[kictanet] President Obama's upcoming trip - media resources for your involvement

[Eric M.K Osiakwan]

Walu,

Am sorry but i did not mean it in that sense, except to give  
information for participation. You know am as African as a Kenyan,  
Ghana happens to be my locus for coming into time.

On a much lighter note, African tradition demands that if your son in  
visiting me, i need to inform you - we need to keep our Africaness  
intact....:-)

Eric here



On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:02, Walubengo J wrote:

> Eric @ Ghana,
>
> dont rub it in. He maybe visiting Ghana but he is still our son of  
> "K'ogelo". :-)
>
> walu @ Kenya.
>
> --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Eric M.K Osiakwan <emko at internetresearch.com.gh>  
> wrote:
>
> From: Eric M.K Osiakwan <emko at internetresearch.com.gh>
> Subject: [kictanet] President Obama's upcoming trip - media  
> resources for your involvement
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12:36 PM
>
> Dear All,
>
> Hope your morning is well.
>
> Below are some outlets for getting involved in President Obama's  
> visit - http://www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/
>
> SMS. We’ve launched an SMS platform to allow citizens to submit  
> questions, comments and words of welcome (in English and in  
> French) .  Using a local SMS short code in Ghana (1731) , Nigeria  
> (32969) , South Africa (31958)and Kenya (5683), as well as a long  
> code across the rest of the world*, Africans and citizens worldwide  
> will be encouraged to text their messages to the President. SMS  
> participants will also be able to subscribe to speech highlights in  
> English and French. Long numbers for mobile registration pan-Africa:  
> 61418601934 and 45609910343. This SMS platform is not available in  
> the US.  We’d love to get a bunch of people signed up and submitting  
> questions via SMS today.
>
> Radio.  A  live audio stream of the  President's speech will be  
> pushed to national and local radio stations during the speech. After  
> the speech, a taped audio recording of the President’s answers to  
> the SMS messages received will be made available to radio stations  
> and websites. The President hopes to answer a variety of questions  
> and comments by topic and region. The audio recording will also be  
> made available for download on www.whitehouse.gov and iTunes.
>
> Online chat. We will host a live web chat around the speech on  
> Facebook.  The White House will also create a Facebook “event”  
> around the speech wherein participants from around the world can  
> engage with one another.  A Twitter hashtag (i.e. #obamaghana) has  
> been promoted to consolidate input and reaction around the event.
>
> WhiteHouse.gov/Ghana -  On the day of the speech, we will launch www.whitehouse.gov/ghana 
>  with links to all of the relevant programs and content (including   
> transcript, video, etc.) for both domestic and foreign audiences.
>
> NB: Sorry for crossposting.
>
> Eric M.K Osiakwan
> Director
> Internet Research
> www.internetresearch.com.gh
> emko at internetresearch.com.gh
> 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North
> Tel: +233.21.258800 ext 7031
> Fax: +233.21.258811
> Cell: +233.24.4386792
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
> This message was sent to: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com
>

Eric M.K Osiakwan
Director
Internet Research
www.internetresearch.com.gh
emko at internetresearch.com.gh
42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North
Tel: +233.21.258800 ext 7031
Fax: +233.21.258811
Cell: +233.24.4386792




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20090707/0d469e0e/attachment.htm>