Post 2015 agenda and public service channels of delivery

Abstract

This short paper presents an ongoing review of an investigative case, presented and critiqued with suggestions for further research on the use of mobile phones to call in to FM radio in sub-Saharan Africa with Ghana as the single case study. It further seeks to describe the levels of community participation. As an ongoing review in an area that is limited in research this paper will begin with a background to the topic, continue with the increasing demand for information outside news websites, evaluate the effectiveness of the mobile phone and why it is the ICT tool for rural discourse when combined with the traditional media channel of delivery; the radio, in a rural area. Important questions the paper asks include the effectiveness or otherwise of this collaboration and also its appropriateness for managing good governance mechanisms, if any; and also if the target audience find this channel of delivery accessible and affordable?