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Posted Thursday, March 18 2010 at 22:30

Africa’s economic future and the challenge of uniting people and nations drew eminent politicians and scholars into a historic public debate in Nairobi on Thursday.

They examined the role of a free Press in Africa, debated the path to regional integration and spoke out on the continent’s quality of leadership as the curtain rose on the Nation Media Group’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

His Highness The Aga Khan (left) listens to Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka at the KICC on Thursday during the Pan Africa Media Conference.

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan
at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary
of the Nation Media Group:
“Media and the African Promise.”
Nairobi, March 18, 2010.

His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya
His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
His Excellency Kalonzo Musyoka, Vice President of Kenya
Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
His Excellency Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique
His Excellency Benjamin Mkapa, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wangari Maathai attends the Pan Africa Media Conference on 18th March 2010 in Nairobi. The event was attended by H.H. The Aga Khan, President Kibabki of Kenya, President Kagame of Rwanda and several high profile personalities.