Panos, which has been working with the West African journalists for quite some time, will sponsor two journalists to cover the event for people unable to attend the conference in person. This action allows the PIWA to pursue its support to strengthen the capacities of West African journalists on ICT. It allows as well informing actors interested (journalists, actors of the civil society, stakeholders and decision-makers) in the issue how Web 2.0 could contribute to the democratization of the communication and the development in Africa.
Noel Kokou Tadégnon, a Togolese multimedia journalist, is specialised in radio and TV production and press photography. At present he is the correspondent in Togo of WREN MEDIA, Reuters Television, Deutsche Welle, and two news agencies (IPS and APANEWS). He also works regularly with photo and press agencies such as Reuters photo, Panapress, Apaphoto, and Galbe.
Ibrahima Faye is a Senegalese journalist who joined the Sud-communication press group in 2002 and specialised in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). A long attraction to this field led him to developing special skills in the challenges of NICTs for the Senegalese society and, more extensively, throughout, in order to overcome the digital divide between the urban and rural zones and, subsequently, to fight poverty and under-development. For more information about PIWA mediatic.panos-ao.org or www.haayo.org

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