BusinessDay Partners with Social Media Week Lagos

 

The SMW Lagos 2017 theme “The [new] Language of Technology: The Future of Communication in Africa,” will explore how mobile technology, networked connectivity, data and other technologies are radically changing industries and communities across Africa. Informed by the theme Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism will discuss the way stories are told in a new digital Nigeria.

Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism is part of the larger Social Media Week conference hosted in 12 cities around the world. Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism will take place on Feb 28, 9 am at the Landmark Event Center

Social Media Week Lagos (SMW Lagos) produced by AFRIKA21 and Dragon Africa returns to Lagos, Nigeria for its 5th edition on the 27^th of February – 3rd of March 2017. The first African city to host the annual event, to date over 25,000 people have participated in SMW Lagos.

Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism will be held at the SMW Lagos Campus, innovation stage located at Landmark Center, a state of the art event space in Lagos, Nigeria.  Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism will join over 100 other keynotes, panels’ discussions, master classes, digital installations, co-working spaces, and networking events exploring a wide range of topics including business, entertainment, education, technology, and politics. Perception and Reality: Harnessing the Opportunities in Digital Journalism is free and open to the public. Register here  http://bit.ly/smwbddigital

To learn more about Perception and Reality: Harnessing the opportunities in digital journalism or SMW Lagos 2017 and register to attend visit socialmediaweeklagos.org

For the latest news and updates follow SMW Lagos on Twitter via @SMWLagos or on Facebook via facebook.com/SMWLagos.

About BusinessDay

BusinessDay is West Africa’s leading provider of business intelligence and one of the most trusted news organizations for over 15 years. We hold true to our values of independence, credibility, Entrepreneurship, Purpose Driven and being the fourth Estate.

Published every weekday plus a weekend edition on Sundays, the newspaper is based in Lagos and Accra, with syndication from the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Harvard Business Review.

Businessday is an official content partner for SocialMediaWeek Lagos, this year SMWLagos has evolved the global theme into  The  [new]  Language of  Technology:  The  Future of  Communication in Africa”.  Under this theme , SMW  Lagos will  explore how  technology is  creating a  “new language”  and way of  communicating in  Africa and  what this  means for the  future of communication across the Continent. Lagos is the first African city to host the annual event and remains the only African city to host   the weeklong   global conference.  To date, over   60,000   people have participated in  SMW  Lagos with  the  2016  event owning a  social reach  of  810  million. This year SMW Lagos anticipates over 15,000 attendees across the week at the Landmark Event Center Lagos.

ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK

Social Media Week, now in its 8th year, is a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. Its mission is to help people and organizations connect through collaboration, learning and the sharing of ideas and information. www.socialmediaweek.org