It’s been a tough year for media start-ups. Several high-profile companies have failed, while many others are scrambling to cut costs, trim staff and pull back on their aspirations as they attempt t...
Bilal Randeree
Bilal Randeree is Africa Director of Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a mission-driven investment fund providing debt and equity financing to independent news and information companies. MDIF operates in countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America where a free and independent media is under threat. Bilal has 15 years’ experience in business, tech and media - by way of a unique career path. As a qualified Chartered Accountant, he spent a few years in Transaction Services before going back to school and studying journalism. That culminated with him serving as Social Media Manager and Online Editor at Al Jazeera in Qatar, which he eventually left to lead a tech startup.
International politics by crowdsourcing? Shock new international alliance: diplomats and journalists and (global) citizens Planet 2.0 has resulted in diplomats and journalists having to enter into ...
