Canal France International (CFI) is organising the fifth session of its itinerant 4M forums in Abidjan. Held on 29 and 30 November, the event features conferences, debates and workshops on the theme of "Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa, issues and new practices".

Around a hundred professionals from French- and English-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe will be sharing their experience of the web, including experts in telecommunications, journalists, bloggers, analysts and regulators.

The two days will be geared around plenary conferences and workshops.

Topics to be discussed by participants in 4M Abidjan will include:

• An updated overview of new media in Sub-Saharan Africa;
• The dual, complementary role of traditional media and new players on the web;
• Feedback from bloggers and journalists;
• The place occupied by new media in the public debate.

Jeudi 29 Novembre 2012

PANORAMA DES NOUVEAUX MEDIAS EN AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE
Plénière

Etat des lieux : réseaux, terminaux, connectivité, usages... La mobilité à l'africaine

WEB ET MEDIAS TRADITIONNELS : COMPLEMENT OU SUBSTITUT ?
Plénière

Forces et faiblesses des sites web des Radio TV africaines Retour d'expérience de médias et de pure players

Atelier – questions pratiques

Salle 1 Contenus : produire pour le net et exploiter les programmes existants
Salle 2 Marketing : site internet, une source de revenus ?

Ibrahima Lissa FAYE - Senegal
Ibrahima Lissa FAYE has been a blogger and journalist for over eleven years. After 7 years at Sud Quotidien (Sud Communication Group), in November 2008, he launched Senegal's first online newspaper for a regional audience, www.pressafrik.com. Ibrahima Lissa FAYE is now Managing Editor at PressAfrik.

Florian Hervé NGIMBIS ETEGLE - Cameroon
A Cameroonian writer and blogger, Florian Hervé NGIMBIS ETEGLE is part of Mondoblog, a French language blogging platform powered by RFI. Florian Hervé NGIMBIS ETEGLE's blog is called KamerKongossa, chronicles of Cameroon

Omar CISSE - Senegal
Omar CISSE is a computer design engineer. He is one of the founders of 2SI, one of the largest software engineering and mobile solutions companies in West Africa, created in 2001 shortly after his studies. He was manager of 2SI from January 2005 to August 2010. Since September 2010, he has led the first Information and Communication Technology incubator in West Africa (CTIC Dakar), where he lends his experience to entrepreneurs in the ICT sector. It was his role to coordinate all activities that enabled the establishment of the incubator. Omar Cissé is passionate about entrepreneurship and attended an MBA program in 2007.

Rafika BENDERMEL – France
Founder of Tunisie Bondy Blog, Rafika BENDERMEL has been a citizen journalist since 2009, first in the suburbs of Lyon in France, and then in south Tunisia since 2011.

Axel GONTCHO NGILA - Democratic Republic of Congo
Newspaper journalist from 2004-2006, Axel GONTCHO NGILA joined Radio Okapi as a reporter in 2006. He has been Web Editor since 2009 and Web Service Coordinator since 2010.

OumarouMohamed Lamine – Mali
Oumarou Mohamed Lamine is an Agriculture Technician who came to radio in 2004 through his love for the work.Oumarou Mohamed Lamine started at Gao's Radio AADAR as host of a children's program. Stage manager, then full-time technician, Oumarou Mohamed Lamine is now a reporter and journalist-director.