Comments on: Africa’s Brain Drain http://african-diaspora.com/2008/06/africas-brain-drain/ Issues and news for the African Diaspora Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:43:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mwangi - the Displaced African http://african-diaspora.com/2008/06/africas-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Mwangi - the Displaced African Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:03:47 +0000 http://african-diaspora.com/?p=55#comment-73 As I have spoken about on my blog, I think the huge proliferation of telecommunications and the internet basically means that the most important component of "the brain drain", intellect and knowledge can be easily transferred back to Africa regardless of whether or not people choose to immigrate over. A simple and timely example of this is the example of David Kobia and Erick who are both in the United States and created Ushahidi to map the violence taking place in Kenya and South Africa.http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1028 My thoughts on this are that we should form think tanks or simply chose an issue that we feel can have the most impact on the continent, formulate plans of attack and send people back home on the basis of the requirements of the project. Some thoughts on the issue As I have spoken about on my blog, I think the huge proliferation of telecommunications and the internet basically means that the most important component of “the brain drain”, intellect and knowledge can be easily transferred back to Africa regardless of whether or not people choose to immigrate over.
A simple and timely example of this is the example of David Kobia and Erick who are both in the United States and created Ushahidi to map the violence taking place in Kenya and South Africa.http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1028
My thoughts on this are that we should form think tanks or simply chose an issue that we feel can have the most impact on the continent, formulate plans of attack and send people back home on the basis of the requirements of the project.

Some thoughts on the issue

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