


Last week, the organisers of the 2025 edition of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC 25), the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) released the programme and list of speakers for the conference. With more than 100 workshops, expert panels, and special events lined up, there will be 300 speakers from around the world. Among them will be the Managing Editor of Ghana Business News, Emmanuel K Dogbevi.
Dogbevi, who is also the Executive Director of the not-for-profit media training and advocacy organization, NewsBridge Africa is highly respected within the global investigative journalism community – and holds a special place among his peers within the community, as he brings value to the community in many ways as a journalist, trainer and mentor.
“I am writing on behalf of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) to invite you as a speaker on the panel Follow the money: tools, tips, and techniques at the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference this November 20-24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,” a part of the invitation letter says.
I believe that every opportunity that is offered me to contribute to any conversation on journalism, whether as a reporter, editor, trainer, mentor of speaker, is an opportunity to make impact and bring about change, no matter how small. So I look forward to this always momentous event in Kuala Lumpur.
Dogbevi is a multiple award-winning journalist, trainer and mentor, whose consistency in the last 35 years has left an indelible mark in the annals of journalism not only in Ghana, but across Africa and the world.
His unwavering trust in the value of journalism as a public good and safeguard for and survival of democracy, free speech, accountable governance and development has informed his impactful work over the years.
“I believe that every opportunity that is offered me to contribute to any conversation on journalism, whether as a reporter, editor, trainer, mentor or speaker, is an opportunity to make impact and bring about change, no matter how small. So I look forward to this always momentous event in Kuala Lumpur,” Dogbevi said.
Dogbevi continues to train and mentor journalists across Africa. In 2019 he started the innovative cost-effective informal training concept he calls ‘The Journalism Hangout’, when it became difficult to find grants and funding for formal training. More than 100 journalists across Ghana have benefitted from the novel and effective training model.
Dogbevi who is a member of a number of high profile global organisations including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ), and the Norbert Zongo Centre for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO) among others, is also the Vice President of The African Editors Forum (TAEF).
Dogbevi’s work has been described as “a model for the profession.”
GIJN is co-hosting the 2025 conference with malaysiakini.
By Peter Quarshie
The post Emmanuel Dogbevi is speaker at Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2025 appeared first on Ghana Business News.
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