[FoME] Somalia + Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guides

[Christoph Dietz]

http://infoasaid.org/ 
 
January 13, 2012: NEW: Somalia Media Landscape Guide

Do you know which radio station has the widest reach in Puntland and
how to get hold of its boss? Do you need to find out which Somali mobile
networks have the best local coverage in each area of the country? Or
which radio stations are still on air in the troubled South Central
region of Somalia, where the Islamist Al Shabaab movement holds sway in
most areas? The answers are all in infoasaid’s new Somalia Media and
Telecoms Landscape Guide:

http://infoasaid.org/sites/infoasaid.org/files/Somalia%20guide%20-%20Final%20version%20110112.pdf



November 02, 2011: Infoasaid launches media and telecoms landscape
guide to Ethiopia

Ethiopia has repeatedly been the scene of large-scale humanitarian
emergencies. Infoasaid has now published a comprehensive guide to the
country’s media and telecoms landscape. This aims to help aid agencies
establish two-way communication with the country’s disaster-affected
communities, no matter how remote they may be.The challenges are
daunting. Vast areas of Ethiopia have poor or non-existent radio
coverage.
A large segment of the rural population still relies exclusively on
word of mouth to know what is happening in the outside world. The mobile
telephone network is also very patchy in its coverage. Ethiopia has a
significantly lower rate of mobile phone ownership than most of its East
African neighbours. And the government exercises tight control over news
and information.

http://infoasaid.org/sites/infoasaid.org/files/ethiopia_media_and_telecoms_final_011111.pdf