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		<title>Africa Gathering &#8211; Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with the previous two Africa Gathering’s I have attended, there was a common theme running through. Don’t spoon feed Africa, don’t patronize Africa, leave your ego behind so you can partner with communities to find ways to co-create solutions to their objectives. Julia has written a rather good summery of the event. You should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IN AFRICA, IT IS NO LONGER BUSINESS AS USUAL &#8211;  It is about doing business with heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Africa Gathering London this weekend, I wanted to share with you some thoughts on development in Southern Africa from Charlene Hewat CEO of Environment Africa. Environment Africa is a 100% African owned and operated NGO operating in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi. I am truly humbled by the work they have done over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Why Africa Is The Place To Be – Opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; If an American or European organisation were to invent the automobile today, they would not get it approved by the army of regulators, health and safety officers, industry regulators, environmental targets and all the other hurdles thrown in their way. If it were a Chinese organisation on the other hand, things would be different. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa: Doing Her Bit for Haiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is fun going to conferences and events that focus on subjects that are important to you. Once such event for me has been Africa Gathering. It not only focuses on the continent of my birth, but also how technology and social media can help with creating sustainable development. Two of my favourite subjects. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brand Africa, Twitter and World AIDS Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is doing a fantastic job supporting the World AIDS Day. Changing their whole theme and incorporating the colour #RED has done much to spread the message and allow people to connect and spread their message. Having said that I have a problem with one aspect of the execution. It was brought to my attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writers, Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa &#8211; Excerpt from Mike Woodman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all dream of making a difference in the world. There are people out there who are doing so everyday. When a friend of yours quietly and humbly just gets on with it and you just happen across a body of writing that brings it to light, you cannot help but be affected. The book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Development Aid&#8217;s Bitter Little Pill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 09:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajmunn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Alasdair Munn The West currently lives within a prescriptive mentality. The road to efficiency is paved with check boxes and packaged solutions. Robust and complicated infrastructure props up bad decisions and resources are used like wallpaper to paper over the cracks. Relative excess generally allows people to live well within this framework. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can Africa teach the World about Technology?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajmunn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Alasdair Munn tcg: The Communication Group After attending Africa Gathering this weekend, the central key words and phrases I gained were: Relevance Solution based approach Context Understanding your stakeholders. Sustainable (All four cornerstones) In the West, particularly the US, the most publicised and most visible business model for the development of collaborative and people-connecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shona Tiger: Life in Zimbabwe: Guest Post</title>
		<link>http://alasdairmunn.com/shona-tiger-life-in-zimbabwe-guest-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajmunn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing I heard over and over during the time of Zimbabwe’s worst economic troubles, it was, “How on earth are you surviving?” This from both Zimbabweans and foreigners. Inevitably the answer would be, “We make a plan”, because that’s the Zimbabwean way, and that’s what we have always done. It’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Bill Gates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajmunn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Bill Gates told the people attending the ICTD 2009 Conference in Qatar that Zimbabwe was not worth spending resources on as it is too far gone. I disagree with his remarks and find them unfortunate. They have far reaching consequences for the people of Zimbabwe. Below is an open letter to Mr. Gates explaining [...]]]></description>
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