Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

Kwami Ahiabenu II, Dakar Media 2007 From: penplusbytes , 1 day ago | View | Upload your own 3rd Regional workshop on Medias and ICT issues in West Africa : New journalism, new technologies, improved governance Du 13 au 15 décembre 2007, Dakar, Hôtel Faidherbe Dakar (Senegal), December 13th to 15th, 2007 Kwami Ahiabenu,II presentation on Analysis Journalists’ blogs’ Content in West Africa SlideShare Link

my presentation on j blogs in West Africa

At opening ceremony - Diana Senghor- PIWA DIRECTOR Gave a background to the regional workshop on Medias and ICT issues in West Africa, namely the first and second workshops. And she mentioned that the third stage of the revolution mirrored by this workshop is the use of technology to tell the west African story by West Africans. She share with the groups past project by Panos to get radio stations to share content but there was a lot of , especially the challenge of getting radio production to a central pool for distribution. She said by using new technologies today some of the problems can be resolved. In order to ensure West African voices is heard, another project was coverage of major events by journalists from West Africa. She said new technologies have opened a lot of opportunities, even in less democratic countries, journalists can get their voices heard through new technologies. The current interface of ICTs and Media has lead to the debate about who is a journalists Challenge...

today is 13th December 2007 The 3rd Regional workshop on Medias and ICT issues in West Africa under the theme New Technologies, New Journalism, Improved governance at Hotel Faidherbe, Dakar Senegal with participants introductions so far it seems most west african countries at represented at this meeting after the introduction, the formal opening ceremony will take place

AfriNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, is very pleased to announce that Dr. Nii Quaynor, convenor of AfNOG and one of the authors of the original project plan to set up an African Internet Number Registry has been awarded the Jonathan B. Postel Award at the IETF-70 meeting on 5th December 2007 which was held in Vancouver Canada. Dr. Nii Quaynor becomes the first African to receive this prestigious award from the Internet community. Each year, the Internet Society awards the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. The award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. Dr. Quaynor has selflessly pioneered Internet development and expansion throughout Africa for nearly two decades, enabling profound advances in information access, education, healthcare and commerce for African countries and their citizens, said Internet Society president Lynn St. Amour. Today, Dr. Quaynor continues to champion not just technol...

found a free ebook on the Theory and Practice of Online Learning table of content makes an interesting reading : You can download the full book at

scheduled to be held at Dakar (Senegal), Hotel Faidherbe from December 13th to 15th, 2007 organised by Panos West AFrica Hope to be speaking on content for Journalists’ blogs’ currently finalizing my presentation ends