT AMI
The African Media Initiative (AMI) is a pan-African organisation that seeks to strengthen the continent’s private and independent media sector from an owner and operator perspective to promote democratic governance, social development and economic growth.
The African Media Initiative (AMI) is a pan-African organisation that seeks to strengthen the continent’s private and independent media sector from an owner and operator perspective to promote democratic governance, social development and economic growth.
It does so
through a set of strategic activities aimed at transforming the media
and communications landscape on the continent. AMI’s overall goal is to
promote the development of pluralistic media as a necessary and critical
ingredient of democratic governance, as well as economic and human
development in Africa.
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