Southern Alliance For Indigenous Resources wins award for local content
Global Knowledge Partnership, OneWorld Africa and the Open Knowledge Network (OKN) have announced the Africa category winner of the inaugural Yeomans Award for Local Content as The Southern Africa Drought Technology Network (Sadnet), Zimbabwe. (http://www.safireweb.org) Sadnet is a project of the Southern Alliance For Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE) and seeks to establish an information network that links sources of agricultural technical and marketing information with development practitioners and rural communities in drought prone regions of Southern Africa.
GKP, OneWorld Africa and the Open Knowledge Network (OKN) are pleased to
announce the Africa category winner of the inaugural Yeomans Award for
Local Content:
The Southern Africa Drought Technology Network (Sadnet)*, Zimbabwe
(http://www.safireweb.org)
About Sadnet
Sadnet, a project of the Southern Alliance For Indigenous Resources
(SAFIRE), seeks to establish an information network that links sources
of agricultural technical and marketing information with development
practitioners and rural communities in drought prone regions of Southern
Africa. The project is based on the premise that "Knowledge is power"
and that the vulnerable farmers are in a better position to make
informed decisions with regards their agricultural production and
drought mitigation activities if they have a ready supply of relevant
and up to date information.
A cash prize of US$2,500 will be awarded to Sadnet.
We take this opportunity to congratulate Sadnet and look forward to
sharing knowledge on the continued efforts of the work carried out in
the area of local content.
We would also like to thank the international panel of judges who
contributed time to the judging of this Award: Ann-Kristin Håkansson
(Indigenous Media Network), Nathan Russell (CIAT - International Centre
for Tropical Agriculture), Peter Ballantyne (INASP), Professor S F
Matsinhe (UNISA) and Sunit Shrestha (Thai RuralNet).
The applications received for the Award were of a high standard and the
following were the shortlisted projects:
Kubatana.net, The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
http://www.kubatana.net
The Kaoko Local Knowledge Living Archive Project (KAOKOLAP), Doxa
Productions, South Africa
http://doxa.co.za
Young Nigerians Science and Health Tele-Academy, Youth for Technology
Foundation, Nigeria
http://www.youthfortechnology.org
Simbani News Agency, Simbani Amarc Africa, Ivory Coast
http://www.simbani.amarc.org
* Note: The Sadnet project is hosted by Safire, which also hosts the OKN
hub for Southern Africa. The two projects are independent of each other
Tori Holmes (OKN) and Lee Tang Ching (GKP)
Coordinators of the Yeomans Award for Local Content