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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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NGONet Africa - Africa

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NGONet Africa is an African-led information sharing and dissemination initiative for African civil society organisations. It seeks to engage NGOs and community based organisations (CBOs) in Africa in advocacy and the promotion of awareness towards a broad based engagement in the promotion of information and communications technology (ICT).
Communication Strategies

The initiative's activities will include: identifying and addressing regulatory/legal issues in the development of ICT as a tool for African development; providing subsidised Internet access to participating NGOs by establishing multi-purpose tele-centers in participating countries; representing NGO/CBO concerns and issues in ICT for African development;harnessing, disseminating the capacity building potential, and building capacity fo NGOs to advocate to African governments, ad their private sector partners, the benefits of innovations in ICT for their own development; and, publish a compendium of African civil society organisations and groups, including a web based African Regional directory of these organisations.
Development Issues

Economic development, political development, rights.
Key Points

Operations NGONet Africa will be operated as a virtual network. The Minister of Communications from Malawi offered to provide a fully functional secretariat for NGONet Africa. This offer will be considered when more formal structures are in place.
Partners



Partners are still in the process of joining the network. (March 2000)

Sources

Letter from Lola Dare to the AFRO-NETS network.