Project Lighthouse Kenia

Meeting at UNESCO Nairobi Office for BMBF research project Nairobi – In a first meeting at UNESCO Nairobi, Freie Universität Berlin project manager Matthias Duchscherer and Project Lighthouse Kenya Deputy Country Director Enrico Scharrenberg discussed collaboration options with Jaco Du Toit, Advisor for Communications and Information at the UNESCO Regional Office for East Africa. Topic …

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International Research Project on ICT-based Local Information and Communication Systems for Sustaining Development In a project funded by the German Ministry of Research and Education an international research team is currently exploring the viability of an international comparative research project on the use of digital and mobile media in European and African countries.The research question focuses on …

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Integrated and Sustaining Mill and Farm Development Project in Kenya A sustainable and efficient agriculture, quantitative and qualitative increase in production of small and smallest farmer, better access to markets, transport of products from rural areas to the market centers and a crisis resistant supply of the population with staple food: These are the challenges …

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German – East African Media Dialog in Nairobi Nairobi – Which role does the media in east Africa play at domestic crisis’ and how does clanship and ethnical influences affect coverage? What chances do net based social media offer for a stronger participative, civil-social dialog?These were the central questions the German – East African media …

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Editors’ Coaching at Capital FM 98,4 In a two day editors‘coaching, in June 2009, Matthias Duchscherer consulted editors and reporters of Capital FM in Nairobi. The radio station is one of the biggest and most successful radio stations in Kenya. Focus of the coaching was improvement suggestions for the editorial and quality management of the radio station.The …

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Lecture at University of Nairobi Nairobi – Which impact had mobile communication and internet during post election crisis in Kenya? At University of Nairobi Matthias Duchscherer lectured about the relevance of social media in intrastate crises. In a lively discussion about 70 students, research assistants and professors dabated with the German scientist and media expert …

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Research project: Relevance of mobile communication and internet at domestic crisis What is the role of the media in Eastern Africa at domestic crisis? What chances do net-based social media offer for a more participative, civil-social dialogue?In an explorative field study (Dec 2007 – Apr 2008), Matthias Duchscherer dealt with the relevance of mobile communication …

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