Highlighted partners (ICT & media)
BROSDI
Imagine that you are a farmer in Uganda. Your years of experience in the fields have given you a treasure trove of farming knowledge. Other farmers would be more than happy to have that knowledge. The other way round is also true: they are sure to have tips that could come in handy for you. But how do you get in touch with them? Through the Busoga Rural Open Source and Development Initiative (BROSDI).
Kloop Media Foundation
They are still young people, the reporters and bloggers of the Kloop website. But in just two years, co-founder and director Bektour Iskender, only 22 himself, has created one of the most popular websites for bloggers in Kyrgyzstan. Together with his colleagues, he sets out daily to make reports about the news in this Central Asian country. In the meantime, hundreds of bloggers have already registered with the website.
Tactical Tech
It doesn’t take Stephanie Hankey, director of Tactical Tech, long to answer the question when she is asked about the reason why Tactical Tech was set up. ‘In order to enable activists in the areas of human rights and social justice to use new techniques so that the effectiveness of their work is increased.’ Does that sound vague? In practice it is not.
Y.A.A.ICT-D
If your voice is not heard, you will not be acknowledged, says Kenneth Msiska, founder and director of Young Advocates for the Advancement of ICT-related Development (Y.A.A.ICT-D). His organization has proven that mobile phones and political radio programmes can give rural people a voice, especially women.
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