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A glance in the beehive: How community media in Latin America and Africa work with the Colmena app

23 local and community media outlets in Latin America and Africa collaborate on an open-source digital solution for crisis reporting. An initial Colmena version is already in use.

  • DW Akademie | Podcast Pod'Da-lhe

    Strong together: Pod´Da-lhe, Brazil

    The Brazilian collective Jovem Tapajônico’s podcast initiative Pod’Da-lhe focuses on rainforest preservation. They use Colmena’s audio recording tool for interviews with women and indigenous youth so that the river communities can reflect on their societies. At the same time, the content can be shared with other community media in the blink of an eye.

  • Lokalradio Radio Sayaxché Guatemala DW Akademie

    Investigative, diverse, feminist: Muy Waso, Bolivia

    Muy Waso is the first online magazine of its kind in Bolivia, reaching a broad audience across borders with its reports and podcasts. Colmena combines the necessary steps to do this: pulling articles together, recording audio and processing as a team. This also enables broad participation and diversity in the production process. For co-founder Michelle Nogales, this is "journalism’s future."

  • DW Akademie | Community-Radio La Voix du Paysan

    A voice for everyone: La Voix du Paysan, Burkina Faso

    The community radio La Voix du Paysan is more than just "a voice for farmers." It's a central gathering place for regional information. The program centers on what is important to the rural population. Colmena enables expanding the range of topics even more: the station uses the app for exchanging material and mutual production with its partner station Radio Vénégré.

  • DW Akademie Radio Vénégré, Burkina Faso

    Programs for young and old: Radio Vénégré, Burkina Faso

    In Burkina Faso, even the village chief (seated) has become a radio producer. "We all work on the shows at Radio Vénégré," says program director Awa Ouedraogo. Editing has been too complicated, she says, so developing an editing program for cell phones was really important. With Colmena, she can now share interview excerpts more effectively via the mobile Internet.

  • DW Akademie | UMA

    Against forgetting: Unión de Mujeres Aymaras del Abya Yala (UMA), Peru

    "We want to preserve our language," says Yeny Paucar. The women living in the Aymara community have been learning how to use new communication technology for 34 years so as to share their culture far and wide. Radio plays an important role. Paucar and her colleagues use Colmena to record their stories in their language, editing and sharing the content using a simple cellphone.

  • Radio Amani in Kenia

    Church radio for everyone: Radio Amani, Kenya

    The Catholic community radio station Radio Amani wants to be there for everyone in Nakuru County, and also to mirror its diversity. The opinions voiced in the programming are just as diverse as the music. As part of the Colmena network, the radio producers can access a databank of license free music which is implemented and managed by the users.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Pwani FW

    Radio like a bouquet: Pwani FM, Kenya

    Pwani FM has it all: from youth radio to classic news programming to live Bango music shows. The diversity is limitless, not unlike Colmena’s features, which the team use for production and communication. With easy use in the Kiswahili language, the moderators Ken1GB and Gates Mgenge are able to finalize things quickly.

  • DW Akademie  Radio Ada, Redakteurin Olivia

    Local language on the World Wide Web: Radio Ada, Ghana

    Every day, Olivia Serwa Waree from Radio Ada in Ghana translates international news to the local language, Dangme. "I especially want to meet the needs of women from the communities," she says. She uses the Colmena toolbox to put content on social media platforms.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Nefzawa

    Always on site and close to the people: Radio Nefzawa, Tunisia

    Radio Nefzawa broadcasts out of Kebili, a remote region in Tunisia, and is also experimenting with video formats. The demand for independent information is big. In order to collaborate with community reporters, they use Colmena. The automatic upload via the cloud server makes it easy to share their stories from the rural outskirts directly with the station.

  • Host von Podpreta, Brasilien DW Akademie

    Open to the world and new channels: Radio Sayaxché, Guatemala

    The local station Radio Sayaxché is very interested in exchanging programs with community media from other regions and countries and trying out new formats on different channels. Colmena enables the radio's staff to broadcast content independently, as well as to share that with team members and to work more easily together – and this despite weak internet connections in the Amazon region.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Rahma

    Impulses within and outward: Radio Rahma, Kenya

    Radio Rahma broadcasts live out of Mombasa and provides the region with current podcasts. Colmena supports the team in its work, allowing them to exchange knowledge and ideas, and not just internally, but rather with other radio stations, too. Colmena increases the possibilities for the station to connect within and outside the region, and the digital cooperation leads to new impulses.

  • Journalistin Michelle Nogales

    Unheard stories: Podpreta, Brazil

    In northern Brazil, Rejane and her colleagues Quezia, Lica and Janna record podcasts. As Podpreta, they use Colmena as a production tool. It helps them to better coordinate and to be able to work virtually. With the audio recording tool, they give a voice to Black women in the Amazon region and report on their little known realities of life.


  • DW Akademie | Podcast Pod'Da-lhe

    Strong together: Pod´Da-lhe, Brazil

    The Brazilian collective Jovem Tapajônico’s podcast initiative Pod’Da-lhe focuses on rainforest preservation. They use Colmena’s audio recording tool for interviews with women and indigenous youth so that the river communities can reflect on their societies. At the same time, the content can be shared with other community media in the blink of an eye.

  • Lokalradio Radio Sayaxché Guatemala DW Akademie

    Investigative, diverse, feminist: Muy Waso, Bolivia

    Muy Waso is the first online magazine of its kind in Bolivia, reaching a broad audience across borders with its reports and podcasts. Colmena combines the necessary steps to do this: pulling articles together, recording audio and processing as a team. This also enables broad participation and diversity in the production process. For co-founder Michelle Nogales, this is "journalism’s future."

  • DW Akademie | Community-Radio La Voix du Paysan

    A voice for everyone: La Voix du Paysan, Burkina Faso

    The community radio La Voix du Paysan is more than just "a voice for farmers." It's a central gathering place for regional information. The program centers on what is important to the rural population. Colmena enables expanding the range of topics even more: the station uses the app for exchanging material and mutual production with its partner station Radio Vénégré.

  • DW Akademie Radio Vénégré, Burkina Faso

    Programs for young and old: Radio Vénégré, Burkina Faso

    In Burkina Faso, even the village chief (seated) has become a radio producer. "We all work on the shows at Radio Vénégré," says program director Awa Ouedraogo. Editing has been too complicated, she says, so developing an editing program for cell phones was really important. With Colmena, she can now share interview excerpts more effectively via the mobile Internet.

  • DW Akademie | UMA

    Against forgetting: Unión de Mujeres Aymaras del Abya Yala (UMA), Peru

    "We want to preserve our language," says Yeny Paucar. The women living in the Aymara community have been learning how to use new communication technology for 34 years so as to share their culture far and wide. Radio plays an important role. Paucar and her colleagues use Colmena to record their stories in their language, editing and sharing the content using a simple cellphone.

  • Radio Amani in Kenia

    Church radio for everyone: Radio Amani, Kenya

    The Catholic community radio station Radio Amani wants to be there for everyone in Nakuru County, and also to mirror its diversity. The opinions voiced in the programming are just as diverse as the music. As part of the Colmena network, the radio producers can access a databank of license free music which is implemented and managed by the users.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Pwani FW

    Radio like a bouquet: Pwani FM, Kenya

    Pwani FM has it all: from youth radio to classic news programming to live Bango music shows. The diversity is limitless, not unlike Colmena’s features, which the team use for production and communication. With easy use in the Kiswahili language, the moderators Ken1GB and Gates Mgenge are able to finalize things quickly.

  • DW Akademie  Radio Ada, Redakteurin Olivia

    Local language on the World Wide Web: Radio Ada, Ghana

    Every day, Olivia Serwa Waree from Radio Ada in Ghana translates international news to the local language, Dangme. "I especially want to meet the needs of women from the communities," she says. She uses the Colmena toolbox to put content on social media platforms.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Nefzawa

    Always on site and close to the people: Radio Nefzawa, Tunisia

    Radio Nefzawa broadcasts out of Kebili, a remote region in Tunisia, and is also experimenting with video formats. The demand for independent information is big. In order to collaborate with community reporters, they use Colmena. The automatic upload via the cloud server makes it easy to share their stories from the rural outskirts directly with the station.

  • Host von Podpreta, Brasilien DW Akademie

    Open to the world and new channels: Radio Sayaxché, Guatemala

    The local station Radio Sayaxché is very interested in exchanging programs with community media from other regions and countries and trying out new formats on different channels. Colmena enables the radio's staff to broadcast content independently, as well as to share that with team members and to work more easily together – and this despite weak internet connections in the Amazon region.

  • DW Akademie | Radio Rahma

    Impulses within and outward: Radio Rahma, Kenya

    Radio Rahma broadcasts live out of Mombasa and provides the region with current podcasts. Colmena supports the team in its work, allowing them to exchange knowledge and ideas, and not just internally, but rather with other radio stations, too. Colmena increases the possibilities for the station to connect within and outside the region, and the digital cooperation leads to new impulses.

  • Journalistin Michelle Nogales

    Unheard stories: Podpreta, Brazil

    In northern Brazil, Rejane and her colleagues Quezia, Lica and Janna record podcasts. As Podpreta, they use Colmena as a production tool. It helps them to better coordinate and to be able to work virtually. With the audio recording tool, they give a voice to Black women in the Amazon region and report on their little known realities of life.