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Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023

Recorded sessions

  • Prof Nancy Booker - Participant

    UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science (Co-PI)

    Prof. Booker is an Associate Professor and the Dean at the Graduate School of Media and Communications. She has had a distinguished career as an academic, teacher, researcher, administrator, leader and media practitioner with over 20 year's experience. Prof. Booker specializes in broadcast journalism, multimedia storytelling, media management and health communication and research and has several academic publications in these areas. She has also been trained in leadership at Harvard. Prior to joining GSMC Nancy was head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Multimedia University of Kenya and was actively involved in teaching, mentorship, research, and curriculum development. She previously taught at Daystar University and at ABC University in Liberia where she set up the Media and Communication Department in post-war Liberia. She had stints at the national broadcaster, KBC, and later Nation Media Group's flagship, NTV, where she honed her skills. Today she is a regular commentator on local TV stations. She is also a member of the Media Council Complaints Commission.