• Login
  • Register
Nairametrics
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
    • Economy
    • Nairalytics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Company Results
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Sectors
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Health
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Renewables & Sustainability
    • Tech News
  • Business News
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
    • Funds Management
    • Tax
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds
    • Research Analysis
  • Recapitalization
    • Access Holdings Offer
    • Fidelity Bank Offer
    • GTCO Offer
    • Zenith Bank Offer
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
    • Economy
    • Nairalytics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Company Results
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Sectors
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Health
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Renewables & Sustainability
    • Tech News
  • Business News
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
    • Funds Management
    • Tax
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds
    • Research Analysis
  • Recapitalization
    • Access Holdings Offer
    • Fidelity Bank Offer
    • GTCO Offer
    • Zenith Bank Offer
Nairametrics
No Result
View All Result
Home Business News

PwC’s Capability Enhancement Workshop for Journalists 2017

Onome Ohwovoriole by Onome Ohwovoriole
October 4, 2017
in Business News, Corporate Press Releases
PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, Economic report, Africa, Emerging countries
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin

Leading professional services firm, PwC Nigeria has again hosted its annual Capability Enhancement Workshop for journalists.

The one day workshop which held in Lagos, had as participants, journalists across both traditional and new media platforms. It featured insightful presentations on various topics by subject matter specialists with the aim of building the capacity of journalists and enhancing their ability to execute their duties effectively while also better positioning themselves to take advantage of future opportunities.

The annual workshop which is now in its fourth year with over 200 journalists benefiting from the training, is a major component of PwC’s Corporate Responsibility strategy. It was instituted in recognition of the very important role of the media in society and in particular, the role that the media in Nigeria has and continues to play in informing and educating the public.

RelatedStories

KPMG, EY, PWC lead highest earning audit companies in 2024 

KPMG, EY, PWC lead highest earning audit companies in 2024 

May 19, 2025
PwC 

Tighter U.S. immigration policies could affect 448,400 Nigerians – PwC report 

April 21, 2025

“Our support for the media through this workshop and the media excellence award is in line with our purpose which is to build trust in society and solve important problems. It is a demonstration of our strong belief that for the Nigerian people to enjoy good governance, the media must perform its role optimally and professionally and this is reflected in the quality of reporting, in the capacity of individual journalists to carry out research and investigations, in the independence of editorial judgments, and in their ability to use technology as an enabler.”

Said Uyi Akapata, Country Senior Partner, PwC Nigeria in his opening remarks at the session.

This year, the workshop has been deepened and its scope expanded with an increase in the number of participating journalists especially from the online and new media channels whose impact in the way news is reported in Nigeria, has been quite transformational.

The presentations at the workshop included a session on “Tracking amd Reporting the SDGs” facilitated by Mories Atoki, a senior manager and Sustainability lead at PwC Nigeria. The session provided an expose what the sustainable development goals are and the various tools to navigate, track and report their attainment by Nigeria. Founder and lead partner at BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, facilitated a session on “Using data to transform the news and provide insights. His session covered data journalism and feeding from the BudgIT experience, exposed participants to sources of data, cleaning and analyzing data, providing key insights from data and telling stories through visualization.

This year a panel session was introduced to discuss the topic “The future of news- Journalism in the Age of Trump.” On hand to lend their views on the topic were Frank Aigbogun, Publisher BusinessDay, Simon Kolawole, Publisher CableNG and Wole Famurewa, of CNBC Nigeria. This session explored how technology is changing journalism, the issue of Fake news and how journalists can prepare for the future.

The final session facilitated by PwC’s Head of Tax, Taiwo Oyedele and Kenneth Erikume, also a tax partner with the firm, focused on the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) and the role the media can play in making Nigeria a tax paying nation.

The capacity enhancement workshop precedes the Award Gala Night for the announcement of winners of this year’s PwC Media Excellence Awards which is scheduled to hold on Friday 6th October 2017 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.


Follow us for Breaking News and Market Intelligence.
Tags: PwC
Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole has a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin and prior to joining Nairametrics in December 2016 as Lead Analyst had stints in Publishing, Automobile Services, Entertainment and Leadership Training. He covers companies in the Nigerian corporate space, especially those listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He also has a keen interest in new frontiers like Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. In his spare time, he loves to read books on finance, fiction as well as keep up with happenings in the world of international diplomacy. You can contact him via onome.ohwovoriole@nairametrics.com

Related Posts

KPMG, EY, PWC lead highest earning audit companies in 2024 
Exclusives

KPMG, EY, PWC lead highest earning audit companies in 2024 

May 19, 2025
PwC 
"Japa"

Tighter U.S. immigration policies could affect 448,400 Nigerians – PwC report 

April 21, 2025
PwC 
Business News

PwC lists 10 fastest-growing entertainment and media sectors in Nigeria 2024-2028 

February 9, 2025
More than 31 million Nigerians currently facing severe food crisis – FG 
Economy

Approximately 33.1 million Nigerians could face food insecurity by 2025 amid inflation, violence – Report 

January 25, 2025
MSMEs, stock market
Economy

Inflation: 67% of MSMEs report decline in demand for their products and services – Report

August 12, 2024
PwC
Economy

Windfall tax: FG collecting taxes on already reported profit could deter future investment – PwC 

July 22, 2024
Next Post
Linda Ikeji: how she makes money from blogging and future projects

Linda Ikeji: how she makes money from blogging and future projects

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Emple
nlng
first bank
Zenth Bank








DUNS

Recent News

  • CBN FORBEARANCE: New RENCAP report names banks facing dividend suspension till 2028
  • SEC to launch ‘Crypto Smart, Nigeria Strong’ initiative for stablecoin regulation 
  • Lagos Govt suspends building permits along Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway corridor  

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

CBN FORBEARANCE: New RENCAP report names banks facing dividend suspension till 2028

June 16, 2025
SEC warns Nigerians against investing in Risevest and Stecs  

SEC to launch ‘Crypto Smart, Nigeria Strong’ initiative for stablecoin regulation 

June 16, 2025
  • iOS App
  • Android App
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Markets
  • Sectors
  • Economy
  • Business News
  • Financial Literacy
  • Disclaimer
  • Ads Disclaimer
  • Copyright Infringement

© 2025 Nairametrics

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Social Media Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
    • Economy
    • Nairalytics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Company Results
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Sectors
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Health
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Renewables & Sustainability
    • Tech News
  • Business News
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
    • Funds Management
    • Tax
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds
    • Research Analysis
  • Recapitalization
    • Access Holdings Offer
    • Fidelity Bank Offer
    • GTCO Offer
    • Zenith Bank Offer
  • Login
  • Sign Up

© 2025 Nairametrics