In Ghana, a weekly children¹s newspaper has not only managed to survive, but is growing and even diversifying its activities. In November 2003, Mark A. Kwateng put both his personal engagement and money at stake in what seemed to be a hazardous project: launching a weekly newspaper with a target audience of school children between the age of 6 and 16. This would be a great challenge anywhere in the world, and even more so in Africa where newspapers face many obstacles due to a poor advertising market, badly functioning distributions systems and low purchasing power.

In February 2004, RAP 21 spoke to Kwateng about the launch of the "Kiddie Journo". Today, one and a half years later, we catch up with him to discuss how he has defied the odds to make his newspaper a success. (Photo of Editor-in-Chief Mark Kwateng)