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digital audio and multi-media technologies. Nairobi currently hosts the
second largest World Space Uplink station in Africa, and also serves as the
African regional headquarters.
8.2.3 Women'snet
Women'snet (2006: 1-2) states that the organisation was launched in March
1998, as a joint initiative between the South African Non-Governmental
Organization Network (SANGONet) and the Commission on Gender Equality
(CGE). The report asserts that Women'snet contributes to gender equality
and justice in South Africa through the use of ICTs. This is facilitated by
training women, girls, and women's and gender organizations.
Women'snet South Africa is therefore a vibrant and innovative networking
support programme designed to enable South African women to use the
Internet and other relevant ICTs in order to find the people, issues,
resources and tools necessary for women's social activism and
empowerment.
8.2.4. National Community Radio Foundation (NCFR)
The NCRF (2006: 1) records indicate that the organization was launched in
December 1993 in Orlando, Soweto, as a non-profit organization. According
to the report, the NCRF is a national, member-driven association of
community radio stations and support service organizations. The NCRF has
well over 80 member community radio station projects which are licensed
and broadcast 24-hours/ 376 days a year on-air. The report states that the
NCRF has service prOViders whose work contributes towards the
development of radio stations through the provision of media training and
content developing services.
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