It’s the third day of networking and time for the third edition of Open Source, the daily newspaper of the Highway Africa conference! The DCI 09 still features in this edition with “Africa Arms Itself with Technology” (on the DCI panel ‘Technology for Social Change: Land, Environment and Health), “Gay Man Eats Crocodile” (includes an [...]
Tags: Behind the Mask, Bobby Marie, citizen journalism, Ednah Karamagi, Grocott's Mail, Open Source Newspaper, Peter Benjamin, Rebecca Wanjiku, Stephan Hofstatter, Tactical Technologies
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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), [...]
Tags: Brett Davidson, Cell-Life, Jayne Morgan, Marlon Parker, Maureen Agena, Mxit, Open Source Newspaper, Peter Benjamin, podcasting, Stop Stock-outs, workshops, WOUGNET
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The DCI workshop by Peter Benjamin from Cell-Life on Sunday afternoon gave its 60 odd participants a better idea of how to use Mobile Media for Social Change. We’ve put together a number of cell phone terms for you like USSD, WAP and Cellbooks, with Peter’s explanation.
Tags: Mobile for Mobilisation, Mobile for Social Change, Peter Benjamin, workshops
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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 [...]
Tags: American International Health Alliance, Ashraf Patel, Bobby Marie, Brenda Burrell, Brett Davidson, DCI09, Dibussi Tande, Ednah Karamagi, Eduardo Avila, Elia Varela Serra, Elvira van Noort, Grahamstown, Hivos, Jane Duncan, Jayne Morgan, Makana Municipality, Marlon Parker, Peter Benjamin, Stephan Hofstatter
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