Southern & Eastern Africa Regional Media Training Workshop

The Global Corporate Governance Forum and Thomson Reuters have launched a cooperative program designed to build capacities among journalists in reporting on issues related to corporate governance. Based on the view that “better companies make better societies,” the objective is to strengthen journalists’ reporting and investigative skills in light of this unique ability to disseminate information on corporate governance to the business community and to the wider reading public, and to make readers aware of company activities that can have significant impact on society.

The workshop has been held in Belgrade, Cairo, Mumbai and Almaty.

This workshop in Lusaka was co-organized by the Global Corporate Governance Forum, Thomson Reuters and Zambia Institute of Directors. The Forum invited about 20 journalists from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Please click here to see the agenda.

Presentations:

1. What can journalists do in covering corporate governance issues?, Roger Jeal, Trainer, Thomson Reuters
2. What is Corporate Governance?, Alison Dillon Kibirige, Consultant, Global Corporate Governance Forum
3. Corporate governance synopsis- Zambia’s case, Shapi Shacinda, Reuters, Zambia
4. The Impact of Corruption on the African Business Environment, Michael H. Rea, Independent CSR Consultant
5. Financial Statement Exercise, Alison Dillon Kibirige, Consultant, Global Corporate Governance Forum
6. How to get your business stories on front page?, Roger Jeal, Trainer, Thomson Reuters


For more information on these activities, please contact Eugene Spiro @ espiro@ifc.org and Ghita Alderman @ Galderman@ifc.org.