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Survey of ICT and education in Africa: a summary report based on 53 country surveys

Glen Farrell; Shafika Isaaks

Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), xi, 58 pp., bibliogr. p.43-58

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"This project seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa. Key questions: How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in Africa, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use? What are th... more

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African Media Development Initiative: research summary report

Gerry Power (dir.)

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 137 pp., abbrev. p.iv-vii, bibliogr. p.111-116, tables

ISBN 1-906086-17-6

"This research initiative assessed the key media changes and developments in seventeen African countries over the past five years and aimed at recommending intervention strategies for strengthening an independent, professional media sector. The summary report presents the main findings regarding med... more

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Acacia prospectus 2006-2011

Programm and Partnership Branch International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 57 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.39-41

"Acacia’s mission is very straightforward; it is to support research on ICTs that improve livelihood opportunities, enhance social service delivery, and empower citizens while building the capacity of African researchers and research networks. Towards that end, Acacia has identified three core res... more

Community radio for development: the world and Africa

Patrick Tor Alumuku

Nairobi: Paulines (2006), 272 pp., bibliogr. p.267-272

ISBN 978-9966-08-124-7

"Community radio is best understood against the background of the other forms of broadcasting, namely public service, and commercial or private broadcasting. Unlike these, community broadcasting is not state-owned, but rather community-owned and managed. Neither is it aimed at profit-making, but at ... more

Media communities

Brigitte Hipfl; Theo Hug (eds.)

Münster; New York: Waxmann (2006), 342 pp.

ISBN 978-3-8309-1599-7

"This book analyzes the different ways in which media are being used for community building and it also critically interrogates the concept of community itself. The authors do that from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from fundamental philosophical questions regarding community, to the ... more

Live from Africa: a handbook for African radio journalists

Ivor Gaber; Fiona Ledger; Brian Barber

Johannesburg: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2006), 131 pp., illustr.

"The handbook reviews reporting on general, political and human rights issues. It has sections on location recording and computerbased audio editing. It provides guidance on safety and security and sensitive reporting in conflict areas, as well as libel issues. Developed out of the radio journalism ... more

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Information and communication technologies and large-scale poverty reduction: lessons from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

Kitty Warnock; Ravi Wickremasinghe (eds.)

London: Panos (2005), 48 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.43-46

"During the last decade, development partners around the globe have gained rich experience and knowledge about the application of ICT for poverty reduction and its value for reaching the Millennium Development Goals and the goals of Poverty Reduction Strategies. But scaling up the results of success... more

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Transnational television worldwide: towards a new media order

Jean K. Chalaby (ed.)

London et al.: Tauris (2005), viii, 264 pp., tables, index

"This book is the first to offer a global perspective on the unique contemporary media phenomenon of transnational television channels. It is also the first to compare their impact in different regions of the globe. Revealing great richness and diversity across some of the world’s main geocultural... more

ICD media assistance workshop

Information and Communication for Development (ICD) Department for International Development (DFID) (2004), 127 pp.

"The purpose of the one day ICD workshop on media assistance was to raise the profile of media for development within DFID, to share media assistance strategies and good practice with organisations and individuals engaged in the field of development communications, and to chart a way forward for bot... more

The media tool box 3: Public broadcasting

Hendrik Bussiek; Christel Bussiek

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 55 pp.

"Public broadcasting has a lot of friends in the world today - but they do not always seem to be loving quite the same thing, and certainly not for the same reasons. For some, the term merely refers to radio and television which is not commercial, following the common distinction between public and ... more

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Rethinking indigenous media: rituals, ‘talking’ drums and orality as forms of public communication in Uganda

Aaron Mushengyezi

Journal of African cultural studies, volume 16, issue 1 (2003), pp. 107-117

"The current discourse on globalization has many far-reaching implications not only for African economics and politics, but also for the vital question of how we communicate in a ‘global village’. African governments and their development partners often tend to extrapolate communication models f... more

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Access to information: UNDP's engagement and a guide to key actors

New York: Democratic Governance Group Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2003), 96 pp., abbrev., direct.

"The first section provides summary information on 69 UNDP supported projects and initiatives as of 2002/03. These initiatives were identified primarily by desk research from three main sources: (i) direct feedback from the Sub-Regional Resource Facilities (SURFs)2), the COs and Regional Bureaux, (i... more

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The one to watch: radio, new ICT and interactivity

Bruce Girard (ed.)

Contributor(s): Alfonso Gumucio Dagron; Jean-Pierre Ilboudo; Johan Deflander

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 250 pp.

ISBN 92-5-104950-5 CC BY-NC-ND

Other Editions: also published in Spanish

"The topic of this anthology is communication in rural areas. Most of the 17 contributions are concrete experience reports from radio and internet projects and networks. Especially worth reading are the contributions that deal with the combination of both technologies." (Commbox-CD)

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Making waves: stories of participatory communication for social change

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron

New York: Rockefeller Foundation (2001), vi, 352 pp., abbrev. p.337-342

ISBN 0-89184-051-6

Other Editions: also published in Arabic, French and Spanish

"What follows is a fascinating account of 50 experiments in empowering people— living in poor communities across the world—to seize control of their own life stories and begin to change their circumstances of poverty, discrimination and exclusion. Alfonso Gumucio spent nearly one year researchin... more

Medienförderung in Afrika: Dokumentation der Mitarbeiterkonferenz der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Afrika. Dakar, 24.-28. Februar 2001

Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2001), 68 pp.

"Die hier vorgelegte integrierte Medienstrategie für die Konrad Adenauer Stiftung im Bereich Subsahara-Afrika (festgemacht an den kohärenten Subregionen Ostafrika und südliches Afrika) kommt einer qualitativen Klammerfunktion über alle Projekte, Partner, Erfahrungen und Möglichkeiten der Stiftu... more

Critical issues in communication: looking inward for answers. Essays in honour of K. E. Eapen

Srinivas R. Melkote; Sandhya Rao (eds.)

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2001), 491 pp., index

ISBN 0-7619-9511-0 (USA); 81-7036-990-8 (India)

"This book looks at the political economy of communication and information, media in development and social change, media theory and practice, international communication technology and communication values and ethics." (Publisher)

African broadcast cultures: radio in transition

Richard Fardon; Graham Furniss (eds.)

Oxford: James Currey Publishers (2000), xvi, 256 pp., 8 illustr., abbrev. p.xiv-xvi, index

ISBN 0-85255-828-7

"Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures." (Publisher)

Public libraries in Africa: a report and annotated bibliography

Aissa Isaak (comp.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2000), vi, 199 pp.

ISBN 1-902928-00-8

"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati... more

The African community radio manager's handbook: a guide to sustainable radio

Ishmael Perkins

Johannesburg; Houghton: AMARC Africa; Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (2000), 184 pp.

ISBN 0-620-33604-8

"Instead of telling you what to do at your station, this handbook will give you guidelines about the things you should be thinking of and at what stage of the setting up or operation of the station." (Introduction)

What is community radio? A resource guide

Lumko Mtimde; Marie-Hélène Bonin; Nkopane Maphiri; Kodjo Nyamaku

Johannesburg; Lusaka: AMARC Africa; Panos Southern Africa (1998), xi, 116 pp.

ISBN 0-620-22999-3

Other Editions: French ed.: Qu'est-ce que la radio communautaire? Un guide pratique

"This resource guide briefly outlines what it takes to set up a community radio station. Firstly, it gives an overview of the African community radio environment, followed by a definition of community radio. The basic steps towards establishing a community radio station are presented, ie, developing... more