You need to be informed so as to inform part 2

Following the central role media plays in the deveoplement process of any country, there is still an increased need to further involve communication, technology and information within policy formulation, adoption of best practises,reasearch and other key processes that coverge to support the media in its agenda setting role.Communication as a tool for social change therefore focuses on different spheres of development including the political, socio- economic and even cultural.

In recent years several International events, coferences and forums including the Nation Pan Africa Conference 2010 have been held to bring together stakeholders from different spheres both from the private and public arena including renow editors, publishers, reporters and news anchores, civil society organization to discuss and investigate the theotreical framework as key agents to development and possible strategies that can be used to attain development.

Key areas of focus include the debate on the freedom to information and how information can be easily acessed by the general public and how stakeholders from different parts of the African continent can pool their resources to realize the development needs of our continent.