Role
Jonathan Conway is our Eastern Africa Centre (EAC) Co-ordinator, based in NTU Global.
Career overview
Jonathan is an International University Research Centre Coordinator, Journalist and Communication professional with extensive communication experience within Eastern Africa both in Higher Education and the Television News industry. Jonathan previously worked as a News Producer for NTV in Uganda for four years after graduating with a Masters in 'Television Broadcast Journalism' from Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Jonathan is currently working with Nottingham Trent University as a Coordinator of the 'Eastern Africa Research Centre', coordinating partnerships, promoting communications and visibility of the Centre and developing new connections within the region.
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Eastern Africa Centre Website
Jonathan is responsible for updating and producing content for the EAC Website a popular resource for showcasing research, partnerships, networks, events, opportunities, contacts, research publications and news from across the centre.
Eastern Africa Centre Events
Jonathan has provided a leading role in organising a number of key Seminars, Webinars, Workshops and Symposiums for the Eastern Africa Centre since 2022, in both the UK and across Africa.
The EAC holds an Annual Symposium - the latest being on March 11 - 12 2025. Jonathan chaired the screening and panel discussion of Eitai, a documentary that explores the challenges and innovative solutions of rural community members in North-Eastern Uganda. The Symposium included keynote speeches from the Rwandan High Commissioner to the UK Johnstone Busingye and Professor Elijah Bitange Ndemo a global technocrat and currently serving as Kenya's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union. The sold out event was hugely successful and provided a two-day celebration of the Eastern Africa Centre (EAC), showcasing the EACs academic and student research, partnerships, and networks across the Eastern Africa region and beyond. Jonathan also organised a networking reception for the EAC Symposium, in addition to a hugely successful networking research event, in which over 20 academics and students presented 5-minute lightning talks on their Africa related research projects from across the NTU Schools and from some of our international collaborating partner institutions.
The EAC: NTU Research Themes and UN Sustainable Development Goals
- The Eastern Africa Centre (EAC) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a dynamic hub for collaborative, interdisciplinary research advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- The Eastern Africa Centre's research fosters equitable and sustainable partnerships with a transdisciplinary focus across the three NTU research themes: Digital, Technology and Creative, Health Innovation, and Safety and Sustainability.