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I‘ve got a great idea! (Now where can I get the money?)
Well firstly, a great idea is simply not good enough to get money! In order to get money you need to unpack way more than your idea to a provider of capital.
One of the greatest challenges facing South Africa is the rejuvenation of its business environment. The greatest hurdle in this rejuvenation process may [...]
African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project
The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project is probing the relationship between national copyright environments and access to learning materials in African countries. The project is probing this relationship within an access to knowledge (A2K) framework – a framework which regards the protection/promotion of user access as one of the central objectives of [...]
24Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.
Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. [...]
6Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
State of the Future Report
The 2010 State of the Future report has been released and is available to interested parties at a cost of R375 per book. Among the regular sections in the ninety page State of the Future report are the annually updated analyses of the fifteen key global challenges, as well as the publication of the State [...]
26Jul2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Innovation and the 5 “W” Questions – What, Why, When, Where, and Who by Jac Spies (BMGI South Africa)
ABSTRACT
The writer reflects on the five fundamental contextualising questions of what? why? when? where?, and who? regarding the flavoured word “Innovation”; and also addresses typical milestones in “walking the walk” from the desire to the delivery.
THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL “W” QUESTIONS
In solving a felony case the Investigator first need to be clear on the What, Where, [...]
South Africa Rolls Out the Ubuntu in Abundance – Shari Cohen
The Huffington Post (USA)
Shari Cohen
International development worker in the public health sector
Posted: June 15, 2010 11:35 AM
South Africa Rolls Out the Ubuntu in Abundance
I went on a rant the other day regarding the cost of the 2010 World Cup versus all the critical needs South Africa is facing and whether or not the most vulnerable [...]
African regional mobile applications: Calls for expressions of interest by Dr Tim Kelly
Dr Tim Kelly from infoDev/Work Bank in USA has recently visited South Africa to discuss their proposals to establish an African regional mobile applications laboratory, in conjunction with the government of Finland and Nokia. Their plans have moved forward and they have recently published two calls for expressions of interest on our website at: www.infodev.org:
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Vacancy @ SAINe for Website Administrator/Liaison Officer
POSITION @ SAINE: Website Administrator/Liaison Officer
This vacancy is for the South African Innovation Network. The main responsibility of the new recruit is to serve as the main SAINE contact with regards to all SAINE activities and will play a role in organizing all SAINE events, website administration & and media liaison to all stakeholders.
