Digital Media in the 21st Century:Impact, Challenges, and Empowerment
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🗓 Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025 – from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
📍 Venue: Fairway Boutique Hotel – Kampala, Uganda
🎟 Access: By invitation + Open online via Google Meet
🔗 WhatsApp Group for Online Attendees:
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🌍 About the Conference:
In a rapidly changing digital world, Taeziz21 launches its very first conference — a milestone shaped by urgency, creativity, and purpose.
This international event explores how digital media can serve communities, empower youth, and connect stories to solutions.
The conference follows over 170 field and media coverages, dozens of training workshops, and impactful initiatives across fragile and remote regions.
More than a gathering, it is an intellectual and practical platform — bringing together journalists, content creators, media professionals, NGOs, and tech advocates to shape the next phase of community-driven digital storytelling.
🎯 Conference Objectives:
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Empower youth through storytelling, digital media, and creative production
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Address media’s role in conflict zones, displacement, and humanitarian coverage
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Highlight grassroots solutions and community-led innovations in communication
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Build partnerships between local efforts and global support
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Promote ethical storytelling from within communities — not on their behalf
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Launch Taeziz21’s media training and field documentation labs
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Celebrate impactful voices and grassroots media changemakers
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Explore strategic themes, including:
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Artificial Intelligence and Content Creation
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Digital Security and News Credibility
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Youth-led Media Innovations
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Media & Sustainable Development: Where They Meet
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📋 Program Highlights:
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Opening Ceremony
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Keynote Speech
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Short Documentary Screening
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Research Presentations
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Open Panel Discussion
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Recognition of Media Changemakers
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Launch of Strategic Programs
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Partner and Sponsor Remarks
🤝 In Partnership With:
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The African Arab Group
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Prof Media Production Company
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Darfur Network for Human Rights
🔍 Why This Matters:
The Taeziz21 First Conference is not just an event — it’s a bold response to a growing need:
Building bridges between tech, media, and underserved communities.
A space where digital storytelling meets social responsibility, and real stories get the reach they deserve.
