Solar-powered community radio stations

Djilali Benamrane looks at how RURANET's independent, locally managed radio stations in Niger are becoming rural information centres. Read more...

Kenya: The health and agriculture community radio network

James Onyango explains how radio cassette players are helping women from HIV/AIDS affected households to exchange information. Read more...

RANET: Bringing weather services to remote rural areas

A herdsman in the semi-desert region of northern Niger winds up his radio and tunes in to the daily weather report, in the hope that it will help him find suitable grazing pasture for his cattle. The programme is based on information downloaded via a digital satellite radio receiver. Read more...

CLIPS: a radio project to turn the tide in Africa

Reaching out to farmers and rural communities, a network of amateur radio operators supports efforts to improve communication on droughts and floods throughout the continent. Read more...

Uganda: access to agricultural information

Akello Zerupa describes how he helped groups of women in eastern Uganda to access agricultural information. Read more...

Havana preserve us!

Scarcity of refrigeration in Havana leads to considerable wastage problems. One project in the city is using radio and a range of slightly more 21st century techniques to get out the food preservation message. Read more...