It’s a golden jubilee for 'Nation'

The Nation Centre in Nairobi. headquarters of Nation Media Group. Photo/FILE

The Nation Media Group on Thursday starts a series of activities to mark its 50 years of existence.

To commemorate the milestone, your favourite newspaper brings you a 60-page supplement that recaptures the journey the media house has walked in the past half a century. A glossy coffee table edition of the Nation’s memoirs will be published at a later date.

The publications capture great moments of the Nation and also feature big stories that have been published in our outlets and the people who have made the work a success.

Free 60-page souvenir issue of Nation's golden years.

To mark the Golden Jubilee, NMG will on Thursday and Friday host the Pan African Media Conference at KICC, Nairobi, in collaboration with African Media Initiative.

President Kibaki is scheduled to open the conference, which has attracted renowned speakers including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and former presidents Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania) and Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique). More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the conference whose theme is Media and the African Promise.

Diamond Trust Bank is the lead sponsor of the conference. Other sponsors include Kenya Airways, Kenya Data Network, Uchumi Quick Supplies and X and R technologies.

Media prospects

The meeting will present an opportunity for industry players and other key stakeholders to reflect on the media’s past, present and future prospects. It will draw participation and attendance from leading media professionals and scholars from around the globe.

Other high profile speakers are Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Chairperson of the Commission of African Union Jean Ping; Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai; Dr Mo Ibrahim, founder of Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Unep’s executive director Achim Steiner, among others.