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Rural Enterprise and Economic Development in Southern Africa

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Publications

Selected publications of team members

Peer-reviewed papers and guidelines from more than two decades of action research.

TitleAuthorsPresented atDate
“Marrying the ‘System of Innovation’ and micro-enterprises in real-world rural SADC”: collaborative SMME incubation in the Sekhukhune Rural Living LabVan Rensburg, J. & Smit, D.IST-Africa Conference, Maputo, MozambiqueMay 2007
From Technologists to Social-Enterprise Developers: our journey as ‘ICT for development’ practitioners in Southern AfricaVan Rensburg, J. & Jenkins, M.Information Technology for Development, Vol. 14(1), © WileyWinter 2008
Infopreneurs® in service of rural enterprise and economic development: addressing scalability and sustainability in developing (rural) economiesVan Rensburg, J., Cronje, B. & du Buisson, U.CSIR Science Real and Relevant Conference, PretoriaOct 2010
Cofimvaba: Innovative and systemic technology application in rural, education-focused, agri-based development initiativesVan Rensburg, J., Cronje, B. & du Buisson, U.CSIR Science Real and Relevant Conference, PretoriaOct 2012
Beyond ‘Technology for Development’ and ‘Sustainability’ towards systemic and holistic rural innovation: success factors from 20 years of Southern African experienceVan Rensburg, J., du Buisson, U., Cronje, B., Marais, M. & Haruperi, E.UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, LausanneJun 2014
‘Virtuous Cycles’ for rural innovation and agri-entrepreneurship developmentVan Rensburg, J.IST-Africa Conference, Windhoek, NamibiaJun 2017
Outcome Mapping as a methodology to monitor and evaluate Community Informatics projects: a case studydu Buisson, U., Herselman, M.E., Marais, M.A., Pitse-Boshomane, M.M. & Roux, K.Prato Conference, Italy2010
Guideline for the modernisation of agriculture (SATCAP WP 2.7)REEDiSA / SATCAPPublished guideline2022

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