Welcome to the Community Radio Theme site which provides a specific focus on information related to Community Radio on the Soul Beat Africa site.

Community Radio and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs):

Radios et NTIC en Afrique de l'Ouest: Connectivité et Usages (Radio and ICTs in West Africa: Connectivity and Uses)
...looks at how new ICTs and radio can be used in combination with each other and presents the findings of research involving 220 radio stations in West Africa...

Community Multimedia Center (CMC) Scale-up Project – Senegal
...aims to promote community empowerment and addresses the digital divide through the establishment of CMCs in disadvantaged communities. The CMCs combine community radio run by local people in local languages with community telecentre facilities (computers with internet and e-mail, phone, fax and photocopying services)...

How To Get Started And Keep Going: A Guide to Community Multimedia Centres
...this book is meant to be a practical tool designed for those involved in CMCs or other models of community media. It is intended for people wishing to start a CMC or a related information centre and covers a range of topics related to community broadcasting and telecentre management...

Please send information on your community radio projects to soulbeat@comminit.com