www.KMAfrica.com - Africa's dedicated KM community Knowledge Portal

Does your work involve the creation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of knowledge? Looking for or wanting to share know-how with a community of KM professionals from throughout Africa? Wanting to make the connection? If you are saying YES! to these questions, then logon to www.KMAfrica.com. KMAfrica.com is Africa's knowledge platform that lets you to participate, contribute, share and benefit. In KMAfrica.com you'll find practical KM with an African feel plus:

  • Member Blogs – as a registered KMAfrica.com member, your blog can highlight your work so that it has the attention of Africa's knowledge community

  • Access to Know-How – the issues you're face now have probably been solved by someone else - the wiki technology in KMAfrica allows storage of any combination of digital information including voice, data, slideshows, text and movies
  • Shared Calendars - of KMAfrica knowledge events throughout Africa plus international KM events of importance
  • Aggregated Newsfeeds - from a wide variety of recognised KM resources and blogs on the internet
  • Knowledge Exchange – all knowledge comes from the questions we ask...you'll find plenty of questions and useful, considered answers on our knowledge exchange
  • KMAfrica.com Conference – notifications and papers from the biennial KMAfrica Conference and booking for the various conference streams.
    Member Library & Resources – we have a growing electronic library in KMAfrica that we are committed to building into a considerable multidisciplinary resource by 2010

  • Support for Knowledge Entrepreneurs – At KMAfrica, we are committed to supporting African Knowledge Entrepreneurs with our own database of know-how and experience needed to build sustainable African knowledge businesses.
  • Keep in touch – KMAfrica is on twitter so tune in to www.twitter.com/kmafrica to receive updated. We also have a KMAfrica group on www.Linkedin.com
  • Galleries – we have downloadable KMPosters and other media designed to stimulate knowledge sharing in your organisation.
  • Links to a variety of resources – including other KM sites, papers and people that help you make the connection.

KMAfrica.com SIGs (Special Interest Groups)

KMAfrica is used by a variety of special interest groups and forums driven by the KMAfrica conference themes. SIGs include:

  • KM and Economic challenges – this includes issues around banking and finance, agriculture and agro-industry, economic integration, energy, ICT, tourism and transport systems.

  • KM and Social challenges - this includes education, public health, food security, water supply, employment, gender and youth.
  • KM and the Environment – this includes climate change, desertification, soil salination, urban waste, air, water and noise pollution.
  • KM and Governance – this includes KM impacts on service delivery in public sector institutions, in creating opportunities for local engagement in improved conditions for local people, and in dealing with post-conflict situations.
  • Emerging Technologies and innovative schemes – this includes frontier technologies such as Biotechnologies, Nanotechnologies, ICT, etc… together with innovative opportunities such as Techno-Entreprise Incubators, Technopoles, Science and Technology Parks, creatives cities, etc…
  • Practical KM – includes multidisciplinary ideas, tips and case studies for the practical & successful implementation of KM in organisations.