In May, CTA launched a call for candidates to African journalists who were interested in participating in the conference Web2forDev 2007. The idea was to finance the participation of three journalists from ACP countries who would ensure the media coverage of the conference. The following three journalists have been selected: Ramata Soré (Burkina Faso), Brenda Zulu (Zambia) and Gnona Afangbedji (Benin). They will play a pivotal role in daily media coverage by writing background articles on Web2.0, interviews especially of participants who bring innovative projects, technical articles on applications and their impact on the rural communities. All this information, numerous photos and interviews by FAO’s Lilian Kambirigi, and probably video sessions of the main presentations from the plenary sessions will allow interested people who cannot attend in person to receive direct coverage of the discussions. All this material will be published on the conference blog and web site. This, we hope, will allow the “virtual” participants to contribute to the discussions through the Web2.0 facilities (wiki and blog).

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