TV networks

Peter Okwoche – Presenter, Focus on Africa – BBC World News

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Peter Okwoche – BBC

Peter Okwoche is a presenter and producer on Focus on Africa on BBC World News TV. He joined the BBC World Service in 2004. During his time at the BBC he has covered many important events across Africa, such as various elections, as well as interviewing several African presidents (past and present) including Olusegun Obasanjo, Mohammadu Buhari, John Dramani
Mahama, Yoweri Museveni, Lazarus Chakera and Mogkweetsi Masisi amongst others. He has also interviewed renowned figures like Kofi Annan, Wole Soyinka, Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, and Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. Peter also doubles up as the sports reporter on Focus on Africa and has covered five Africa Cup of Nations as well as the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil and two Olympic games. Peter began his career at a small local radio station in Nigeria in 1992 and has also worked for
several years in print media. He has won many awards in Nigeria, including Nigerian international journalist of the year in 2013.
He speaks five Nigerian languages as well as some French.

Annet Nambooze – TV presenter -NBS Television

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Annet-Nambooze

Annet Nambooze, known professionally as Anna Talia Oze, is a Ugandan media personality. She received attention while hosting Live Wire an entertainment news show on Spark TV. Later in 2019 she joined NBS Television to date. She is also a team leader at Women4Her an organization that advocates for the well being of youth, girls and women. In 2020, she joined politics as Woman councillor for Rubaga North which did not go through according to the polls conducted in 2021. She later went back to regain her TV show UnCut Sabula and UnCut Kalakata and in the recent times she hosts another TV show known as Morning Xpress with Sanyuka TV and Amasengejje Extra, a new entertainment current affairs show on NBS TV during prime time 7pm news

Melanie Starling – Product Lead – Sky New Zealand

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Melanie-Starling—Sky-New-Zealand

Melanie Starling is a Product Lead at Sky TV New Zealand, where she leads product strategy and delivery for Neon. She has over 10 years experience in video streaming and content delivery, previously working in product roles for both TVNZ OnDemand and Lightbox where she delivered customer-focused digital solutions including live streaming major sporting events, content discovery & personalisation and commercial VOD solutions

Rhys Torrington – CEO – 2Gwana Media

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Rhys-Torrington-

Rhys has been a pivotal figure in establishing affordable DTH TV services across Africa over the past 13 years, leading start-up operations at GTV, AzamTV out of Dar es Salaam and KweséTV based in Johannesburg. He concentrates on commercialising start-up companies with a strong emphasis on sales and marketing excellence. Prior to moving into Media, Rhys held executive positions across Europe with renowned IT companies such as IBM and Groupe Bull, and also established his own international Go-To-Market advisory company with clients from the USA, Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, South America and Africa. He is a prominent speaker at Media conferences across the globe.

Monicah Waceke Ndung’u – Head of Broadcasting – Nation Media Group

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Monicah—Nation-Media-Group

Monicah Waceke Ndung’u, is currently Head of Broadcasting at Nation Media Group. Prior to joining NMG, she was the General Manager for Kwese Free TV Kenya Limited. She has worked with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and Uganda Broadcasting Corporation in programming partnership building, change management and product development. Monicah is a member of The International Academy of Television and Arts (Emmys), a Chevening Scholar, a holder of an MA degree in Communication from The University of Westminster (UK) and Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Electronic Media) Daystar University and other media related professional certifications.

Will Everitt – Director Product Solutions – Seven West Media

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Will Everitt

Will has proven success mobilising innovation across the global media tech sector with market leading brands such as: Lonely Planet, The Times and Marie Claire. Will is Director Product Solutions for Seven West Media, leading product strategy, innovation and technology transformation for Seven’s streaming service, 7plus, following a decade of Yahoo ownership. So far, his team has achieved overall #1 downloaded app in Apple App Store and Google Play. Will made the Australian Top CIO 50 list at #19.