March 8, 2013

We read a lot of interesting articles/websites/books in the course of working to solve development challenges through collaboration. This reading ranges from articles on processes we want to implement, such as pieces on better measurements for network success, to content-based web stories on water use in Malaysia or food securit

March 3, 2013

Our friend, collaborator, and Penn State University assistant professor of entomology Dr. David Hughes has a venture aimed at sharing knowledge on gardening and farming that he’s started with Penn State biologist Dr. Marcel Salathe (check out Salathe’s lab here).They have designed their website, PlantVillage, to help people gard

February 22, 2013

Every year, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, thousands of scientists, researchers, and policymakers gather to discuss the year’s most exciting, challenging, and relevant developments. This year, at the Boston event (held February 14-18)  GKI Chief Operating Officer Sara Farley joi

February 15, 2013

GKI’s Sara Farley helps students at NM-AISTBack in August, we teamed up with UNESCO and the Nelson Mandela Africa Institute of Science and Technology to conduct a Training-of-Trainers program on innovation management skills in Tanzania.  During our first visit we trained trainers on the fundamentals of the skills needed for coll

February 4, 2013

Kenyatta University Deputy Vice Rector Prof. John Okumu and GKI Chief Operating Officer Sara Farley sign MOUAt a ceremony held at Kenyatta University on January 10, 2013 GKI Chief Operating Officer Sara Farley and Kenyatta University Deputy Vice Rector Prof. John Okumu signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) linking the two o

January 15, 2013

Despite recent, heavy rains, that have given Kenya’s Kitui County a lush, green feel, it remains water scarce. From January 7-9, a GKI team, along with Dr. Kennedy Mwetu of Kenyatta University, Dr. Patrick Kariuki of South Eastern University College, Prof. Anthony Egeru of Makerere University, and a number of others visited Kitu

January 10, 2013

Photo Credit: World Bank, used through Creative Commons licensing Building off of the success of the Global Knowledge Initiative’s first two LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions) pilot programs in Rwanda and Afghanistan-Pakistan, GKI is gaining momentum, scaling purpose-driven networks to solve real

January 4, 2013

Girl walks along maize field in East African semi-arid lands. Photo: GKI A good chunk of the GKI team is headed to Kenya this weekend to meet with Dr. Kennedy Mwetu and a number of other prestigious researchers from Kenyatta University, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University, just to name a few, to work on solutions to w

December 31, 2012

After six months of research and collaboration, the Global Knowledge Initiative LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions) research team is almost ready to release their analysis of Afghanistan’s Science, Technology, and Innovation context; the Seed Technology Challenge being pursued by the LINK AfPak tea

December 7, 2012

A Team of Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) master’s students worked with the Global Knowledge Initiative in Fall 2012 to help innovate new metrics of network growth and optimization. On Thursday, December 6 GKI Program Officer (and GPPI graduate) Andrew Gerard visited Prof. Anne Cammisa’s Managing Program Evaluation cla