{"id":93371,"date":"2026-02-05T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/all-set-for-aips-africa-banjul-meeting"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:45:57","slug":"all-set-for-aips-africa-banjul-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/all-set-for-aips-africa-banjul-meeting","title":{"rendered":"ALL SET FOR AIPS-AFRICA BANJUL MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The congress of the Association of International Sports Press AIPS African chapter, opens in Banjul on Friday at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre under the chief patronage of President Adama Barrow.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the biggest and most important gathering of sports journalists on the continent, representing their national sports journalists bodies.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be attended by Giani Merlo, president of the global AIPS body.<\/p>\n<p>The Banjul meeting is hosted in collaboration with the Gambia sports journalists\u2019 body, the SJAG.<\/p>\n<p>The opening ceremony will feature speeches by the president of the SJAG Omar Jarju, the president of the AIPS \u2013Africa Abdoulaye Thiam, the ministers of Sports and that of Information Bakary Badjie and Dr Ismalia Ceesay, respectively before President Barrow takes the podium with the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>The programme rolls on with a discussion session on \u201dOlympism In the Digital Age,\u201d focusing on the Dakar 2025 youth Olympic games. Another session, \u201dThe Impact of Digital Transformation on Sports Reporting,\u201d will be held to close Day One.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s sessions starts with \u201dInvestigative Sports Journalism\u201d, and continues with another one, \u2018Improving Coverage of Women\u2019s Sports.; Basketball in Africa, and Empowering African Narratives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the final day, Sunday, delegates will deliberate on \u201dThe current state of African Football \u2013 Leveraging Africa\u2019s Potential\u2018, \u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a \u2018Heroes Corner\u2019, an interactive session with Gambian sport legends as well as a session dedicated to remembering the fallen colleagues in the sports press. The meeting will be coordinated by AIPS- Africa secretary general Musa Sise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The congress of the Association of International Sports Press AIPS African chapter, opens in Banjul on Friday at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre under the chief patronage of President Adama Barrow. 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