Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa is collaborating
with six universities, including the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos and the
University of Lagos, Akoka, to provide executive training for the advancement
of financial journalism.
The partner universities are from three African
countries — Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
The University of Nairobi, School of Journalism,
and Strathmore Business School, both in Kenya; while in South Africa, the
University of Rhodes School of Journalism, and Gordon Institute of Business
Science, are the other four universities.
The BMIA will also focus on executive training programmes
to enhance coverage of business and economic development in Africa.
In an email interview with our correspondent, the
UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahmon Bello, expressed his delight at the
partnership.
He said, “For us at the UNILAG, we expect that we
are going to benefit from this partnership. The curriculum developed will have
an impact on our existing curriculum in order to enhance the quality of
training we offer to our students. We will also take advantage through exposing
our people – our members of staff and students – to the techniques to be used,
and imbibe them. We may end up developing a specialisation in financial
journalism if it becomes necessary.”
Bello added that Nigeria and Africa would encourage
foreign investment into the continent, as well as infuse the best practices in
business education and journalism.
He said, “The BMIA is expected to enhance financial
journalism for adequate coverage of business and economic development in
Africa. The baseline is the need to have accurate and analytical reporting of
economic situations on the continent. As I mentioned during the launching of
BMIA in Johannesburg, South Africa, last year, this is what will enable faster
and accurate business decisions by would-be investors within and outside of the
continent.
Bloomberg
Media Initiative Africa is collaborating with six universities,
including the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos and the University of
Lagos, Akoka, to provide executive training for the advancement of
financial journalism.
The partner universities are from three African countries — Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
The University of Nairobi, School of
Journalism, and Strathmore Business School, both in Kenya; while in
South Africa, the University of Rhodes School of Journalism, and Gordon
Institute of Business Science, are the other four universities.
The BMIA will also focus on executive training programmes to enhance coverage of business and economic development in Africa.
In an email interview with our
correspondent, the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahmon Bello, expressed
his delight at the partnership.
He said, “For us at the UNILAG, we expect
that we are going to benefit from this partnership. The curriculum
developed will have an impact on our existing curriculum in order to
enhance the quality of training we offer to our students. We will also
take advantage through exposing our people – our members of staff and
students – to the techniques to be used, and imbibe them. We may end up
developing a specialisation in financial journalism if it becomes
necessary.”
Bello
added that Nigeria and Africa would encourage foreign investment into
the continent, as well as infuse the best practices in business
education and journalism.
He said, “The BMIA is expected to enhance
financial journalism for adequate coverage of business and economic
development in Africa. The baseline is the need to have accurate and
analytical reporting of economic situations on the continent. As I
mentioned during the launching of BMIA in Johannesburg, South Africa,
last year, this is what will enable faster and accurate business
decisions by would-be investors within and outside of the continent.
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