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ICT4D
media Network
Addressing the role of ICTs in advancing Africa’s development
requires society to develop a better under-standing of the
new means of interaction offered by the global information
infrastructure. Furthermore, African capacities to analyse,
assess, and create greater awareness has to be stepped if
the continent is to become an active participant in the global
information society. In addition to being an essential means
for information dissemination, the mass media plays a critical
role in spreading awareness in Africa of the importance and
benefits of the information revolution. Newspapers, radio
and television provide an easy, accessible and cheap means
of carrying information to end users. Communities in Africa
do not have to wait for the Internet to receive much of the
information it carries. The mass media can access many of
the existing sources of information and provide broad channels
of communications to the poor and to remote areas.
The
advent of media pluralism across the continent since the democratization
process that is seeing an increasing number of African countries
embark on establishing democratic regimes, has given a new
lease of life to an emerging, independent media sector in
most African nations, making them an important group (as well
as the state-owned media) in the awareness-raising activities.
To sustain media participation to the Information Society,
ICT4D Media Networks creation has begun within member states.
Some of the network are advanced and have started implementing
their plan of action, media campaign on e-strategies, ICT
as a tool for accelerating the Millenium Development Goals
and Poverty reduction objectives. These include, networks
in Rwanda, Niger and Gambia.
ICT4D
Media campaign in Niger
ICT4D Media campaign in Rwanda
ICT4D media campaign in Gambia
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