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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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