The most challenging thing has been to explain our aim to people who don't know you or who don't know anything about the Voices of Africa project. They don’t always understand why someone should make video reports about their lives.

Many of my fellow countrymen liked my items, while others started calling or e-mailing me to invite me to visit and cover their own initiatives and projects. I was flattered by messages of congratulations from Canada, Great Britain and France. Among them were colleagues who were proposing me to work with them, to help their local reporting teams.

Other mails came in to ask me information about becoming a mobile reporter, because they wanted to start reporting from their respective countries.

I was really lucky to be part of this project. It has given me some international fame. Radio France International, the most popular station for French-speaking Africa, interviewed me about the project, and this publicity caused more feedbacks. I was also flattered when I was invited to attend the Indaba workshop in South Africa, where Africa digital media experts were impressed by our project.