07 July 2010, Grahamstown – South Africa
By Simphiwe Kanityi – Rhodes University
DCI 4.0 workshop facilitator Marlon Parker, a social entrepreneur and web and mobile enthusiast who uses technology to empower communities, says “it is overdue that technology has been perceived just as ordinary other tools but that it can change and empower societies”. He faciliated the Digital Voices to Reconstruct Communities [...]
Mon, September 7 2009 » News » No Comments
By Bobby Marie (Monitoring Action)
The aim of our project, Monitoring Action, is to strengthen local community groups to monitor and challenge private corporations and government departments whose actions or lack of action lead to destruction in the environment and undermining community health and life.
Fri, September 4 2009 » News » No Comments
The fourth Digital Citizen’s Indaba (DCI) takes place on 5 – 6 September at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, just before the University’s annual Highway Africa conference. DCI is an annual event that brings together bloggers, online and mobile journalists, citizen reporters, new media practitioners, online industry experts and civil society representatives. The purpose [...]
Wed, September 2 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.
