ICT4D

Internet use is steadily growing in Africa and almost 90% of the population is using mobile phones. This is offering new opportunities to reach the citizens and get feedback from them. We use SMS campaigns to inform citizens on the electoral process and to measure public opinion on certain topics, we collect feedback on our programmes via text messages, and use mobile reporting to raise the voice of the marginalised communities. Via e-learning platforms we allow for peer to peer review and learning.

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SMS campaign

30-05-2012

Mobile phones were used as an integral part of this project, allowing participation by many Kenyans excluded from other forms of media. Almost 8000 SMSs were sent by the...

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E-learning platform

21-04-2012

For the Training for Quality programme an e-learning platform was developed. The platform provided training materials, allowed peer-to-peer review of articles, and mentoring....

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Building Bridges website

18-03-2012

For Building Bridges we developed an online plarfrom with a mapping tool based on the Ushahidi platform, where people could register their projects and initiatives, and...

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Mobile reporters online platform

18-03-2012

In collaboration with our partner Africa Interactive we developed a special online platform to upload the videos to the mediafocusondevelopment website

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Unsung Heroes website

18-03-2012

With our partners Butterfly work and Ushahidi we developed an online platform for the the Unsung peace heroes campaign using the mapping tool of Ushahidi. People could use...

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Website elections assistance campaign

18-03-2012

To support the media strategy for the 2007 general elections we developed a website in collaboration with Africa Interactive that provided background information on our...