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In the news
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Two farming ideas win Sh630,000 in US online contest (Business Daily) - 9/3/12
- Young Farmers Idea Contest winners named (High Plains Midwest Ag Journal) - 8/20/12
- Backpack farm targets growth in Africa (BBC) - 8/17/12
- African Farmers to Get Mobile Phone Help "Farm to Fork" (Forbes) - 8/1/12
- The Age of Agricultural Business Competitions (Business Day) - 5/31/12
- Young Farmers Idea Contest (Young Professionals Platform on Agricultural Research for Development) — 5/8/12
- Latest News from AGWeek - Young Farmers Contest (AGWeek) — 5/8/12
- National Peace Corps Association Launches Young Farmers Contest (Agri-View) — 5/2/12
- Volunteers Use Web to Collaborate With African Farmers (AllAfrica.com) — 3/28/12
- Africa Rural Connect winner hopes to empower rural communities (AllAfrica.com) — 1/20/11
- My Brother's Keeper (UgandansAbroad) — 1/18/11
- Ugandan Wins Africa Rural Connect Contest (Voice of America) - 1/8/11
- Let there be Light (NewportRI.com) — 11/10/10
- Solar Sisters: RI Resident Brings Clean Energy to African Women (GoLocalProv News) — 10/19/10
- Bristol Women Wins Prize for Solar-power Idea (Projo.com) — 10/15/10
- Innovative Africa Essays Win Award (World Watch Institute) — 09/06/10
- Essays on Food Security in Africa Sought for Publication (Shout-Africa) — 07/28/10
- Deadline July 31,2010: Africa Rural Connect Essay Contest with World Policy Journal (Farm Radio Weekly) — 07/19/10
- Essay Contest, Just Three Weeks Left! (World Policy Journal) — 07/15/10
- Essay Contest on Achieving African Food Security Launched (Voice of America, Daybreak Africa) — 06/14/10
- Online Contest that Won a Kenyan Business Idea 1 million is Back (The Daily Nation, print) — 04/08/10
- Peace Corps Association Launches 'Africa Rural Connect' to Help Farmers (Voice of America, Daybreak Africa) — 3/26/10
- How Rabbit Keeping Can Change Lives (The Daily Nation) — 1/6/10
- Crowdsourcing Philanthropy- do the masses know best? (The Seattle Times) — 10/13/09
- Ghanaian Idea to support farmers wins first prize in international contest (Ghana Business News) — 10/02/09
- Start-Up Aims To Facilitate Loans With a Global Reach (The Washington Post) — 10/01/09
- Voice of America, East Africa Swahili Interview (Voice of America) — 9/22/09
- Voice of America, Hausa Division Interviews ARC (Voice of America) — 9/9/09
- Cash for Best Business or Farming Idea for Grabs(The Daily Nation) — 9/9/09
- Former Peace Corps Volunteers Called Back to Service (U.S. News and World Reports) — 8/26/09
- Ideas for Africa (Tonic.com) — 8/17/09
- Molly Mattessich: Africa Rural Connect (WUSA 9 CBS) — 8/11/09
- Clinton Signs New $10M Agreement On HIV/AIDS With Angola, Says U.S. 'Stands Ready' To Work With South Africa On HIV/AIDS (Kaiser Family Foundation) — 8/10/09
- Grass-roots food initiative in Africa serves Clinton's goals (The Christian Science Monitor) — 8/07/09
- Innovations for African Farmers (BusinessWeek) — 7/22/09
- National Peace Corps Association Launches Online Collaboration Space to Share Ideas and Find Practical Solutions for African Farmers (dBusinessNews) — 7/22/09
- Obama urged to address agriculture in Africa (AfricaNews) — 7/10/09
From the blogs
- Vince Kumwenda Blogspot - Young Farmers Contest (Malawi writer, journalist) - 5/8/12
- Africa Rural Connect winner hopes to empower rural communities (America.gov) - 1/20/11
- Africa Rural Connect Updated (Ubergizmo) - 11/09/10
- Crowdsourcing Good Will Through Africa Rural Connect (The Daily Crowdsource) - 08/14/10
- What is Africa Rural Connect (Voice of Africa) - 07/05/10
- Essay Contest: What Will Bring Food Security to Africa? (TakePart.com) - 06/14/10
- Peace Corps Devs Win Web Award for Remix Site (ReadWriteWeb) — 04/13/10
- Africa Gathering Nairobi 2009 (White African Blog) — 12/21/09
- Rabbit-Fish Farm Wins Contest of Ideas to Develop Rural Africa (National Geographic Blog) — 12/3/09
- Bring Your Ideas to Africa (ONE Blog) — 9/25/09
- African Collaboration Goes Global (Change.org Social Entrepreneurship) — 8/24/09
- Peace Corps is What You Make of It (Change.org) — 8/06/09
- What’s Your Best Idea for Africa? (Global Development Commons “USAID”) — 7/23/09
- Local Firms Partner to Create Africa Rural Connect Project (East Coast Blogging) — 7/22/09
- Africa Decoded… (Marième Jamme) — 7/20/09
- The Question of Intellectual Property Rights: Are Africans Even Aware? (Ghana Unite for Development) — 7/17/09
- Technology, Obama and Rural Africa (In an African Minute) — 7/16/09
Interactive media
- VOA Essay Contest interview with NPCA President
- VOA Round 4 Winner interview (in Swahili)
- VOA East Africa Division Interview of ARC Project Manager (in Swahili)
- Round 2 Winners Podcasts
- VOA Hausa Division interview of ARC Project Manager
- Round 1 Winners Podcasts
- ARC Intro Video on Youtube
- ARC Podcast – A conversation about rural agricultural development in Africa
Media Kit
Press releases
- National Peace Corps Association Announces Round 4 Winners of Africa Rural Connect Idea Competition
- National Peace Corps Association Announces Round 3 Winners of Africa Rural Connect from Kenya and United States
- National Peace Corps Association, World Policy Journal Name Winners of Africa Rural Connect Essay Contest
- Three Weeks Left for National Peace Corps Association, World Policy Journal Essay Contest on Africa Food Security
- National Peace Corps Association, World Policy Journal Partner on Essay Contest
- National Peace Corps Association Wins Interactive Media Award™ for Africa Rural Connect Project
- Africa Rural Connect Kicks Off 2010 Ideas Competition
- Winner of Africa Rural Connect Contest to be Awarded $20,000 to Implement Project in Kenya
- Africa Rural Connect Announces Grand Prize Winner of Ideas Contest to Strengthen Rural Agriculture
- First European Wins Africa Rural Connect's Fourth Round in Online Ideas Competition
- Kenya Leads Africa Rural Connect in Third Round
- Africa Rural Connect Contest Announces Second Round Winners from Ghana, the United States, and Senegal
- Africa Rural Connect Selects First Round of Winning Ideas for Online Contest to Lessen Rural Poverty
- Grass-roots food initiative in Africa serves Clinton's goals
- Media Advisory: ARC Hopeful That Clinton's Visit will Spur More Attention to Africa's Farmers
- Africa Rural Connect is finally here!
- Obama Urged to Address Agriculture in Africa
- NPCA Launches Africa Rural Connect
Describing Africa Rural Connect
Africa Rural Connect(ARC) is an innovative online community that links Africans across the world with development professionals, scholars, Peace Corps Volunteers, and others who have lived and worked in Africa. People share their insights, experience, knowledge, and ideas on how to improve rural agriculture on the continent.
In 2009 and 2010, ARC awarded over 75,000 in cash prizes to help implement the most creative and practical ideas that will have a high real world impact. Visit ARC here: http://www.AfricaRuralConnect.org.
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