George Twumasi is the CEO of African Broadcast Network (ABN) Holdings Ltd, which strives to create a viable television and multimedia content system for the African continent and diaspora focused on programming “Made by Africans for Africans,” and Executive Director of the African Public Broadcast Foundation. While at the Shorenstein Center, Twumasi will write a policy framework on the topic of “Social and Civic Empowerment through Entertainment: Tapping the Potential of Africa’s Emerging Digital Ecosystem.”
The Brain Trust Initiative
December 19, 2018
The Brain Trust Initiative is a vision to unleash the power of digital media as a force for change across sub-saharan Africa. Abstract: Media in sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroads. Journalism as a change agent within sub-Saharan Africa has lagged, due primarily to the lack of commercially vibrant media and editorially independent media institutions.
