Digital Publishing in Africa: The Next Steps
Overview
In July 2009 the first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa went live, opening up new opportunities for digital publishing in the region. Information for Change 2010 examined its potential impacts on emerging digital publishing models in East Africa.
"As publishers, booksellers, information producers and information users in Kenya, with all the communication changes coming to East Africa, we know what we know. We have some idea of what else we need to know. We have some idea of what is out there for us to know. But, we really want to know what the next steps are for us to take. What can we do with what we know? How can we share what we know?"
Aoko Midiwo Odembo: Legacy Bookshop and Legacy Books Press
Contents
1. On film: speakers and attendees confront the day's big questions
2. Summary: 10 things we learnt, Robert Cornford, Communications Manager, Oxfam GB
3. Digital Publishing in Africa: Lessons from the PALM project, Charles Batambuze, Executive Secretary, National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU)
4. Securing affordable high speed international connectivity and efficient ICT access and usage for African Research and Education Networks: The experience of the UbuntuNet Alliance, Dr. Francis T. Tusubira, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance
5. Applying digital technology in a regional network: what we have learned and are still learning, Susan Kung'u and Katie Allan, Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP)
1. On film
Speakers and attendees confront the day's big questions.
2. Summary: 10 things we learnt | |
Robert Cornford, Communications Manager, Oxfam GB  Robert Cornford is currently a Communications Manager in the Policy and Practice Communications Team of Oxfam GB, where he works on the promotion and marketing of Oxfam's materials (both online and print) for development professional audiences. Robert is particularly interested in the creation and dissemination of information for social change, and in the different 'push' and 'pull' models used by organisations working in the field. And, of course, he is interested in how digital communications can give a global voice to people working locally - freeing local research and knowledge from the computer C drive and putting it onto the web and in front of a global audience. | |
Download summary3. Digital Publishing in Africa: Lessons from the PALM project | |
Charles Batambuze, Executive Secretary, National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU) Charles Batambuze is the Executive Secretary of NABOTU, the National Book Trust of Uganda. NABOTU is a non-profit umbrella organization founded in 1997 to promote authorship, publishing and a reading culture in Uganda. www.nabotu.or.ug | |
Download presentation 4. Securing affordable high speed international connectivity and efficient ICT access and usage for African Research and Education Networks: The experience of the UbuntuNet Alliance | |
Dr. Francis F. Tusubira, CEO, UbuntuNet  F F Tusubira is on the boards of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking (also CEO); TENET, the Research and Education network of South Africa; RENU, the Research and Education Network of Uganda; the Internet Educational Equal Access foundation; and a member of the Advisory Panel to the Research and Education Networking Unit of the Association of African Universities. www.fftusubira.com | |
5. Applying digital technology in a regional network: what we have learned and are still learning | |
Katie Allan, Information and Communication Officer, and Susan Kung'u, Project Administration and Finance Officer, Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP)/Kenya Rainwater Association (KRA)   Katie Allan (pictured left) has been working in publishing and communications for the last ten years. She currently manages GHARP/KRA's communications, including their publications, website, resource centre, and distribution channels. Susan Kung'u (pictured right) has nine years experience working for the GHARP/KRA Secretariat in project administration and finance. She has been directly involved in the running of a number of donor-funded projects. www.gharainwater.org | |