Perhaps one of the biggest challenges in South Africa today is addressing poverty and finding initiatives that enable participation by historically disadvantaged communities. According to an article on NGO Pulse, the opportunity is to ‘create centres which connect people to information sources, government services and economic partners and to, thereby, foster economic self-sufficiency and promote sustainable Local Economic Development (LED) that empowers local rural communities.’
SAFIPA supports a number of projects that are developing applications and processes aimed at bottom of the pyramid and grass roots innovation:
This is the final edition of the SAFIPA newsletter. The month of November 2011, marks the conclusion of this dynamic initiative.
