The group of organizers of the Web2ForDev Conference which took place last September 2007, held a review meeting on November 20th. The event was evaluated, also based on the input from those who filled in the end-of-conference survey, and considered follow-up actions. In general all organizations present expressed a commitment, also fed by the survey […]

Interview with Dr. Hansjörg Neun, Director CTA.
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Interview with Kuami Ahiabenu (Ghana) about Empowering journalists with online tools: Making a case for online training
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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 […]

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
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Mark Davies of www.tradenet.biz talk about this website
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Participatory Web for Development is circling the point in a spiral formation of Web 2fordev. This was noted in a key note address delivered by Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director at the opening of the conference on Web2fordev at the Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, Italy which started today and […]

Hot Group in association with South Africa’s Agriculture Research Council is currently producing farm management tools that help rural farmers to manage their farm activities. They have integrated Information Commutation Technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phones, websites to manage livestock and irrigation systems on a daily basis. The aim of the project is to capacity […]

First feedback from the pre-Conference Web2.0TasterDay
Short comments posted to the the ‘Democracy Wall’ by participants of the Web2.0 Taster Day on Monday September 24th, 2007.
I learned….
… a lot, thank you
… that I should have come earlier
… use of Web2 tools
… sure to expand my curriculum on Web tec. Great lessons, great opportunities
… Web 2 tools […]

I asked people about what they learnt on Day Zero Web2.0fordev conference and what they where going to take home.
Prince Deh GINKS Assistant Network Coordinator, Ghana
I am planning to host local language videos and translate the text in English because I realise that many people get my stories and information from the blog. Video blogging […]

Kevin Painting, one of the organizers from CTA, talks about their work around web2.0 technologies and the idea for the conference.

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By Brenda Zulu
Africa Interactive, the publishers of Africa News www.africanews.com a world wide interactive multimedia platform focused on Africa are piloting a new project called “Voice of Africa” where journalists use mobile phones to send news video clips to report news.
Elles Van Gelder Editor in Chief of Africa News said at the Digital […]

By Brenda Zulu
The emergence of digital citizens in Africa is still an elitist activity and was still an urban tool. Global Voices Online, Regional Editor for Sub Saharan Africa ,Macha Ndesajo asked and answered the question by saying that “No ones owns the African blogosphere” in his open address to delegates attending the Digital Citizen […]

The complete conference schedule is out and we are happy to offer a broad variety of topics in the realm of web2.0 and development. Here is a selected list of topics to give an overview: (Complete schedule)

Leveraging Web 2.0 to Develop Better Applications for Rural Communities
Portal 2.0: Using Social Software to Connect Geographically […]

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Daudi K. Were was attending Highway for Africa 2007 and briefed me on the International Conference for African bloggers which will be held in Kenya in March 2008. The conference aims at strengthening the vivid network of African bloggers and sharing experiences and good practices, especially when it relates to giving a voice to those […]

The United Nations are organizing a web4dev conference in Nairobi from 28 to 30 of November.
Since its inception at a conference organized by the World Bank in 2003, the Web for Development meetings are now well established as a forum for the web community of UN agencies, and international development civil society organizations interested in […]

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 […]

Thanks to Michael, Peter and Lawrence for giving interesting answers to my questions some while ago. Let’s face it, web2.0 is just a concept, but there is a lot more behind it and even more perspectives on it. I am still curious, so here are some more questions:

Can web2.0 really work on grassroot level or […]