WhereCampAfrica took place in Nairobi on April 4th with a goal of showcasing and sharing with Africa’s technology community new opportunities and possibilities presented by the fast evolving ICTs. WhereCampAfrica was preceded by the first Africa Geospatial week sponsored by the CGIAR-CSI. The event presented a good opportunity to undertake wider media awareness on the role of new and emergent ICTS in enabling African agriculture and the AGCommons program. Media represented at the event included BBC, IPS, UN IRIN, Nation TV and Newspaper as well as the Africa Science News Service. The meida coverage and interviews generated from promotion of the annual CSI meeting and WhereCamp are listed below.
Bizcommunity, Knowledge.cta.int
IAALD AgInfo, WordPress/Rashid’s Blog
e-agriculture, New Agriculturist
gsmworld.com, Business Daily Africa
Africa Agriculture News, Pryroda.gov.ua (Ukraine)
Green Business Africa, GIS Development
AfricanCrisis.co.za, Nettlive.com
Vector1media.com, Ugabytes (Uganda)
Alberico.com, newstin.com
CHIPACO, Reliefweb
e! Science News, Mashada news
RiceNigeria.com, Hughespages.com
Individual.com, Telecentre.org (Uganda)
Comtex, Newspeg.com
allAfrica.com, WFWO’s News Bulletin
scidev.net, IAALD Blogspot
EcoEarth.Info, Agrifeeds
Omingo Obiko Blogspot, Newstin.co.uk
The EastAfrican (weekly), Propertykenya
MediaClubSouthAfrica, BBC Network Africa
Wow.gm (Gambia), Reliefweb
Daily Observer (Gambia), The reddit blog
BBC Digital Planet, africaonTV.com
GISCafe weekly, Africagoodnews
Weekend Triumph (Nigeria), Kenvironews
Royal Bank of Canada, ASNS
4G Wireless Evolution, news.surfwax.com
IPS, API/Africapress
US West Africa Group, Africa Agribiz (USAID PP Agriculture Initiative)
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