Mission:
Building and sharing knowledge in journalism and media studies, strengthening capacity of public journalism and leadership, training professionals capable of influencing, with conceptual and methodological rigor, the thinking and practices that are socially relevant to the development of Africa.
Meet Our Team
Media Educational Development Initiative Africa (MEDIA) is grateful for the foundational contributions, ongoing support, and continued service of the following world-class scholars and practitioners that form our Advisory Board. The principal role of the Advisory Board has been, and is, to drive the overall intellectual and strategic directions of the organization.
Mission:
Building and sharing knowledge in journalism and media studies, strengthening capacity of public journalism and leadership, training professionals capable of influencing, with conceptual and methodological rigor, the thinking and practices that are socially relevant to the development of Africa.
Meet Our Team
Media Educational Development Initiative Africa (MEDIA) is grateful for the foundational contributions, ongoing support, and continued service of the following world-class scholars and practitioners that form our Advisory Board. The principal role of the Advisory Board has been, and is, to drive the overall intellectual and strategic directions of the organization.
Dr. Robert Madu
Head, Department of Mass Communications Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu
Fathia Eldakhakhny
Journalist, Media consultant, public speaker, script writer, and trainer.
An Egyptian columnist and journalist, and lecturer at Alexandria University, with interests in cultural heritage, human and women’s rights, environment, and media development. Worked as web content manager at Almasry Alyoum. She started her career after graduation from the faculty of Mass Communication in 2000, but she considers the real beginning was with Almasry Alyoum newspaper, as she was one of the journalists who played a pivotal role in placing Almasry Alyoum Newspaper as one of the important and most influential newspaper in Egypt, Fathia went on to hold many positions at AMAY including Diplomatic Editor, News Editor, Presidential Editor, Video Editor, and Web content Manager. Internationally, Fathia worked as a Regional Representative for Radio Netherlands Worldwide in the Middle East and North Africa, a co-facilitator and translator with RNTC on media campaign, and producing media to counter-radicalization, and she is working now as a facilitator for the I’m Remarkable initiative, also she is working as a trainer for Women in News program, and gives training for media students about digital media, and media management.
Fathia published two books, one short documentary film, and several other short commercial and documentation videos for government and non-government organizations.
CHIBAULA D. SILWAMBA
Lawyer| Diplomat & International Relations| Commissioner for Oaths| Assistant to The Minister| Government Communicator
Chibuala earned a law degree and a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from both the University of London and the University of Zambia respectively. Chibuala is a consummate public servant, having served as Vice Chairman, United Nations Committee on Information and the Permanent Mission of Zambia to the United Nations in New York. He also worked as news correspondent for The Nation Media Group (NMG) – the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, electronic, digital media, and audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.