Ken Lohento – 2008-10-19

Radio remains the most straightforward technological means of communication in Africa, but a survey undertaken by the Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest (IPAO) has revealed significant disparities between people’s levels of access and stations’ connections in the seven countries it studied across the West African region. Among the IPAO’s recommendations are the creation of national initiatives to achieve better and more widespread use of new available technologies and greater incorporation of the study of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) in journalists’ training.