Local Economic Development Network of Africa

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A blog by ledna

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This network gives you access to local economic development knowledge and practitioners in Africa.

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Local Economic Development Network of Africa ranks 1651 in Africa and 77 in Africa General. According to site visitors it ranks 4788, and 2709 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 4420 and 393 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

JAMP - Joint African Masters Programme in Comparitive Local Deve

Let's celebrate our 700th member!

Hurrah :-)! The LEDNA community has just welcomed its 700th member! Big thanks to you all who believed and do continue to believe in this ideal of a panAfrican community of interconnected LED practitioners. read more

Entrepreneurial journeys: A magical recipe for potential entrepre

The idea of creating your own business has always haunted you? The fear of uncertainty keeps you paralysed? Or obstacles have so far forced you to postpone or even abandon your dream? If yes, there is certainly no better recipe for motivation than reading stories of entrepreneurs whose determination to move forward despite the odds has led

E-learning in Africa Part 1

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Traditional Knowledge In Medicinal Plant Lost by Indian Governmen

HOUSTON (May 27, 2010) – A study released today documents how traditional knowledge of a medicinal plant known only to an indigenous tribe in India was mishandled by the Indian government.  Government and corporate actions resulted in the loss of the plant to the world, even to the indigenous people to

Another World Malaria Day? Celebrating Mosquito Nets!

On the occasion of another celebration of World Malaria Day(25th April), Malaria ‘experts’ and NGO allread more

Requesting resources on city benchmarking for African cities

Dear LEDNA members, I am currently working with the World Bank in Ethiopia and the Addis Ababa City Government on a benchmarking exercise for the city towards improving its competitiveness and economic growth prospects. I would be very interested to hear from any of you who have conducted similar excercises for your

How Top Companies Manage Talent Development

Authors:Han van der Pool - TNT N.V.Lex Lindeman - HRBoosters  read more

Subscribers and Authors Needed for New Publication

Beyond the First World is a philanthropic project dedicated to distributing news and best practices to managers of innovation, technology transfer, intellectual property and entrepreneurship in Developing and Emerging Economies. read more

‘Do you believe in Social Justice or in the Social Entrepreneur

Whereas a last article I published as an introductory draft discussion paper in October 2009 argued the currently new emerging notions on Social Entrepreneurship will lead to a critical re-direction of the understanding and the application of Social Justice promoting policy, this follow-up piece of writing aims to draw the

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