JADE, A Network of African Journalists Specialised in Media Production and Communication for Develop

From the introduction

The African Journalists for Development network (JADE) is a section of Jade Afrique, a professional association of journalists specialised in multimedia production, publishing, communication for development and training.

Jade Burkina has carried out its activities since 1994, when it was recognised as an association by the administration of Burkina Faso. The association essentially comprises journalists. However, it is in the process of opening up to other communications professionals, especially literacy agents in local languages, drawers and traditional communicators.

Abstract

The African Journalists for Development network (JADE) is active in fifteen African countries. Through its programme "Rural Communication and Sustainable Development" it supports rural and community radios in two regions of Burkina Faso and southern Mali.

In Mali, we are especially experimenting with the use of the Internet to enrich the contents of the Sigida Yeelen magazine on the environment, which we produce with radio Kéné and village-based local communicators.

The results obtained using the Internet - considering that it is exclusively used for electronic mail - have enabled us to enrich the subjects treated. The following phase will consist in receiving the different materials and mixing them.

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