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The latest SMR Briefing from SMR International describes recent efforts to raise awareness about the work of the Information Africa Organization (IAO). IAO is a Nairobi-based NGO committed to educating Kenya’s large youth population in information and communication technologies (ICT) and knowledge management/knowledge services (KM) skills. Registered by the NGO Council of Kenya in late 2009, IAO has now moved beyond the NGO’s initial stages and has begun to reach out to interested contacts internationally. SMR International Briefing August 2010 – Information Africa Organization (IAO): Raising Awareness about the Organization’s Work documents recent awareness-raising activities.

GRATITUDE – CONFIDENCE – HOPE The words come from Stephen Kizza, a librarian with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in Kampala, Uganda. In his correspondence and writings, Kizza signs off with a phrase that is both poignant and meaningful to strategic knowledge professionals, particularly those dealing with Africa and KM/knowledge services in the research and business communities of the nations of Africa: ”Look backwards with gratitude, upward with confidence, forward with hope.” Could there be any stronger motivation for us? Could there be any better way to describe our aspirations for our work in Africa? At the recent Special…
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SMR International colleagues and clients are aware that Information Africa Organization (IAO) is a new nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Africa. The organization’s focus is on youth, and specifically on strategic learning and training in ICT, KM, and knowledge services skills for African young people. SMR President Guy St. Clair is an IAO volunteer, using the SMR International site to report on the organization’s progress and, as appropriate, providing consulting and advisory services. With the former, SMR has published both an e-Profile and a special report about the organization and expects to continue bringing attention to IAO through the SMR’s work…
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