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

Bildad Kagai billkagai at gmail.com
Tue Jul 7 18:24:59 EAT 2009


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On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Eric M.K Osiakwan wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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