Voices of Africa Nominated for 2008 Webby Award

The 2008 Webby Awards are known by many as the 'Oscars of the Internet'. Nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states received this year for the 12th annual Webby Awards. Neither of my blogs, Electronic Village or BDPA Foundation, have been nominated as of yet. However, we were very pleased to learn from the BDPA Philadelphia blog that the mobile project known as 'Voices of Africa' recognized as an Official Honoree by the Webby Awards 2008. [SOURCE]

Voices of Africa gives African reporters the opportunity to report with mobile phones about events in their country. This unique initiative in Africa is part of the Africa Interactive Media Foundation, based in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

Pim de Wit, chairman of the Africa Interactive Media Foudation: ‘We are very happy with this recognition. In the past nine months, hundreds of mobile videos have been published on africanews.com and Voices-of-Africa.com. We were able to support more young reporters from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Cameroon. We believe by doing so we have contributed to a more balanced image of these countries. In the same time, we have given our reporters a podium to the word and helped the improve their skills.’