African knowledge portals scoping study
Soul Beat Africa is an online portal and knowledge management initiative focusing on communication and media for development in Africa. We are currently conducting a scoping study of development focused knowledge portals or information hubs in Africa and are seeking your input. We are wanting to find out what online websites you use to get information to support your work and are particularly interested in larger portals, hubs or one-stop-shops that collate information from a variety of sources – usually related to a particular development topic such as HIV/AIDS, climate change, gender, etc.
Please let us know by simply emailing the names of the websites or portals (and links if you can) to aventh@comminit.com
Why this study?
Soul Beat Africa is conducting this scoping study in order to:
1. Better understand the development related knowledge management landscape in Africa 2. Identify potential African partners for participation in the Global Open Knowledge Hub.
What is the Global Open Knowledge Hub?
Soul Beat Africa is one of 9 organisations globally to be part of the Global Open Knowledge Hub - an open data project that aims to improve the supply and accessibility of content that supports evidence-informed policy making and practice in international development, with a particular focus on raising the profile of Southern perspectives on development. Click here for more information. The open data hub is being developed by the Institute of Development Studies in the United Kingdom (who run the Eldis and BRIDGE sites), together with partners from the global South. We are currently the only Africa-based partner and are therefore looking for more to join.
We hope you will take the time to respond and thank you in advance for your input. If you work for an organisation running a knowledge portal in Africa, we would obviously also love to hear from you. Please also let your colleagues and networks know about this study. Click here for more information about Soul Beat Africa. Anja Venth Editor Soul Beat Africa
Why this study?
Soul Beat Africa is conducting this scoping study in order to:
1. Better understand the development related knowledge management landscape in Africa 2. Identify potential African partners for participation in the Global Open Knowledge Hub.
What is the Global Open Knowledge Hub?
Soul Beat Africa is one of 9 organisations globally to be part of the Global Open Knowledge Hub - an open data project that aims to improve the supply and accessibility of content that supports evidence-informed policy making and practice in international development, with a particular focus on raising the profile of Southern perspectives on development. Click here for more information. The open data hub is being developed by the Institute of Development Studies in the United Kingdom (who run the Eldis and BRIDGE sites), together with partners from the global South. We are currently the only Africa-based partner and are therefore looking for more to join.
We hope you will take the time to respond and thank you in advance for your input. If you work for an organisation running a knowledge portal in Africa, we would obviously also love to hear from you. Please also let your colleagues and networks know about this study. Click here for more information about Soul Beat Africa. Anja Venth Editor Soul Beat Africa