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SANGONeT merger with Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter

2001-09-03, Issue 33

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/2691

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Kabissa and Fahamu are pleased to announce, as we return to ‘press’ after our August break, that the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) will be joining as a full partner of this Newsletter.

Since 1987, the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) has been providing networking, information and training services to Southern African civil society organisations. Its mission is to facilitate the effective use of information communication technology tools by development and social justice actors in Africa. SANGONeT is currently in the process of expanding their information services component, and, together with several partner organisations, have embarked on a range of initiatives which are about to bear fruit. One is Africa Pulse, a gateway of information on development in the Southern African Development Community. Through Africa Pulse SANGONeT aims to highlight key concerns in the region -- whether they be around water policy, refugees, globalisation or HIV/Aids -- things that affect us all. It is this work that will inform the bulk of their contribution to the Newsletter.

SANGONeT will have prime responsibility for coverage of information from the southern African region, while at the same time playing an editorial role together with Kabissa and Fahamu. SANGONeT will also continue (as they have been for some months) providing content for the Internet and Technology section of the Newsletter.

This collaboration between Kabissa, Fahamu and SANGONeT represents a major development in the evolution of this Newsletter. The Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter was founded at the beginning of December 2000 following a merger between the respective newsletters of Kabissa and Fahamu. Starting with only 700 subscribers, the number of subscribers has grown well beyond our expectations, a 10-fold increase to more than 7300 subscribers in the space of nine months. Judged by the growth in the number of subscribers, the volume of submissions, and the positive feedback we have received, we believe that the Newsletter serves an important need on the continent.

A large part of the success of the Newsletter has been due to the extraordinary generosity and support of a number of people: our volunteers, who help compile the Newsletter; our readership, many of whom regularly supply excellent content; and our tiny complement of staff who have been willing to work all hours and more to ensure we produce Africa’s best newsletter.

With SANGONeT’s involvement, the Newsletter moves into new period. We hope that this will result in opening of discussions about collaboration with other networks in other regions of Africa.

For the next few issues, the name of this newsletter will change to the KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER. We realise that this is quite a mouthful, but bear with us, it will be for only a short time. We need to find a new name for the newsletter.

So, what should the newsletter be called? Although we have some ideas, we would like to invite you, the reader, to recommend a name for the newsletter. If you have suggestions, please send them to editor@kabissa.org with the words “New name” in the subject line. We will discuss your suggestions and the person suggesting the name that is finally chosen will receive a FREE COPY of "Writing for change: an interactive guide to effective writing". Tempted?Then send in your suggestions by 1 October 2001.

We trust you will join us in welcoming our new partners, SANGONeT.

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