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In the section “TIC Benin” you will find respectively articles I republish on the state of ICT in Benin (my home country); in “Documents clés” I have included some key documents I wish to signal dealing with ICT4D mainly. In the section “Mes contributions” you will find publications I authored or commented on. Most articles published on this website are in French. In this section, I have included most articles published in English (written by myself or not) on the website.

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The role of agri-entrepreneurship and farming innovations for youth in agriculture engagement

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An article giving an account of a seminar that I co-facilitated. Source and authors at the end — Ken L

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On January 20, 2016 a seminar was organized on the topic of entrepreneurship and innovations in developing countries for young peoples’ involvement in farming. Participants were mid-career professionals from Africa and Asia as well as Netherlands-based professionals that were representing knowledge, policy and private institutes. Three presenters brought in ideas from the fields of information and communication technology (ICT),

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NEPAD commissions study on broadband cost reduction in West, Central Africa

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – A significant step towards achieving a lower communications cost within the West and Central Africa regions has been taken by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, with a private ICT consultant commissioned to do a study on broadband cost reduction.

A statement, made available to PANA here Thursday, by the South Africa-based continental Agency, said Detecon International had been selected to conduct the study.

It said that the

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Seeds 2.0 to Modernise and Boost the Agricultural Sector

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(Opinion piece published originally in the E-learning Africa 2013 Report, May 2013)

“Really? But what has the agricultural sector got to do with Web 2.0?” That was the sarcastic question I was asked one day when I was describing the Web 2.0 training that I provide to CTA (the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation).

It was an understandable question; on the one hand the Web 2.0 concept seemed to be a current reality reserved only

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Mobile services strengthening agricultural value chains for smallholder farmers in ACP countries

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Article by a journalist on a session I moderated during the international conference Making the Connection: value chain for transforming stakeholder agriculture, organized mainly by the Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA). The theme of the session was on mobile phones and agriculture value chains. The conference was organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 05 to 09 November 2012. KL

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Mobile services strengthening agricultural

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Ken Lohento

Ken Lohento

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Bienvenue sur mon mon site personel "Perspectives", à travers lequel je partage mes perspectives sur le développement au Bénin et en Afrique, surtout sur la question de la digitalisation, et en particulier dans le secteur agricole. Vous trouverez ici des documents, billets, ou informations que je rédige ou signale depuis 1997. Mes propres écrits sont dans la section "Mes contributions". J'ai plus de 20 ans d'expérience internationale en matière de politiques et usages du numérique pour le développement, en particulier dans le domaine de l'e-agriculture et de l'entrepreneuriat digital. Un commentaire, une question? N'hésitez pas à me contacter.