When I started the EWAN website the big idea was to create a network of citizen reporters in each of the countries to let us know what was actually happening on the ground in each location. I was contacted today by Moussa who runs Niger1.com Its a great site with lots of local news and links. Please [...] [...more]
The BBC ran a story entitled “Shifting Sands,” which describes towns in the Nigerian Sahel that are being swallowed up by the Sahara desert which is marching southwards. The presumption is this: Global warming is causing desertification, and the villages of northern Nigeria are among the victims. But this is almost certainly false. Desertification is being [...] [...more]
The West African SRDC is based in Niamey, Republic of Niger and has a membership of fifteen: Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape-Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. It is the only subregion that brings together three [...] [...more]
In many African countries, few people have access to computers and the Internet. Experts say this is hindering development and preventing students from being able to compete for jobs. At a conference in Dakar this week, software experts, government officials and students came together to look at how open-source software, which is free for anyone to use, [...] [...more]
Together with governments, regional institutions and civil society/private sector organisations, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) supports the development and implementation of action-oriented policies and investments that take into account the complementarities between local, national and regional levels. It supports West African initiatives to promote medium- and long-term development. The SWAC also helps identify strategic [...] [...more]
At Intrepid they use factual films to communicate powerful ideas. The vision is to speak up for worthy causes and to speak out against injustice. They work with broadcasters, charities and public sector organisations to create inspiring programmes that encourage positive social change. If you have an idea that your organisation wishes to discuss contact Nick Hamer, [...] [...more]
The Human Development Index (HDI) is the normalized measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to determine and indicate whether a country is a developed, developing, or an underdeveloped country. Click here: Human Development Index [...more]
Moringanews is an international network of people interested in Moringa. Their web site offers reliable information [...] [...more]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. Click here: Online Document Repository [...more]
When it comes to communicating with the population spread out across a large geographical area, it is still hard to beat radio. Because of its unrivalled access and its low production costs, radio is the technology that best meets the information and communication needs of farmers, world-wide. Most farmers in developing countries won’t have internet access in [...] [...more]
