Web 2.0 in Africa: Agriculture and New Technologies [Documentary]
Publication Date
August 1, 2008
Summary
Web 2.0 in Africa is an 8-minute video produced by Business Africa and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) documenting actual cases on the use of Web 2.0 applications in the development sector, specifically among farmers in Africa. The documentary highlights the experiences of how farmers, like Busoga Rural Open Source & Development Initiative (BROSDI) in Uganda, are using Web 2.0 - such as blogs, forums and wiki-style encyclopaedias to make their work more effective. The video is available in English and has subtitles in the following languages: French, Ganda/Luanda, Luo, Spanish, and Swahili.
Publisher
Cost
Free to download.
Languages
French, Ganda/Luanda, Luo, Spanish, Swahili
Contact
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Postbus 380
6700 AJ Wageningen
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 317 467100
Fax: +31 (0) 317 460067
Source
Placed on the Soul Beat Africa site June 22 2009
Last Updated June 22 2009
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