Joseph Alam Aron, VoicesofAfrica alumnus in Arusha, Tanzania - First of all I would like to appreciate VoicesofAfrica for creating such chances of working in media. My experience was very instructive. Despite some obstacles, I could easily interview different people on different subjects. My plan in future is to focus more in media and filming as a part of my life.

Peris Wairimu Wanjohi, VoicesofAfrica alumna, Meru, Kenya -I joined the Voices of Africa mobile reporting project in October 2008.Since then my life have never been the same again. In the project i have learnt how approach people for interviews,how to make videos and also how to write reports. Through voices of Africa also i was able to fly to the Netherlands not for fun but to attend a Global Media Forum in Bonn,Germany. In the forum i got a chance to interact with my colleagues from Ghana ,Cameroon and other world wide reporters. THANK YOU TO THE VOICES OF AFRICA FOR GIVING ME THIS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY!!

My testimony on Voice of Africa

Daniel Nana Aforo - I start my testimony by narrating to you an incident that happened to me at the beginning of the Voices of African Project. On 14th August, I went to cover an Annual General Meeting of a Rural Bank in the Ga West Municipality of Amasaman, suburb of Accra . I approached the General Manager of the bank for an interview using my mobile phone, and in the process of the interview I heard a scream from my back "what do you think you are doing, how can you take mobile phone for an interview?" The shout was from veteran journalist from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, describing me as a charlatan which drew the attention of the gathering. It took some people who could attest for my integrity and fortunately someone brought his laptop with an internet connection. After opening the site of Africa News, everyone then believed my story. Well, the problems are that most of our people do not know the use of the mobile phone in producing video, news gathering among others. Continue reading / / View all reports by Daniel Aforo

Pleased to have voiced unheard voices

Debrah Ameyaw - When I was invited to join the Voices of Africa Project, I was excited about the possibility of using my voice to share my stories (Ghanaian stories) with the rest of Africa and the world. Nine months afterwards, I can say that the project has truly empowered me to contribute towards the development of various aspects of Ghanaian live. It has been an exciting experience reporting on issues ranging from politics, sports, art, culture, health, education, social and economic development to lifestyles. I believe that the project has not only empowered me to have a voice of my own in the global media landscape but it has also given a voice to the many people I have interacted with throughout my journey. Many of them have been able to sell their businesses, art, and talent to the rest of the world as well as shared their policies, aspirations, success stories and challenges with the rest of us. It is amazing how much I have been able to achieve with a small Nokia N73 phone. Continue reading / /  View all reports by Debrah Ameyaw

It has been exciting

Elisabeth Benkam - When I was invited to join the Voices of Africa Project, I was excited about the possibility of using my voice to share my stories (Ghanaian stories) with the rest of Africa and the world. Nine months afterwards, I can say that the project has truly empowered me to contribute towards the development of various aspects of Ghanaian live. It has been an exciting experience reporting on issues ranging from politics, sports, art, culture, health, education, social and economic development to lifestyles. I believe that the project has not only empowered me to have a voice of my own in the global media landscape but it has also given a voice to the many people I have interacted with throughout my journey. Many of them have been able to sell their businesses, art, and talent to the rest of the world as well as shared their policies, aspirations, success stories and challenges with the rest of us. It is amazing how much I have been able to achieve with a small Nokia N73 phone.  Continue reading   / / View all reports by Elisabeth Benkam

VoA has been a transforming experience

Walter Nana Wilson - Life has never been same for me since I got to be part of this business called www.africanews.com and Voices of Africa. It has been an indelible experience and it will continue to be. Since June 2008, beginning from the offices of WWF-Cameroon in Yaounde, the Voices of Africa virus got into me, Dominique Bela and Elizabeth Benkam. From Yaounde, it has been the Camera Journalist or call it CAMJO, always on the go, looking for the next 'victim(s)' to interview with the N73 NOKIA PHONE. My most exciting moments have been when I am actually doing the shooting and interviewing my interviewee in the process. The prison report at the Buea Central Prison is amongst a series of reports that have always touched my heart. What about the assignments I have undertaken, prescribed from the head office in Holland; the stopovers in Bafousam, Cameroon, to highlight a very menacing problem like cholera in a big section of a populated town like Bafoussam.   Continue reading  / /  View all reports by Walter Wilson

The best moments of my reporting

Dominique Bela - Looking back to the six months of my participation to the VoicesofAfrica mobile project, I have no doubt that my field-report from the Ibo Park in the Littoral Province and the one I made from the Douala central prison. Both reports and many others have had direct impact, as the authorities were made aware of certain issues I raised. Continue reading  / /  View all reports by Dominique Bela