Potential Africa

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Mission 3 Vision 4 Projects 4.1 NGOConnect Africa 4.2 NGOPedia 4.3 NGO Source 4.4 ICT Strategy Workshops for Decision Makers 4.5 Our services 5 Contact information

Introduction

Potential Africa is a socially conscious information technology company based in South Africa. Our focus is to enable and assist non-profit organisations (NGOs) and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa to sustainably achieve their goals through the efficient and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

Mission

Potential Africa (PA) believes in the potential of Africa. The primary mission of Potential Africa is to encourage and facilitate sustainable African economic development utilizing IT as an enabler and implementing a systematic approach engaging civil, governmental, and commercial entities. Information Technology can be an enabler across many fronts, but a key focus will be the empowerment of women, development of youth, education, and long term sustainable employability. Potential Africa is a socially conscious information technology company focused on enabling and assisting non-profit organizations and small to medium size enterprises to sustainably achieve their goals through the more efficient use of information technology and education. Potential Africa provides computer, business, technology, and information resources as well as business and project management skills to this market.

Vision

Potential Africa was founded on three fundamental beliefs:

• People – we believe in the people of Africa and will address Africa’s challenges
• Resources – we believe that the resources to affect positive change in Africa exist and are in Africa and need to be used effectively
• Technology - we believe that Information and Communication Technologies can be the tool and the catalyst to creating greater economic impact.

Projects

To assist and promote our belief in the potential of Africa we offer various services and are involved in different projects.

	NGOConnect Africa NGOConnect Africa provides a social workspace for NGOs and everyone that wants to engage with them. Our focus is on how ICT can act as an enabler to assist NGOs with their work. Go to NGOConnect Africa
	NGOPedia Online collaborative knowledge tool for and by non-governmental organisations in Africa. This site is actually a wiki. Any of the registered users can edit or create pages. NGOPedia
	NGO Source NGOSource is a news and resource aggregator for NGOs in Africa. This is a free service where you can read news and information updates from various resources relevant to NGOs in Africa. Go to NGO Source
	ICT Strategy Workshops for Decision Makers Defining ICT Strategy for Decision Makers is a highly interactive three days workshop for NGO decision makers. Attendees work on a strategic approach to ICT, identify appropriate ICT objectives and solutions and link them to their organisation’s mission.

Our services

Potential Africa aims to respect the people, cultures and systems of all people and to encourage the development of sustainable and appropriately scalable solutions through innovation and processes that will result in long-term socio economic growth. By supporting both; community and relationships as well as innovation and processes, Potential Africa uses technology to bring together two critical processes to encourage sharing, learning, replication and impact.

Our services include:

• Consulting services in business development and ICT usage and implementation
• Tools and training resources for NGOs and SMEs
• Providing and facilitating ICT resources
• Project Management
• Hosted services and solutions

Contact information

Contact Person: Afif Say

Address: Postnet Suite 167, Private Bag x15 7129, Somerset West, South Africa

Telephone: +27 21 851 9446

Email: info@potentialafrica.net

Website: http://potentialafrica.com

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