A Social media practitioners and users from the African continent will meet in Lagos for the first Social Media Awards Africa on Friday and Saturday. The event, which is being organised by Sterling Bank Plc, will kick off with a summit on Friday at the Events Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, with the theme: “Social Media for Governance, Leadership & Development.”


The grand event – the award presentation – will hold on Saturday, at BICS Garden, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Participants from Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia have started arriving in Lagos for the award. Papers will be resented by international social media experts. Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Yemi Adeola and the Minister for Communications & Technology, Madam Mobola Johnson among others are expected at the summit.


SOURCE: http://www.brainnewsng.com/social-media-award-holds-in-lagos/