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Today is the final day for Highway Africa Conference registrations!
Date of Conference : 17-19 September 2011
Venue : Cape Town ICC
The 2011 Theme: African Media and Global Sustainability Challenge
The dramatic melting down of the glaciers of the Arctic, the droughts ravaging Africa, the floods in the Americas and ever temperatures rises may have provided drama for television and other media but the issue of global sustainability calls for more drastic and comprehensive response from the media. Read the rest of this entry »
Unveiling the plaque for the Telkom Higway Africa Building, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
- L-R Dr. Mabizela, Rhodes University, Mr Yeye, SABC Eastern Cape & Mrs Kali Telkom
The official opening of the Telkom Highway Africa Building was officiated by Dr. Sizwe Mabizela, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs Rhodes University and Mrs Brenda Kali, Telkom Group Executive: Group Communicaqtion and Brand. Mabizela thanked Telkom for the long standing relationship it has formed with Rhodes University stating that the relationship between Corporate and Academia was vital for sustainable growth and development in Africa. Kali, graciously accepted the gratitude however spoke emphatically about the role journalism plays in telling the stories of Africa. Kali emphasised Telkom’s support for journalism and their committment thus far has made them proud to be associated with the high standard of Journalism produced in the industry of media.
Mr. Zola Yeye, Regional Manager, SABC Eastern Cape who was master of ceremonies for the days proceedings further acknowledged SABC’s pride in the association with Highway Africa. SABC will be covering the New Media Awards ceremony at the annual SABC Telkom Highway Africa Conference which will be held this year from the 17-19 September 2011, at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (ICC).
Telkom’s association with Rhodes University extends also to the Rhodes Univesity Computer Science Division. Dr. Peter Clayton Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Development was also present at the official opening acknowledged to witness the ceremony alongside the academics of the Rhodes Univeristy School of Journalism and staff and students of the university. Director of Highway AFrica Chris Kabwato, Director of Highway Africa proudly looked on and acknowledged and applauded the opening with Professor Jane Duncan Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society.
While it was a clear yet wind swept day, it can be said the ceremony was a total success enjoyed by all present.
Q. Presently employed as?
A. CEO Zoopy Pty Ltd
Q. Explain the nature of your business or your role within New Media and print in your case?
A. Zoopy is a mobile video entertainment platform that delivers bite-sized videos of the latest news, sports and entertainment created especially for mobile, so your phone will love it! Zoopy delivers The World In 90 Seconds to hundreds of thousands of users a month, many of whom don’t have access to computers or televisions for that matter.
oopy is a mobile video tabloid, delivering The World in 90 Seconds across news, sports and entertainment.
Q. Location of your business or company?
A. Our head office is in Cape town and we have a regional content office in Johannesburg as well.
Q. Links to your website/s?
A. Visit our mobi site (or website if you prefer) at http://www.zoopy.com. And look for the links on our site to download our iPhone, Blackberry and Android apps.
Q. How do you see new media playing itself out in the future, what will be your contribution to the industry looking towards the future now?
A. In a sense, new media is not so new anymore. There will always be something extra, something different, something that provides a new spin on something old. But multimedia and sharing are now part and parcel of our lives. Just about any site doing business on the web or mobile needs to be thinking of how to provide the tools and opportunities to bring their community together through sharing and collaboration – and photos and videos are an integral part of the process. As far as Zoopy’s contribution goes, we’re bringing quality video entertainment, produced at a professional level, to the mobile medium which has largely presented users with one of two options: (1) really poor quality content; or (2) more recently, TV episodes. What we create is made for mobile from the start. Short, sharp and interesting. As far as my personal contribution, I’ll always be involved in the online and mobile industries, wherever the journey make take us all 
Q. To new comers how should they structure their time with new media namely blogging, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. For people whose industry does not involve any form of media, how do they manage their time and not become overwhelmed?
A. This is an interesting question, because many people are starting to suffer from what’s being called ‘social media fatigue. Google Plus has just popped up too, making the social media and networking space a very saturated one, and one that can sap both energy and time. The best advice would be to use the platforms for different things rather than trying to duplicate your efforts. Perhaps use Facebook for close family and friends, Twitter for the world at large (and as a news feed) and YouTube so that you link to your videos within Facebook and Twitter.
Q. New Media is being used by children as young as five, that said, it is clear if you do not keep abreast with trends in new media you inclined to feel isolated from main stream living, what advice do you have for people who have lagged behind and would like to know where to begin?
A. The easiest way of keeping in touch with the latest general trends in this space would be to read daily updates at sites like Mashable.com and TechCrunch.com. But it’s also a good idea to sign up to Twitter and start following people in the industries you’re interested in.
Q. Presently employed as?
A. Co-founder and technical ninja at Motribe.
Q. Explain the nature of your business or your role within New Media and print in your case?
A. Motribe is a platform for hosting mobile communities. The company is less than a year old and already has over 1.5 million users. It powers mobile communities for well-known brands like Guinness in Nigeria and Rexona in Kenya. As the co-founder, Vincent is responsible for building and scaling the Motribe platform and keeping the company ahead of innovation in the mobile space.
Q. Location of your business or company?
A. Motribe is based in Cape Town, South Africa R. Links to your websites: http://motribe.com/ and http://motribe.mobi/
Q. How do you see new media playing itself out in the future, what will be your contribution to the industry looking towards the future now?
A. ‘New’ media is becoming strongly focused on mobile as the sales of mobile devices overtake PCs and the shift in internet usage from desktop to mobile takes hold. Increasingly social connection between people and people, people and companies and people and their devices has become key in the way we make meaning from our lives. Organising the clutter and creating spaces where we can feel safe and willing to engage is going to be one the most important social tasks over the next decade and this is the area that I spend most of my time working on solutions.
Q. To new comers how should they structure their time with new media namely blogging, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. For people whose industry does not involve any form of media, how do they manage their time and not become overwhelmed?
A. For most people there will be a few services that remain core to their lifestyles and many that come and go. My advice is to create accounts on all of them so that you get a good personalized URL or username and then assess the service over time. You never know which one is going to take off and you should get in early. If you think you don’t have enough time it’s because you’re not filtering the noise well enough and this comes with practice.
Q. New Media is being used by children as young as five, that said,it is clear if you do not keep abreast with trends in new media you inclined to feel isolated from main stream living, what advice do you have for people who have lagged behind and would like to know where to begin?
A. Start by getting yourself involved again, there is no excuse for acting like the last 20 years didn’t happen.
- Build a mobile social network with
- Motribe
- motribe.com •
- Conversation is the key to a successful mobile community.
- Use Motribe to create the content, host the conversation and do it all on the mobile web.
- http://motribe.com/
Profiling Past Winner – Noel Kakou Tadegnon – Corporate Category 2008
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A. I am a freelance journalist, work for Reuters TV, German Radio Deutsche Welle, and Pan African news agency APANEWS.NET and others I also teach web journalism and multimedia in journalism school in Togo
Q. Explain the nature of your business or your role within New Media ?
A. I am a multimedia journalist and I use internet and new media in my job
Q. Location of your business or company?
A. Reuters TV (Nairobi office), Deutsche Welle (Bonn, Germany) APANEWS (Dakar Senegal)
Q. Links to your website/s?
A. www.reuters.com, http://www.dw-world.de/french www.apanews.net
Q. How do you see new media playing itself out in the future, what will be your contribution to the industry?
A. New media will have a good future . My contribution will be to train people to use new media. I have started and I organize regular training at the in University of Lome, about the use of new media
Q. To new comers how should they structure their time with new media namely blogging, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. For people whose industry does not involve any form of media, how do they manage their time and not become overwhelmed?
A. They can try to have a good planning per day or week .
Q. New Media is being used by children as young as five, that said, it is clear if you do not keep abreast with trends in new media you inclined to feel isolated from main stream living, what advice do you have for people who have lagged behind and would like to know where to begin?
A. For Children, adult must tell them to pay attention about a risk of bad using of social media. For just discover new media, they can start having account on Facebook, Twitter and it they have time they can open a blog.