Comments on: African Signals: a New Technology Podcast for Africa

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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:50:18 +0000

[...] Hash, a blogger at White African, one of the best blogs on technology in Africa I’ve encountered, discusses African Signals a podcast on African information and development issues he recently started, as well as AfriGadget, [...]

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:41:38 +0000

Good job, Erik.

By: Neville Newey

Neville Newey — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:03:35 +0000

Hi Erik

I have just watched and listened to the first two episodes and I must congratulate you. Well done. The intro screens and music look very slick and professional, the content was great and I cant wait for the next one. Well done!

By: Kenyan Pundit

Kenyan Pundit — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:45:21 +0000

Congrats! Check with Ethan Zuckerman for suggestions on making files smaller – if he doesn’t know he should be able to point you to someone within the GV community who might have dealt with the same issue.

By: JohnN

JohnN — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:55:28 +0000

Brilliant Africa needs something like this, well done.

By: John Powers

John Powers — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:28:02 +0000

I hope you don’t worry too much about the rough quality of podcasts, and just go about doing them. I’ve been really impressed by how much they bring to the plate to the blogs I follow in a number of different areas. And what do you mean about your online presence being not much?! It’s great to see you. You’ve got a fan base already.

It’s also wonderful to see you thinking about making it all work for dial-up. That’s a tough proposition, but I suspect just by working in the medium for a while you’ll come up with clever solutions.

Congratulations! And a big thanks for all your efforts.

By: HASH

HASH — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:29:24 +0000

Thanks. It’s a little strange being “out on the web” in video. But, I think it’s something we’ll all have to grapple with sooner or later. People are opening up more and more to online video, especially in the developed world.

My biggest challenge here is going to be making this work for dial-up. I need to figure out how to make the file sizes small enough to be realistic for those with slower connections, at the same time I need to make sure it can be hear and seen. It’s not an easy technology problem to solve, especially when you’re brand new to it.

By: AfroM

AfroM — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:53:01 +0000

Congrats Hash,

It was getting increasing difficult for me to keep mum. Btw, i love the name for the podcasts “African Signals” Very very cool. I will be turning the spotlight on you when in Arusha (This shall serve as fair warning)

By: imnakoya

imnakoya — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:43:26 +0000

This is first of it’s kind…congratulations!