ABOUT JAMFEST

Jamfest is an African media and information festival directed at a diverse set of African media makers and media publics. This second annual festival will be held in hybrid in 2022 and will convene hundreds of media makers and innovators from across Africa for showcasing new content styles and approaches, purposeful conversations and networking as well as great innovation emanating from the continent.
For 2022, Jamfest will be held in collaboration with the Civic Tech Innovation Network.

Across the Jamfest Jamlab-only meetups, we will explore the power of UNPLUGGED (BUT STILL CONNECTING).

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Call for input

Share your insights and ideas on how Jamfest should look this year.

Jamfest 2022 will be hybrid, with in-person sessions in Johannesburg, South Africa and virtual sessions for the broader global community. With your feedback, the Jamlab team hopes to curate a programme that will bring the right thought leaders, journalism and media experts and entrepreneurs together to stimulate new conversations, new information and new audiences in the African media market landscape.

This survey should take 10 minutes of you time. Thank you for inputs, we appreciate it. Click here to complete the survey.

Event Registration

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WHAT TO EXPECT

PANEL DISCUSSIONS/
PLENARIES

 

Subject-matter experts are combined into a panel to engage a particular topic. Experts are thought leaders in their respective fields.

VIRTUAL
SESSIONS

 

The virtual sessions are geared towards the African & global community. Formats include fireside chats with 1 speaker, or a panel of speakers.​

WORKSHOPS /
MASTERCLASSES

 

Led by a facilitator, these sessions are intensive and interactive. The intended outcome is to equip participants with practical tools and resources. ​

REGISTER TODAY

Click on this link to register or complete the registration on the below interface.

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SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Thank you to all our sponsors and partners in making Jamfest a success.

Open Society Foundation

 

AIJC
CTIF
FUGUGESI

 

Civic Tech
WSG
Tshi Molo Gong

BECOME A SPONSOR

If you’d like your company to be part of this or a future events, please fill in this form and one of our team members will get back to you.

APPLY HERE

QUESTIONS & QUERIES

For all the questions and queries please send an email to jamfest@jamlab.africa and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
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REVISIT THE
2021 EDITION

Re-live all the moments from our inaugural festival in 2021.

JAMFEST 2021