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Zimbabwe Telecom Companies Unwilling to Share Infrastructure

Posted by: admin on May 27, 2011

A lack of cooperation among major industry players is frustrating investors and shortchanging citizens. Their reluctance to share equipment like cell phone towers results in duplication of infrastructure. Tawanda Karombo reports from Harare.

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Categories: Media Environment
Posted Under: infrastructure, media environment, mobile, Zimbabwe

Radio Show on HIV and Discrimination Brings Hope for Nepali Women

Posted by: admin on May 19, 2011

Equal Access, an information and education non-profit based in San Francisco, California, has found a new way to use media to address issues of HIV/AIDS and abuse against women in Nepal. The weekly 30-minute “Samajhdari” (Mutual Understanding) radio programme aims to reduce violence and discrimination against HIV-positive women, as well as general violence against women that puts them at higher risk of contracting HIV. AudienceScapes Fellow Paromita Pain reports.....

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Categories: Radio
Posted Under: community, nepal, Radio

Transforming Villages in Ghana

Posted by: admin on May 10, 2011

In northern Ghana, a “bottom-up” approach to improving the health and environment of rural villages is logging positive results. ICT interventions relying on mobile technology and e-learning play a big role in implementation.

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Categories: NGOs
Posted Under: ghana, Health Communication, ICT4D

India’s Media at a Crossroads

Posted by: admin on May 06, 2011

The dynamic media sector in India enjoys unprecedented pluralism. At the same time, the country’s appetite for digital media and the increasing influence of corporations poses new challenges.

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Categories: Media Environment
Posted Under: india, media development, Media Diversity

Media Faces Perils and Possibilities in Pakistan

Posted by: admin on May 05, 2011

Journalism can be a life-or-death proposition in Pakistan. Despite this, the media industry is growing and diversifying, with a recent boom in citizen journalism projects.

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Categories: Media Environment
Posted Under: Media, media freedom, Pakistan

Zimbabwe Media Update: Print Gets More Players, but Airwaves Still Shut

Posted by: admin on April 20, 2011

There’s been a flurry of activity in Zimbabwe’s print media sector. New dailies have begun publishing while several more media received licenses from the government. These do not include a single broadcast outlet. AudienceScapes Fellow Tawanda Karombo reports.....

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Categories: Media Environment
Posted Under: print media, Zimbabwe

‘Gawaahi’: A Portal for Pakistani Stories

Posted by: admin on April 15, 2011

Gawaahi debuted two months ago but is already receiving recognition for its coverage of underreported stories about Pakistanis. The founders started the citizen journalism project because of their belief that space for “alternative voices” in the country is shrinking. AudienceScapes Fellow Sonya Rehman reports....

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Categories: Media Environment
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Educational Radio Reaches Out to Indian Villagers

Posted by: admin on April 07, 2011

Relying on a strategy of community input and participation, a community radio station in Uttar Pradesh is changing the lives of villagers. The experience of City Montessori School radio illustrates the challenges and rewards of involving listeners in community radio.

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Categories: Radio
Posted Under: community radio, india

Mobile Customers in Kenya Can Keep Numbers

Posted by: admin on April 07, 2011

Mobile number portability launched this month in Kenya. As the telecom industry worries about the impact on its bottom line, mobile subscribers should now have more choices than ever. AudienceScapes fellow Dinfin Mulupi reports.......

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Categories: Cell Phones
Posted Under: cell phones, Kenya

Just How Digital Are We? - The Case of Africa

Posted by: admin on April 07, 2011

"21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers" will be the theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day May1-3 with a focus on the opportunities and challenges of the digital landscape. Here AudienceScapes analyst Dave Montez writes about how digital news media in Sub-Saharan Africa can look very different from how we normally think of it. As mobile technologies are playing a larger role in the African information environment, it is crucial that journalists, news outlets, and those that support them find innovative ways to integrate media platforms so that all citizens can access independent news media. This post appeared on the World Press Freedom Day 2011 website's blog.