Prof. Felipe Chibás Ortiz, PhD, is Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP).

Professor and researcher at the Center for Evaluation and Measurement Studies in Communication and Marketing (CEACOM) at USP, where he teaches, among other things, the subject of creativity and innovation management. It crowns the postgraduate course Diversities, Ethics of Care and Cities MIL. He is a master's and doctoral tutor at USP's Latin American Integration Program (PROLAM). He is the representative of the Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNESCO MIL ALLIANCE and co-leader of the UNESCO Gown and Town (MIL Cities) initiative and the UNESCO informal group on the Innovation approach. in MIL.

He is the author of 27 books. (Brazil- Cuba)

Emmanuel Komi Kounakou, PhD

Director of Pafeme.ca, Komi is passionate about media

Since 2020, co-coordinates the Building Africa MIL Cities project. It is an experimental initiative deployed by UNESCO to promote the responsible, critical and ethical use of new technologies. In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Felipe Chibas Ortiz from the University of Sao Paulo, co-director of UNESCO MILCities (Paris) and representative of UNESCO MIL Alliance Latin America and the Caribbean, I lead periodic high-level international seminars entitled "Building Quebec & Africa MILCIties” with more than 10 countries to develop the project and collaborate on research in the field. The two recent meetings: “Community education in media and information: how to mobilize NPOs around a common subject? » and « MIL Cities around the World: Education in Brazil, Quebec and Africa » have as their main objective to mobilize civil society actors to integrate media and information education into their practices as an essential necessity of the social balance.

Representative of Africa at UNESCO MIL ALLIANCE

The Center for Media and Information Literacy in Kenya (CMIL-Kenya)

NTZDC - Kenya

Lecturer, University of Nairobi & ICIE African Chapter Vice-Representative

Former Head of Department of Modern Literature, University of Lomé (Togo)

 Retired professor of Communication, Latin & French Literature, University of Lomé-Togo

Matomklawe KPALLA

Journalist with more than ten years of experience, especially in radio production. Administrative and communication skills; engaged in the promotion of communication for social change through local and foreign NGOs. (Togo)

Mrs. Rachel Fischer, MA

Co-founder of 3Consulting | Researcher | Ethicist, South Africa

Avocat, Formateur et chargé des affaires Afrique à Pafeme

Executive Secretary at McConnell Foundation

Officier Education au Conseil Norvégien pour les Refugiés (Mali)

Media Groupe Arc-en-Ciel

Auditeur et éthicien des organisations - (Côte d'Ivoire)

Politiste | Spécialiste des politiques publiques | Consultant | Chercheur ( Bénin)

 Consultante en Communication et Relations Publiques, Formatrice Senior en techniques de communication, Conseillère et Accompagnatrice des dirigeants (Tunisie)

Experienced Journalist and Communications Professional (Nigeria)

Maha Bashri, PhD, is an Associate professor of Communication at the United Arab Emirates University. Before joining UAEU, Dr. Bashri was an Associate professor of Communication at Bradley University in Illinois, USA. Her research focuses on media representations of minorities in the west and Media and Information Literacy and use of the Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in non-western contexts. Currently she researches the impact of new media on social change and mobilization in Africa with special reference to Sudan.. ( Soudan)

Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Ayobolu, Yetunde Oluwayemisi (PhD) is a Lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo - State, Nigeria. She is a Researcher, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Development Communication (DevComm) and Gender enthusiast. She holds a Diploma, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, and a PhD in Agricultural Communication from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. She is the proprietor of “Coat of Many Colours”, a brand to develop and showcase her work and career exploits. She is also passionate about everything that relates to the well-being and all round development of teenagers and adolescents.