The first Training of trainers commenced on 26 November and will run until 30 November 2007. The CFPs will be groomed to be able to fulfil their roles as in-country focal points. The training will create awareness and ability for the CFPs to use a variety of digital, traditional and edge-of-the-net media tools, media access and media skills.

The fight against HIV/AIDS has of late continued to take on different different faces. As a matter of fact people involved have kept on improving by coming up with the latest adverts on the fight against and prevention of HIV/AIDS. But the rate of the development of countries’ economies is also bringing in other ventures of which seem to contribute to the continuous spread of HIV/AIDS.

As we arrived at the MTN dinner for the opening of Highway Africa at the new Nelson Mandela stadium in Port Elizabeth, I was so excited about the opportunity to hear more about the 2010 FIFA world cup. Being a fan of soccer, I would not wish for more than the gift of a Vuvuzela, a South African plastic trumpet.

By the time the 2009 SANGONeT "ICTs for Civil Society" Conference, held in Johannesburg and Cape Town, there were more non-profits excited about the potential uses of social media in their work than when we began. While the scepticism which many began the conference with remained, organisations had begun the important discussion about what strategic use of social media means for them and their beneficiaries.

Zanzibar health officials yesterday confronted and dragged A Correspondent of one of the local Newspaper, Mwinyi Sadallah , while the latter was investigating a cholera outbreak in the Isles.
Sadallah was released after recording a statement at a police station in Unguja town. Police also seized his camera, pending the investigation of the matter.

For journalists to report on ICTs they also need to get a better understanding of what they are reporting on. This means that service providers should also be seen to support these reporters with in-depth knowledge such that when they report they are fully aware of the subject. This emerged during a conference session at Highway Africa 2009, dubbed increasing ICT...

With only 5.6 percent of Africa accessing the internet, civil society has been urged to combine the use Information Communication Technology (ICTs) with the traditional media methods to fully utilise the role of citizen journalism. “There is a mixture between the traditional and the modern and they complement each other. In Africa both new and old will work hand in hand...

It has been really inspiring attending the highway Africa conference and Digital Citizen Indaba. We have been wonderfully and peacefully welcomed with great hospitality. Our tour guide in Port Elizabeth, where we went before visiting the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, was amazing. We were all fascinated as she explained about the city. It was like story time in Africa.

“Take off your jackets because you are home. These were the words of Councillor Vumille Lwana Executine Mayor of Makana Municipality at the opening reception of the 13th edition of the Highway Africa Conference which was launched amid pomp and funfair. Indeed it sure feels like home. The hospitality exhibited by participants towards one another and also the beautiful weather bears testimony that even nature is in support of this event....

Digital citizen Indaba theme this year brings together professional journalist and citizen journalists to build citizen skills to use new media. These skills will empower community to give out their views and allow issues that is marginalised within mainstream media to be brought to the force. Issues such as poverty, corruption, environment, investment etc.

Creation of the World Wide Web help civil societies to engaged in the Social justice and Digital Media in Africa. This open up space to non-state actors to engage in the new African state. Civil Societies in Africa need more Digital Voices for disseminate alternative views of the communities, create a virtual public Sphere and organizing and collecting of action.

It is amazing how technology has evolved from the mainstream media to digital technology “new media”. THE 2009 HIGH WAY CONFERENCE brings with it a package of new technologies that would reliably transform media approaches in Africa and the world over. Mobile phones, computer are easy examples of new media technologie.

A kuwuka JDA, através de um financiamento do Global Environment Facility - GEF, Small Grants Programme-SGP, gerido pela PNUD, vai implementar o projecto Capacitação das Comunidades Locais para a Gestão dos Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Comunitário em Catuane, Distrito de Matutuine, Província de Maputo, cuja duração é de um ano.

No âmbito das suas actividades de educação e informação ambiental, a Kuwuka JDA acaba de criar um núcleo ambiental na Escola Secundária da Moamba. Denominado Moamba Estudantes Desenvolvimento e Ambiente - Moamba EDA, o núcleo visa promover acções de educação e defesa do meio ambiente, desenvolvimento sustentável, saúde pública e integração social da juventude da Moamba.