News: Top Nigerian Media Moguls Headline ‘New Media Africa Symposium & Awards' Ceremony

Nigerian media entrepreneur and publisher of Ovation Magazine; Dele Momodu, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Assistant on New Media; Reno Omokri, Nigerian singer elDee and others are set for the New Media Africa Symposium & Awards ceremony taking place tomorrow in Lagos. Shortlisted applicants, jury members and other leading communication professionals from across the continent will gather for what will be both a fantastic networking opportunity and a celebration of Africa’s finest PR achievements.
Reports say its Africa’s largest gathering of digital marketers, tech media Professionals, bloggers, podcasters, web TV producers, and social business leaders; “New Media is increasingly playing a key role in the messaging process of key players in business, government and at even private levels. What used to be an appurtenance is now a necessity for brands that care about how they are perceived. While the use of these tools and forms of communication have become the norm for the most forward-looking organizations, it has become crucial to celebrate those who are not only doing it well but doing it differently without losing their brand essence and same time discuss the Beginning of the Internet: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Future of New Media in Africa,” asks scholars, activists, journalists and online professionals to consider the past, present, and possible futures of the Internet as a force for good in Africa.”