The portrayal of Africa in the media often does not match what development groups encounter and talk about in reality. So the World Bank Africa Region is organizing its first-ever knowledge festival to spread more grounded information about development work in the continent and combat what some critics call poverty porn.
The one-day event is called Africa Knowledge Fest and it aims to connect the public to the institution’s research work about the continent. It is scheduled to be held on Feb. 22 simultaneously at the World Bank headquarters and its regional offices around the world.
“The vision behind this is to ensure that high-quality knowledge that is produced about Africa is disseminated widely,” Albert Zeufack, World Bank’s chief economist for Africa, told Devex in an interview.
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Jennifer Piettedisgeneration
Jennifer Ehidiamen is a Nigerian writer who is passionate about communications and journalism. She has worked as a reporter and communications consultant for different organizations in Nigeria and overseas. She has an undergraduate degree in mass communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, and M.A. in business and economics from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. In 2014, she founded Rural Reporters (www.ruralreporters.com) with the goal of amplifying underreported news and issues affecting rural communities.
