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 AFRICA WEB SITE ACCOMPANIES A US PBS TV SERIES ON AFRICA Detailed profiles of societies and landscapes in 43 countries; interactive games and other educational features on African history and culture; photos essays on serious issues that threaten the African Renaissance; e-mail dialogues among African children and kids worldwide - these are only some of the components of a new Africa Web site, launching Monday, August 27th at <www.pbs.org/africa>. This site is the companion to AFRICA, a landmark, eight-part PBS series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York (producers of Nature) and National Geographic Television.The site will remain online for five years, offering adults and children a vivid, comprehensive portrait of this little-understood continent.The site was created by Thirteen’s Interactive & Broadband Unit. The senior producer is Elizabeth Owen who, when she was at Time magazine, produced the Person of the Century and Visions of the 21st Century Web sites. The site and the series are a welcome departure from African stereotypes. Both ventures tell Africa’s story through the eyes of Africans - rural and urban, disadvantaged and thriving - celebrating the differences among African cultures; explaining how people’s lives are influenced by their lands and environmental changes; and revealing the diversity and richness of African history. The site is planned as an extension of the broadcast. In its broad exploration of the Sahara, Ethiopian Highlands, Great Lakes, Swahili Coast, Sahel, Rainforest, and Southern Africa, the site provides users with a wealth of opportunties to learn more about the issues and characters featured in the series, as well as about many other aspects of the diverse and complex African continent. The Africa Web site is sponsored by the series’ producers and underwriters, including the Park Foundation, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Ford Motor Company, and TIAA-CREF - but except for their logos on the homepage, there is no advertising. TANGAZA.COM BACKS CREATION OF FOOTBALL SITE Topsquads Ltd and Tangaza.com., an African-focused Internet development and solutions company have announced the launching of Topsquads.net., an online football community.It claims that TopSquads offers more than the average ‘fantasy football’ experience. It offerspeople the opportunity to interact with their chosen teams, managing theteams movements throughout the season."Topsquads development has been an exciting moment, and I wish it’ll be same for all football fans joining the Topsquads community", said Pasquale Goder., COO and Co-Founder of tangaza.comTo become part of the online football community visit www.TopSquads.net SA’S DIGITAL MALL WINS CALL CENTRE AWARDS Digital Mall won three call centre awards at the recent Call Centres Africa 2001 Industry Awards. It also says it has achieved a 60% customer retention rate using technology driven by Avaya and supplied by eContact Solutions. [ (sources: http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2001/0108140758.asp http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2001/0108140741.asp) SENEGAL’S JOKO PAGE UP FOR WIRED COMMUNITY AWARD Senegal’s Joko Club has just launched JokoClubs in Medina and NGoundiane and has been nominated for The Wired Community Award. Created by a local team with the help of mentors from the US, Canada, France and Australia, JOKO.SN features articles on Senegalese arts and culture, web-based email, chat rooms with live web-cams, and a music section that showcases a new Senegalese talent every month. This months special guest is none other than Youssou N’Dour himself, with his new album "Ba Tay". The site is in french, so if you don’t read french you’ll probably want to skip straight to the streaming audio section (requires Flash 5). INTERWORLD RADIO’S LATEST DOWNLOAD The latest feature on InterWorld Radio - CITY LIFE: Cotonou counts the cost of child trafficking (5’15) - is now available for download at www.interworldradio.org <http://www.interworldradio.org> Listen online in Real Audio: Listen online in MP3: Download in Broadcast-quality
MP3 or Real Audio: ONLINE DEBATE ABOUT SWAHILI A hot debate about the origins of swahili is taking place at: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/kiswahili. Discussions are in English and Swahili. People from all over the world who are interested in this language are joining this group. (source: DigAfrica) ECHOES FROM AFRICA BRINGS INSIDE ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN A RWANDAN PRISON The second issue of Echoes from Africa contains: an inside account of Rwandan prison life, Faces of Cameroon, bargains fromLife in Africa’s featured artisan, and aLetter from Uganda.It is also introducing "African Lifestyles," a new section at LifeInAfrica.com with short cultural reports from around the continent; and a Recommended Reading list where you can learn more about some of the topics raised in Echoes of Africa. For more info: http://www.LifeInAfrica.com INFODEV ANNOUNCES NEW CALL FOR COUNTRY PROPOSALS In September 2000, infoDev announced a Call for Proposals for grants to assist groups in planning for the creation of Country Gateways in partnership with the Development Gateway. infoDev allocated $1.8 million for this program in FY 01 (July 2000-June 2001). By the end of April 2001, infoDev had received 71 proposals from 51 countries, and had approved funding for 32 proposals.infoDev is pleased to announce a new Call for Proposals for Planning and Implementation Grants to assist groups for the creation of Country Gateways. For both Planning and Implementation Grants, proponents should demonstrate the active involvement of stakeholders from civil society, government, and the private sector. They should link the activity clearly to development priorities and issues within the country and indicate how the activity will contribute to development. For more information visit: http://www.infodev.org/gateway/ NEW INTERIM ADMINISTRATION BODY FOR .ZA DOMAIN ISOC-ZA has announced its intention to implement the proposal for the administration of the .ZA ccTLD as proposed by the ISOC-ZA drafting committee (DC). The DC was an initiative put together by ISOC-ZA at the request of the current .ZA administrator. It calls for the formation of a public benefit company (Section 21 Company) to administer and set policy for the .ZA namespace. The resolution was passed at ISOC-ZA’s year 2000 AGM. A copy can be found at http://www.isoc.org.za/resolution.txt. The proposal currently has the backing of ISOC-ZA (http://www.isoc.org.za), ISPA (http://www.ispa.org.za), the current .ZA administrator (http://www2.frd.ac.za/uninet/zadomains.html), the South African Department of Communications (http://docweb.pwv.gov.za), as well as various other industry players and associations.
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