Published in July 24th, 2008
Here we are on our last day (and also sadly the last day of the Networking for Success workshop), with Ugo of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria and 4 Internet volunteers from South Korea.
Thanks for coming, Ji Young, Sunfeel, Ji Yeong, Sujung! we really enjoyed your presentation.
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Published in July 24th, 2008
A good booK I like to refer to says better is the end of a thing than its beginning. So, I’d start this by saying congratulations to everyone who has been involved in the NFS project since inception till today (last day). Also, kudos to W.TEC who are facilitating this platform bringing us all together.
Meanwhile, [...]
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Published in July 24th, 2008
I can now post my profile.
Patricia Achu is a staff of Radiant Women Association based in a Calabar, a capital of a place addressed as ‘People’s Paradise’ which is really true.
She graduated from the department of Modern Lnaguages and Translation Studies in 2005 with a B.A and is about starting her Masters programme.
An outgoing person [...]
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Published in July 24th, 2008
Hmm, where do i start this from? Perhaps, I should begin with an apology since my assignment with this project as mentor was meant to begin on Sunday July 20, 2008.
However, several factors have combined to mean I’m just doing this today. So, lets begin!
Since we’re dealing with Progress & Challenges as per using ICTs [...]
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Published in July 23rd, 2008
ICTs is an abbrevatn for Information and Communication Technologies(thanks to W.TEC). that is communicating information thru technologies. nigeria of a truth has really developed when it comes to tech, atleast comparing it to 10 - 15 yrs ago. we can now reach pple it would have taken us days ro reach in few seconds. but [...]
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Published in July 23rd, 2008
I agree that there is an improvement in the use of ICTS in Nigeria. The users awareness is increasing but could the service providers do something about the bandwidth? We can’t be the giant of Africa and have countries like Kenya with a larger bandwidth/broadband than Nigeria.
Thanks Meaghan and Shannon. Shannon, I read your comment [...]
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Published in July 23rd, 2008
I read Gbenga’s post and cannot but agree that Nigeria has come a long way in the use of ICTs. If nobody believes that, I do. For someone like me to be using ICTs at all is a long way for Nigeria! Yeah, I know I am exaggerating a little- only a little.
I remember what [...]
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Published in July 22nd, 2008
i read shanon’s post and i must agree with her having a web where you can share almost anything helps you get comfortable with using the internet and also you build a culture. asking questions is also very important.i have visited the twitter and i think it is quiet intersting. olubunmi
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Published in July 22nd, 2008
I should start by thanking (and congratulating) W.TEC on the successful completion of this awesome experience. I started writing online (it wasn’t called blogging at the time) in 1999 because I was told that Africa had about 0.01% content on the internet. Though we’ve come a long way since then (thanks to FaceBook and Blogger), [...]
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Published in July 20th, 2008
In last week’s workshop, I spoke about the “citizen journalism” phenomenon and how with social media we can all share our own unique perspectives with the rest of the world.
Here’s an article from Guardian talking about CNN’s iReport, where individuals send in their news-related photos, video recordings or write-ups.
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