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MONTEVIDEO (APC for APCNews) - Amy Mahan, a
long-time collaborator of APC, died unexpectedly on March 5. Amy was a
fervent supporter of Global Information Society Watch, a watchdog
report that has become recognised as an essential reference by
activists and critics in ICT policy all over the world, since its
conception. APC will be dedicating the 2009 edition of GISWatch to be
published in November in her honour. Amy touched all who worked with
her, leaving a legacy of activist work that aspires to combine
intellectual rigour and concrete outcomes that make a difference in the
lives of people who lack resources, power and access. More
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JOHANNESBURG (Rebecca Wanjiku and Alan
Finlay for APCNews) - On 12 December last year – Kenya’s 44th
independence-day celebrations – journalists, media owners and civil
society activists took to the streets in Nairobi. They were protesting
the publication of Kenya’s Communications Amendment Bill (2007), which
was later passed into law. But the media protests overshadowed a more
complex challenge that lies at the heart of policy convergence in a
networked world, write Rebecca Wanjiku and Alan Finlay. More
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MERIDA (Ysabel Briceño and AL for
APCNews) - In Latin America there continues to be a lack of
universal access and telecommunications infrastructure in general –
broadband in particuar. Some countries chose to develop
national and local internet traffic through national access points
(NAP), in order to prevent information from passing through
international networks. Venezuela has not yet come to an agreement,
needed to instal a NAP. APC analyses and asks to what extent this is a viable solution for the
country. More >>
MONTEVIDEO (APC for APCNews) - APC has
recently co-produced training materialson Web 2.0 and social media for
development for the FAO Information Management Resource Kit
(IMARK). This unit, along with others, is available for free
online and in CD format on the project’s website.
More
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