An African KI

Friends at IDS (Sussex) tell me that I am a "knowledge intermediary". With their encouragement I hope this blog will highlight some issues in the African knowledge and networking field. Reflective, well written articles on these issues will be profiled - found in my daily trawl for material to populate various websites (ANSA-Africa, FANRPAN and others in the pipeline).

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Social protection and donor aid

Social protection, more specifically cash transfers, has emerged over the last few years as a new area of interest for a number of bilatera...

Friday, December 12, 2008

The African Climate Solution

The just-concluded Poznan conference saw the launch of the African Climate Solution, anchored by COMESA and supported by FANRPAN. The proje...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Land ownership and regional integration in the EAC

A news report out of Dar es Salaam a few days ago illustrated another stumbling block in moves towards regional integration: namely differi...

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A new land grab in Africa?

One of the many joys of what I do comes from the ability to spot emerging trends (thanks to my iGoogle system and the results of key word s...

Monday, December 1, 2008

African kings, SADC-PF and ....

Two issues highlighted in recent blog entries have gone mainstream. Today's Business Day carries an article which brings the differin...

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Using ICT for gender advocacy

The final paragraph of the lengthy consensus statement issued at the end of the Sixth African Development Forum, which makes the valid point...

Monday, November 24, 2008

Regional integration: Botswana and South Africa fight it out

I do not attempt to understand all the issues around EPAs, in particular how they are going to reshape regional integration in Africa. But w...

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About Me

Richard H: Tshwane/Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; I have a passion for promoting the work and profile of African-based networks by harnessing the power of the internet. I retain links to the ANSA-Africa network, sourcing material on social accountability issues for its very popular website. I also source material for FANRPAN's website; FANRPAN is a SADC-wide agricultural policy network. My first exposure to the virtual element of African networks came through the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN). I studied journalism and African Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in the 1970s. My interest in public policy research, as opposed to conventional academic research, led me to the Centre for Policy Studies in Johannesburg and to the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria.

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