07 July 2010, Grahamstown – South Africa
The second edition of Open Source, the daily newspaper of the Highway Africa conference, is out! DCI speaker Maureen Agena, Information Officer at the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) covers the front page. Some headlines inside the newspaper: “The Bigger Picture: Mapping our Medicine” (interview with DCI speaker Brett Davidson about the Stop Stockouts project), [...]
Mon, September 7 2009 » News » No Comments
A last-minute change of venue could not stop the crowds: the Rhodes Great Hall slowly filled up with DCI speakers, participants and sponsors who after the speeches and snacks danced the night away. Zimbabwean poet Ronald Jongwe recited his poem while walking through the crowd and blowing everyone away with his loud voice and clear [...]
Sat, September 5 2009 » News » No Comments
With so many interesting new media projects and initiatives around it took the DCI team little time to finalise the programme. The current line-up is a perfect reflection of what currently impacts on the digital civil society. The DCI is now a two day event with six practical workshops. Click here for the full programme, [...]
Wed, August 19 2009 » News » No Comments
The DCI team searched all over the world and we found a number of speakers who are guaranteed to blow your mind! Our keynote speaker this year is Cameroon blogger Dibussi Tande who will inform us about the state of social justice and digital media in Africa, other confirmed speakers are Elia Varela Serra from Maneno, Global Voices editor Eduardo Ávila, Brett Davidson with Ndesanjo Macha (Stop Stock-outs project), Peter Benjamin on Mobile for Mobilisation and mobile for communities entrepreneur Marlon Parker.
