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Media Indaba Africa 2017

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

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

09:00 SAST

Opening Main SpaceChris Roper

09:15 SAST

Civil defence systems for the Information Infrastructure Crisis Main SpaceNic Dawes

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

11:30 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

09:00 SAST

Open Govt Data Design Sprint/HackathonLIMITED Main Space