(foko) blog club

Last Saturday, Foko crew was in action again teaching blog and new media to IST students. The IST (fr) is a renowned private institute located in Ampasampito (not far away from downtown) that proposes several fields of studies to its students. Stéphane was contacted by the one of the first responsables of the event and she asked him if Foko could hold a workshop in their cybercafé prior to ...

Patrick is regularly writing chronicles on Tamatave's life and BUEC (Barikadimy's United English Clubs) activities. Thanks to his intensive Twittering, we can easily get stories from this dynamic region located in the eastern coast of Madagascar where he is also working as the a very active tour guide. Lately, he has published a serie on different historical and touristical spots of Tamatave but also about the Ravinala association, ...

On May 4-5 2009, the Human Rights Center at University of California Berkeley organized the Soul of the New Machine Conference on Human Rights, technology and new media to share best practices and develop new strategies for incorporating technology to address human rights abuses. A few partners and friends were part of the panel of presenters, among them Ken Banks ...

From Antananarivo to Tamatave, Foko bloggers have been very active in April . If you happen to never read their Twitter or blogs you wouldn't know about their amazing achievements. We also noticed that very very few comments were posted on their blogs and wish you could leave them a little message of support for their great work. Antsirabe meet Tamatave : Thanks to Patrick and Randy's amazing ...

Il y a quelques semaines, Rising Voices a annoncé les nouvelles additions à la dynamique communauté. Il s'agit d'individus venant de pays dont nous aurions tous aimé qu'ils obtiennent l'attention médiatique et culturelle qu'ils méritent et nous ferons de notre mieux pour les supporter. Former les Femmes aux nouveaux médias au Yemen : Ghaida'a al-Absi de Hand in Hand Initiative va inviter les femmes politiques et activistes à partager ...

We have been bragging about the frequency of Foko bloggers updates since November 2008, with an average of 70 posts per month on various topics, ( view Foko delicious page for categories :http://delicious.com/foko) from Malagasy fashion trends to politics, but we've noticed very few comments even on star-bloggers* . Thanks to the Community spirit (Foko means community, right?) bloggers are leaving comments at each other and creating ...