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This section features articles that are meant to inform readers about perspectives, issues and debates around certain topics considered relevant within the ICT arena, as well as highlights about all those activities and themes that matter to the APC network and the spaces we engage in.

New APC executive board MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay 23 January 2008 By APCNews

APC is pleased to announce the new APC executive board elected by members at the APC council meeting in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007 for a three-year term.

APC at the Web2forDev conference and training Web2.0 practitioners in Kampala
APC at the Web2forDev conference and training Web2.0 practitioners in Kampala 19 December 2007 By Karel Novotný for APCNews

For the first time, in September 2007, a large group of people involved in one way or another with development work met to discuss the possibilities and drawbacks of sophisticated web-based applications in situations of low bandwidth and limited access to powerful hardware. Many of them had the chan...

NEW PUBLICATION: Convergence for development: Community radio as a digital inclusion strategy
NEW PUBLICATION: Convergence for development: Community radio as a digital inclusion strategy 31 October 2007

The distinction between “new” and “old” technology is no longer significant in the current state of technology convergence. People from community radios and telecentres are working together for more democratic and participatory access to communication, specifically in rural and poor urban ar...

NEW PUBLICATION: Digital television and radio: Democratisation or greater concentration?
NEW PUBLICATION: Digital television and radio: Democratisation or greater concentration? 31 October 2007

Digitalisation of media is an approaching reality for Latin American countries. This technologic paradigm shift promises more democratic and diverse access to radio and TV frequencies. However, there is also a great risk of reproducing the same inequalities and power relations that exist in the “...

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