Interview with Dr. Hansjörg Neun, Director CTA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dkP_vSUDk

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I asked people what is the way forward and what they were going to take back home.
Wycliffe Ochieng Arua- Agriculture Commodity Exchange Kenya
It has been a great conference and the way forward especially if there is a way we could work together to blend the existing web 2 tools that are used in
Africa putting […]

Interview with Kuami Ahiabenu (Ghana) about Empowering journalists with online tools: Making a case for online training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQfGOe-PY4

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Ethan Zuckerman gave the keynote speech on the final day of the Web2forDev conference, held at FAO in Rome, 24th-27th September 2007. Ethan is the co-founder of Global Voices, the world’s largest aggregator of media in the South. The Global Voices Forum brings together bloggers from around the globe.
Here are some quotes from that […]

Rural communities in Africa can have their stories shared with the larger audience using video blogging which is a Web 2.0 application to amplify the voices of the grassroots in the future.
Sharing his experience as a Vlogger, Prince Deh said he had been creating videos and posting them on a blog and hence received feed […]

Online learning is here to stay and the increasingly availability of Web 2.0 tools will making e-learning experience more rewarding though some challenges exist.
Making a case for online training of Journalists in Africa, Kwami Ahiabenu II from the International Institute for ICT Journalism (PenPlusBytes) observed that online training was going to become dominant means of […]

It’s going to rain in Dakar on Tuesday 20 May 2070. How do I know? Michael Saunby told me, at his presentation of Climate Change Mashups this afternoon in the Lebanon Room. But why do we need to know today whether or not it’s going to rain in Dakar on 20 May 2070? “It might […]

Interview audio avec Dimitri Ange Niossovantou de l’ONG AZUR Développement:
Il estime que le web 2 est une technologie prometteuse pour défendre les causes des personnes marginalisées.

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“We need to come up with a description of what is understood by Web2forDev.” This comment was placed on the Democracy Board – an area outside the main Red Room where conference goers can write suggestions, make comments, share feelings and contribute ideas. The person who posted this particular suggestion was only putting on paper […]

At the Web2forDev conference, everyone has been saying that it’s not about the technology – it’s about the people. It’s about what people can do with the technology – and what ‘mash-ups’ of tools and approaches are appropriate and really working.
I came to this conference to find people who are really doing participatory web […]

Scholar literature is underrepresented on Internet and Southern researchers’ content remains invisible. There is a critical mass of “grey” knowledge which could highly benefit from the web2 opportunities. Ismael Peña-López from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) expressed the importance of facilitating access to researchers’ work in a provocative manner “If you exist on Internet, […]

Focuss.eu provides a high quality search engine for practitioners, researchers and students in the area of global development studies. Other than generic search engines, like Google and Yahoo, focuss.eu indexes a specific choice of electronic resources, selected by librarians, researchers and practitioners working in participating institutions. The current focuss.eu initiative is based on the personal […]

Interview audio de Gilles Mersadier coordinateur du réseau FIDAFRIQUE sur l’appropriation de la technologie de publication en ligne par les acteurs du développement rural.

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l’appropriation de la technologie de publication en ligne pa Interview de Gilles Mersadier coordinateur du réseau FIDAFRIQUE sur l’appropriation de la technologie de publication en ligne par les acteurs du développement […]

«Trouver une voix». C’est le projet qui est en train de réussir des prouesses en Inde. S’appuyant sur les applications et technologies du Web 2.0, il est en train de créer une imbrication entre les communautés tout en favorisant le partage de connaissances et d’expériences.
 
D’importantes initiatives électroniques sont en train d’être menées en Inde pour […]

Le continent Africain ne peut pas être en marge de cette nouvelle mouvance dictée par l’internet participatif. Elle est aussi concernée par le Web 2.0 dont ces outils sont accessibles à tous. Si un problème d’accès se pose, il pourrait être réglé avec l’explosion du téléphone portable, de la radio et de la télévision.
«L’Afrique est […]

Despite challenges that are currently in Zimbabwe, Youth organizations still see web 20 as a mechanism that would promote free flow of information in spite of stringent laws that prevents people to enjoy freedom of press and freedom of association. Head of Zimbabwe Youth Movement, Mr Innocent Ncube spoke lengthily about their challenges and aspirations […]

Ismail Fourokwas one of this year Highway Africa award winner for Innovative Use of New Media. Ismail has used web 2.0 techniques on his project www.sowetouprisings.com  to map the historical 1976 Soweto uprisings activities in South Africa that led to the killing young students such as Hector Paterson. The project uses Google map and blogs […]

A Voices of Africa is a Web 2.0 news and information website that encourages ordinary people and professionals to use mobile phones to share video footages about news that are taking place in their own communities. They are currently piloting the project in Mozambique, Ghana and South Africa. Voices of Africa Director in South Africa […]

Bob Sankofa is a Swahili photo blogger and Khaya Dlanga is a South African video –blogger. The two gentlemen share with us their experiences on blogging to foster social communication among individuals and communities. They also tell us how important is web2.0 techniques in providing people whose voices are not normally heard on the mainstream […]

Breeze FM has been instrumental in supporting agriculture programming that seeks to empower local farmers who do not have other alternative access to relevant information for their needs. Though the station broadcast to the majority of the rural population in the eastern province of Zambia and some parts of neighboring Malawi, they did not give […]

Interview with Dr Anton Mangstl
Director of Knowledge Exchange and Capacity building Division
Knowledge and Communication Departement - FAO
Dr Anton Mangstl presents how FAO has hosted the Web2forDev Conference and how to forward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5lnZeObXVg

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Le Système d’Information Scientifique et Technique (SIST) est un dispositif de collection d’information en réseau. Il participe à l’amélioration de l’accessibilité sur le Net des travaux de recherche menés dans 12 pays d’Afrique (Algérie, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Maroc, Nigeria, Sénégal, Tunisie).
Le SIST a pour mission, selon Joël Sor […]

«Nous sommes en train de mettre en place une plate-forme Web pour assurer une interactivité entre les observatoires de filières afin d’assurer une meilleure diffusion de l’information et un meilleur partage des connaissances », a déclaré au cours de l’une des sessions parallèles de la soirée du 26 septembre, Ndèye Diop, chargée de communication à […]

Malgré les opportunités et les perspectives pour le développement qu’il offre au continent africain, le Web2, est pour le moment, un rêve pour les africains, avec les limites de l’accès à la connectivité dans des milieux ruraux, comme le note les intervenants d’un panel à l’occasion de la première conférence Web2fordev à Rome.
« Il y […]

Dans un monde rural dominé par l’oralité, «les populations très souvent analphabètes ont besoin de voir et d’entendre pour une meilleure interactivité  et la vidéo ne serait pas pour gêner cela. On peut donc passer plus facilement des messages vidéos pour faire de la sensibilisation et de la formation.» soutient Sylvestre Ouédraogo responsable de l’Association […]