Johannesburg 2015

The first MaKi Media Conference in South Africa will be held in Johannesburg, bringing together the best in the African continent’s business education coverage.

This event will include editors and reporters from the leading local and regional media such as Mail & Guardian, Business Day, Financial Mail and Africa Business, and international publications such as the Forbes, Bloomberg, The Guardian and Reuters.

Thanks to our Sponsors

Participating Institutions

Association of African Business Schools - AABS
CEMS (Global Alliance)
Chicago Booth (USA, UK)
Cuttington University (Liberia)
EFMD (Belgium)
Gordon Institute of Business Science (S.Africa)
IE Business School (Spain)
MDE Business School (Ivory Coast)
Meru University of Science & Technology (Kenya)
Oxford - Saïd (UK)
Rhodes Business School (S.Africa)
South African Business School Association - SABSA
Strathmore Business School (Kenya)
Univ of Botswana (Botswana)
Univ of Stellenbosch Business School (S.Africa)
Wits Business School (S.Africa)

Itinerary

Monday October 5th

Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 26 Melville Road, Sandton, Johannesburg

9:15am                Registration for conference with coffee, fruit and pastries

9:30am                Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers

9:45am                Welcome from Nicola Kelyn, Dean of Gordon Institute of         
Business Science

10:00-11:45am    Best Practices Session I
  Barak Cerff, QS
Challenges, solutions and trendspotting for business education communications

12:00 - 1:00pm   Lunch

1:00 - 1:30pm    MasterClass - GIBS Senior Lecturer Kerry Chipp
Trends and challenges in consumers and the local media landscape

2:00-3:15pm      Media Panel I
Education Reporter, Mail & Guardian
Journalist, BBC News
Managing Editor, Independent Online

3:15pm               Coffee break

3:30-4:45pm      Media Panel II
Feature Writer, Forbes Africa
Africa Correspondent, The Guardian
South Africa Equities Correspondent, Reuters

5:30pm               Cocktail

Tuesday october 6th

9:00am               Check in

9:15am                Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers

9:30-10:45am     Media Panel III
Business Education Editor, Financial Mail
Chief Editor, African Economist
Editor, Pretoria News
Journalist, Moneyweb
Editor, Finweek

10:45am              Coffee break

11:00-12:15pm    Reflections from AABS, SABSA and GMAC on the 
future of business schools in Africa
Management Education in South Africa - relevant, innovative,
ethical and internationally competitive
Dr Millard Arnold, SABSA and Edward Mungai, AABS

12:30 - 1:45pm    Lunch

2:00-3:30pm       Media Panel with Bloomberg
Editorial team, Bloomberg
Sub Saharan Africa Managing Editor, Bloomberg
South Africa Bureau Chief, Bloomberg
News Reporter, Bloomberg
Multimedia Producer Sub Saharan Africa, Bloomberg
Media Initiative Africa Program Manager, Bloomberg