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GKI Works with Georgetown Public Policy Students to innovate M&E Methodologies

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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 class to review Team Clear View’s progress….
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Across Africa, Science, Technology and Innovation Networks Expand

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Africa’s thirst for networks as mechanisms to draw together the science, technology and innovation (STI) resources needed for economic and social development is keeping pace with international cries for more networked approaches to problem solving. The past year has witnessed the birth of a number of new networks; one called for by UN Secretary-General Ban-ki…
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International consortium undertakes groundbreaking research to identify cause of mysterious “Potato Taste” in Rwandan Specialty Coffee

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A network of researchers spanning from the United States to France to Rwanda has found common cause in working to solve a grave agricultural challenge facing Rwanda. In the tiny African country, around 90% of the population works in agriculture, and coffee constitutes almost a quarter of all agricultural exports. Spurred by government and international…
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GKI – UNESCO to Train Tanzania’s Next Generation of Innovation Leaders

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Collaborative innovation-a rich frontier of science, technology, and innovation (STI) for development-encompasses a variety of concepts and skills that, once mastered, can inspire real-world problem solving. Training in collaborative innovation helps individuals cut across sectors and disciplines. Central to the idea is teaching people-entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers and others-how to use an array of tools to…
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GKI Advances Pakistan-Afghanistan Science Collaboration

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With the success of Round I of our Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions (LINK) program, the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) is excited to announce the beginning of LINK Round II, hosted by Afghanistan and Pakistan. The winners are Dr. Rashid Ahmad, Professor in the Department of Crop Physiology at the University of…
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Improving Rural Life Through ICTs: GKI Chairman Sam Pitroda Honored for Humanitarian Work

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The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) congratulates its Chairman Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, on receiving the 2011 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication and Information Society Award. He was bestowed this honor on May 17, 2011, in recognition of his work with information and communication…
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From the Lab to the Field: GKI Sparks a US-Africa Conversation between Penn State and Ugandan Researchers

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For Khanjan Mehta, Director of Humanitarian Engineering & Social Entrepreneurship at Pennsylvania State University, engineering isn’t just a profession. It is a passion. He knows that science and technology can accomplish amazing things, like increasing the agricultural yields of farmers, bringing medical diagnostic tools to out-of-reach areas, and turning garbage into clean energy. For this…
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