The Highway Africa Conference 2013: to look at how mobile and the internet are changing the way journalist gather and distribute news.

Introduced, 17 years ago, The Highway Africa Conference aims to bring together hundreds of journalists, editors and other media stakeholders from across the continent. Over the years, Connectikpeople has observed that, the event has grown from 65 delegates when it launched, to attracting over 600 media
professionals this year (2013).

This year MTN has sponsored 15 journalists from across the company’s footprint to attend the annual Highway Africa Conference hold at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa from 1-2 September 2013.

Themed ‘‘speaking truth to power? Media, Politics and Society’’, during this edition discussed issues around dominant trends in the relationship of the media, politics and society; the theoretical assumptions that underpin modern media’s role in society and vis-à-vis power and accountability strategies and structures of the media to society and political authority.