Star FM in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe was established in October 2000 to address a specific need for a platform to allow young people living in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province to discuss issues affecting them. The founders also realized that there was no radio station targeted at youth in the country. Although Star FM does not have a license
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FrontlineSMS is coming up to 7 years old in October 2012 – seven years ago, our Founder Ken Banks made the first, prototype version available for download. We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting the people we work for – our wonderful users. That’s you, folks. See a slideshow of our users showing off their work here.
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On August 29th 2012, balancing act featured Amy O’Donnell as she introduced FrontlineSMS: Radio to the world and how SMS is changing the way media houses interact with its listeners. Thanks balancing act for this great piece! FrontlineSMS: Radio featured on balancing act As TV and radio broadcast markets intensify across several liberalized African countries, broadcasters
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As we continue to follow the progress of radio stations taking part in the trial of FrontlineSMS:Radio, Tully McLoughlin offers an update from a radio station from Ghana called Rite FM. Through Farm Radio International, who help African radio broadcasters to produce better farmer-focused radio, Tully has been working closely with Rite FM as they
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Amy O’Donnell, Radio Project Manager at FrontlineSMS:Radio recently spoke to Alessandra Bajec from the European Journalism Centre Magazine about the way FrontlineSMS is used to facilitate dynamic conversations between radio listeners in Africa. By enabling the powerful combination of radio broadcasting with SMS, FrontlineSMS:Radio is empowering and engaging communities across the continent. You can read
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Infoasaid has recently shared some news about an initiative with Save the Children in Wajir, Kenya which is using radio to share information about health, education and food security. Meanwhile FrontlineSMS is being used in the same area to communicate with field workers and community representatives. The objective of Infoasaid – a consortium of Internews and
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Guest Post by Dr. Karen Greiner, University of South Florida Earlier this year we heard from Equal Access about their radio project in Chad and Niger. Dr. Karen Greiner conducted 3 months of field research over a two-year period as an external evaluator of the radio programs. Drawing on this work in the below post, Dr. Greiner
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Following from our post in September, “FrontlineSMS:Radio Trial Begins,” Geoffrey Muchai, one of our FrontlineSMS developers gives an update on his visit to one of the radio stations which is taking part in the trial. By Geoffrey Muchai I have been working on the FrontlineSMS developer team based in Nairobi and have recently been involved
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The NDItech DemocracyWorks blog provides a platform for The National Democratic Institute to engage in ongoing conversations about the important and increasing role technology plays in politics and democratic development. Ashaw’s recent post mentioned use of FrontlineSMS in radio stations. Here is an excerpt: “Radio often seems like a lost art. Enthusiasm for mobile technologies and
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For the past four years, the Guardian (a British Daily Newspaper with large online readership) has supported a development project in Katine, Uganda. A team from the Guardian Development blog recently visited to catch up on work being done there by Amref and asked readers to submit questions they could investigate. Amy from FrontlineSMS:Radio asked a
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