Kenya

Meeting at UNESCO Nairobi Office for BMBF research project
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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 of the fruitful meeting was the research project on…

International Research Project on ICT-based Local Information and Communication Systems for Sustaining Development
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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 the role of communication and media use in the context of infrastructure…

Integrated and Sustaining Mill and Farm Development Project in Kenya
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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 in many African countries with a high socio-economic and socio-political…

Research project: Relevance of mobile communication and internet at domestic crisis
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Research project: Relevance of mobile communication and internet at domestic crisis

Kenya –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 and internet at domestic crisis using the example of the…

Project kick off: ICT-based Local Information and Communication Systems for Sustaining Development
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Project kick off: ICT-based Local Information and Communication Systems for Sustaining Development

Berlin / Nairobi / Banjul – With the first research and contact visit in Nairobi, an international research project with FU Berlin, University of Nairobi, University of the Gambia and Project Lighthouse Africa kicked off on 7th November 2013. In the project funded by the German Ministry of Research and Education the research team is…

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