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Media Indaba Africa 2017

08:00 SAST

Registration 8th Floor Foyer

09:00 SAST

Welcome Main SpaceJustin Arenstein • Chris Roper

09:15 SAST

Disinformation online: fakes, lies, bots and bullies Main SpaceBen Nimmo

09:40 SAST

Zero to 2.6 million in 1 year: building sticky video content Main SpaceNas Daily

10:15 SAST

Covering China in Africa for the world Main SpaceLily Kuo

10:30 SAST

AfricanDRONE: the launch Main SpaceJohnnie Miller • Chris Onyando Data and the City: through the lens of capital Main SpaceFidel Mbhele Leveraging civic power to fight misinformation Main SpaceHazel Wei Sensor journalism: Air, water and meat sensors Main SpaceNkechi Okwuone Social video: The bad, the good, and a way forwardLIMITED Main SpaceSarah Murphy

11:00 SAST

TEA 28th Floor Foyer

12:00 SAST

Misinformation and the law Main SpaceOkyerebea Ampofo-Anti

12:15 SAST

African robots Main SpaceRalph Borland Down the fake news rabbit hole Main SpaceVanessa Clark Fake news: the art and the science Main SpaceOdanga Madung Initiation Watch: Using data to save lives Main SpaceNicki Gules SizaMap: A database of abortion providers Main SpaceJoan van Dyk

13:00 SAST

How an emoji becomes an emoji Main SpaceJennifer 8. Lee

13:15 SAST

Media Indaba drone shot Balcony 28th floor

13:30 SAST

LUNCH 28th Floor Foyer

14:00 SAST

Building charts using AtlasLIMITED Workshop ABlaise Aboh • Lynsey Chutel Data Journalism 101: Using Data In One-Off StoriesLIMITED Meeting TwoRavi Bajpai • Ritvvij Parrikh Designing new emojis for the worldLIMITED Meeting OneJennifer 8. Lee The art of social videoLIMITED Meeting ThreeSarah Murphy Using news verification toolsLIMITED Workshop BThandi Smith

16:00 SAST

Data Journalism 201: Using Data In Sustained Projects Workshop BRavi Bajpai • Ritvvij Parrikh Drone camp editors roundtableLIMITED Meeting FourNuzulak Dausen • Johnnie Miller • Chris Onyando How To Deal With Fake News, Misinformation And BiasLIMITED Workshop AH. R. Venkatesh How to manage and produce special data journalism projectsLIMITED Meeting ThreeJacopo Ottaviani How to spot botsLIMITED Meeting OneBen Nimmo

18:00 SAST

Welcome party at House of MachinesLIMITED House of Machines

09:00 SAST

Opening Main SpaceChris Roper

09:15 SAST

Civil defence systems for the Information Infrastructure Crisis Main SpaceNic Dawes

09:40 SAST

ICFJ's global survey 2017: state of the tech in newsrooms TBAJerri Eddings • Nasr ul Hadi

10:00 SAST

What makes a great data story? Main SpaceChris Orwa

10:15 SAST

WikiTRIBUNE: community-centred journalism Main SpacePeter Bale

10:40 SAST

The Big Pharma project: Collaborating with multiple newsrooms Main SpaceFabiola Torres Lopez

11:00 SAST

TEA 28th Floor Foyer

11:30 SAST

#GuptaLeaks: Handling sensitive leaks Main SpaceSusan Comrie • Ferial Haffajee • Thanduxolo Jika

12:00 SAST

For whom the Bell tolls: lessons for journalism from Bell Pottinger Main SpaceRichard Poplak

12:15 SAST

How To Make Data Journalism Work For Not-So-Smart Phones, Low Bandwidths, Local Languages Main SpaceRavi Bajpai • Meera K • Ritvvij Parrikh • H. R. Venkatesh

12:40 SAST

How we fund news, and why Main SpaceKhuram Hussain • Alex Jakana

12:55 SAST

Doing it for the likes? Caribbean civic tech in the age of social media politics Main SpaceDenique Ferguson Investing in independent media companies in Africa Main SpaceBilal Randeree Project Oya: a digital toolset for conflict mapping Main SpaceJohn Stupart The weight of words Main SpaceNathan Gates

13:15 SAST

Lunch 28th Floor Foyer

14:00 SAST

ICFJ's editors roundtable: state of the tech in newsroomsFILLING 502 Bad GatewayJerri Eddings • Nasr ul Hadi • Chris Roper Revenue models - Innovation in the South African media landscape Workshop ABilal Randeree A step by step guide to building a crowdsourced fact-checking systemLIMITED Meeting TwoHazel Wei Designing data visualizations that don't suckLIMITED Meeting ThreeOdanga Madung ProtoGraph: Hands-On Demo Of New Storytelling ToolsLIMITED Meeting FourMeera K • Ritvvij Parrikh Using the data journalism toolkitLIMITED Meeting OneFabiola Torres Lopez Building African RobotsLIMITED Workshop BRalph Borland • Lewis Kaluzi

16:00 SAST

Afrobarometer: Expanding the voice of ordinary AfricansLIMITED 502 Bad GatewayWairimu Muturu Tell me what's on TV, not how to build a TV Workshop BIvo Brodnik • Adi Eyal • Kerry Friend • Nkechi Okwuone • Neil du Toit Nuts & Bolts: How Carte Blanche works with drone pilotsLIMITED Meeting FourAnnalise Lubbe • Dexter Tangocci The mechanics of data and problem-solvingLIMITED 502 Bad GatewayLesedi Bewlay • Nonso Jideofor The Nas Daily Workshop Meeting OneNas Daily Think Like a Data Scientist: Explore Data without CodeLIMITED Meeting ThreeChris Orwa

09:00 SAST

Open Govt Data Design Sprint/HackathonLIMITED Main Space