What an Idea for Africa News Innovation Summit

Dropbox News Store Network Technology in Tanzania

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1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

The project will build national journalists and media houses network where will have an access to dropbox store by sharing news packages from
 regions.

2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]

As observed in Tanzania there is no news network that provides news materials in a range of national wide using simple technology like dropbox.

3. Describe the real world challenge that you are trying to solve for African media [50 words]

The lack of news sharing facing African media. Always media houses are broadcasting town issues an not involving local and regions news. Dropbox Network technology will ebanable news  sharing among media and journalists. It gives up to 1000GB storage, its application can be used in windows mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry and Smartphones.

4. How and why will your solution work? [100 words]

The project will build the national wide journalists and media houses network where they  will have an access to the dropbox and will be able to upload, download and share news packagas from local and regions.
Media houses will subscribe to the dropbox network and enjoy news store and their packages done by journalists over the entire national. Then Dropbox technology is simple and its application can work with windows mobiles, blackbery, iphones etc.

5. Who is working on it? [100 words]

The Dropbox is open for all people and is the free service. You can check here: www.dropbox.com

6. What part of the project have you already built? [100 words]

Tanzania One Dropbox account
is ready created. Go
www.dropbox.com login using
email: lucnews12@gmail.com
and password is: ingiandani

7. How would you sustain the project after the funding expires? [50 words]

After the content to be established all media houses subscribed will be paying monthly fee and enable the project to pay for stories uploaded in the dropbox, here the news business
industry will expand. Also subscribed journalists will have to pay yearly fee to enable sustainability of the project.

Requested amount from ANIC: USD 72,798
Expected amount of time required to complete project: 1year
Total Project Cost: USD 72,798

Name: Lucas Kulwa
Twitter: KulwaCom
Organization: Kyela Fm Radio
Country: Tanzania