Olivier Nyirubugara, project coordinator
The year 2008 has been a successful year for the VoicesofAfrica mobile reporting project. The year started with chaotic polls in Kenya, and ended with a successful election in Ghana.
This contrast summarizes the two facets of Africa, and our mobile reporters managed to capture both facets. Apart from covering those major events, mobile reporters made hundreds of videos about daily life struggles, issues, and hopes.
Special mention should be made of the nature preservation campaign conducted in Cameroon in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund. The opening of the project in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nariobi, Meru, and Nakuru, Kenya gave a new dimension to the project, namely the coverage from both the urban and rural perspectives. HAPPY NEW YEAR!.
