Stars Wainaina, Sanders, Otieno for The RED Summit in Lagos

Kenyan author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Binyavanga Wainaina is leading other pan-African speakers to participate at the inaugural edition of The RED Summit holding in Lagos at the Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The RED Summit holds from October 15 through 18 in Lagos, and will include a 2-day conference, West Africa’s largest inter-school media town hall, and an evening to celebrate icons of the media in Nigeria.

Other speakers at the summit are the Executive Producer of Coke Studio Africa, David Sanders; Corporate Affairs Director of Microsoft Corporation, Louis Otieno, award winning television host, Anita Erskine, former Managing Director of M-net Africa, Biola Alabi; Chief Executive Officer of leading lifestyle blog BellaNaija, Uche Pedro; Chief Executive Officer, Genevieve Magazine, Betty Irabor and General Manager of Beat FM, Deji Awokoya.

Others are former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Communication and Public Affairs Manager of Google West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade; Corporate Communication Director of Africa Practice, Rimini Makama, award winning journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi, Senior Correspondent at New African magazine, James Schneider, and many more.

“This summit will be West Africa’s biggest media talk shop,” said Chude Jideonwo, Managing Partner of Red Media Africa, organisers of the summit. “We will draw lessons from veterans in West Africa’s media over the decades and chart the course, with other media stakeholders, for the future of the media in West Africa.”

The summit which is in partnership with Troyka Holding and the School of Media & Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, will bring together media leaders individuals and organisations in public relations, advertising, television, radio, print and online from across the globe to define the future of the media in a rapidly changing landscape.

Participants will connect, network and anchor high-level conversations and solutions about the media in host country, Nigeria, and across African audiences.

Registration is still open. To register, visit www.theredsummit.org.

The RED Summit is West Africa’s largest omni-media gathering. The summit will bring together stakeholders in various segments of the media across the African continent to explore new trends in a rapidly changing landscape. Participants at the event will have opportunities to exchange ideas about the future of media on the continent. The RED Summit is part of events celebrating ten years of Red Media Africa’s impact on Africa’s media space, inspiring and empowering millions of Africa’s youth in the process.