AFRICITIES 2009: Constitutive Meeting of LEDNA's Steering Committee
by ledna-team - 24/12/2009
On 17 December 2009 during the Africties Summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, was held the first meeting of LEDNA’ s Steering Committee. According to the institutional organisation of LEDNA as stipulated in the Strategy 2009-2011, the steering committee is the directional organ of the program. It represents African local governments and is composed of five Mayors representing each of the five African regions. The current Steering Committee is constituted by the following personalities:
Leadership Development in Africa – Part 2: Delegation
by lexlindeman - 08/03/2010
Achieving Zero Unemployment: Imagine the possibilities
by Serge-Zelezeck - 22/02/2010
Can unemployment be totally eliminated in a given community? Capitalist theories and practice clearly suggest that it is not possible. Even in the most prosperous economies there is always a certain percentage of unemployed varying according to the health of the economy but never actually reaching zero. Yet some suggest that pre-capitalist societies did not know of the phenomenon of unemployment. And many have pointed to the fact that there is no expression or word in African languages, for example, describing a social reality that may be compared to modern unemployment.
Hello
by andyparsnip - 19/02/2010
Hello, I'm Andy from the UK. I work full time at a cheap web design company but I also take a strong interest during my free time in Ledna and similar organisations that concern develoment in Africa - look forward to find out more from your very informative site, thanks for sharing!
Appropriate technology and "Low Tech" transfers in Africa
by Jean-Baptiste G... - 26/01/2010
Dear all,
I am studying Local Economic Development at the London School of Economics and I am exploring, for my dissertation, the notion of "Appropriate technology" in the context of technology transfers.
Here is the starting point of my reflexion: for many years, inadequate technology transfers from OECD countries to African ones have failed to foster a developing process because they were based on the "one-size-fits-all" illusion. It is still going on with a demesurate focus on ICTs that more often than not produces cathedrals in the desert.
East Africa Job Resources
by Gwen-Swinburn - 21/01/2010
Friends, please look at these resources if you are looking for LED work in and on East Africa. These resources go well beyond LED jobs but as we LED practitioners have such a wide range of skills to offer, those searching for work in East Africa are recommended to look here. http://naombakazi.blogspot.com/
Opinion piece: Foreign business persons invade Africa's informal sector
by Sonja-Ende - 20/01/2010
Dear members,
have you also stumbled across the article "Foreign business persons invade Africas informal sector"? Because of its beautiful use of English language I had to read it twice before I got the hang of it.
Implementing decentralisation: Mozambique scores good marks
by Serge-Zelezeck - 19/01/2010
Since the 1st of January 2010, the local government of the city of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, now have effective administrative control over an important part of the educational, public health, cultural and economic sectors of its city. Last 22 December the municipal council of the city and the Mozambican central government signed a series of agreements on the implementation of Decree 33/2006 of 30 August 2006 regulating the transfer of powers and competences from the central government to local governments.
Looking for an International Job in East Africa? Check this resource out
by Gwen-Swinburn - 15/01/2010
Friends
These resources go well beyond LED jobs but as we LED practitioners have such a wide range of skills to offer, those searching for work in East Africa are recommended to look here. http://naombakazi.blogspot.com/
LEDNA Wishes you the Best for 2010!
by Serge-Zelezeck - 11/01/2010
Umuntu umuntu nga bantu: A person is a person in virtue of other people! Dear members and friends, on behalf of the LEDNA team, I trust this spirit of collectiveness will reinforce our pledge for greater knowledge sharing during 2010.
LEDNA anataka wewe bora kwa 2010!
LEDNA wishes you the best for 2010!
LEDNA vous souhaite le Meilleur pour 2010 !
LEDNA deseja para você o melhor para 2010!
!2010 أتمنى لكم الأفضل لعام LEDNA
LEDNA Winner of the Africities 2009 Local Development Award
by ledna-team - 11/01/2010
LEDNA has been awarded the Africities 2009 Prize for excellence in Local Development. This award acknowledges the work accomplished by LEDNA during its short existence as well as LEDNA's strong participation during the Africities 2009 Summit namely the organisation of 4 workshops which each time attracted from 150 to 250 participants.
Trends in Leadership Development – Part 2
by lexlindeman - 04/01/2010
Trends in Leadership Development – Part 1
by lexlindeman - 04/01/2010
Leadership Development in Africa - Part 1
by lexlindeman - 04/01/2010
AFRICITES 2009: Africa more than ever conscious of the necessity of LED
by ledna-team - 24/12/2009
The Africities 2009 Summit in Morocco Marrakesh came to a close last Sunday. According to most participants the Summit was a total success and broke all past records!
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