Non Profits Network

It is yet another opportunity for ISF Inc to bring together our sister organizations to network, to exchange notes and to learn from each others' strengths and challenges so we do not waste time in useless competition and or reinventing the wheel.

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Good Governance and Democracy

By Dr.Michael M Kisembo What is good governance? Should it be the same in the West, East, Africa and particularly Uganda? What are its prerequisites? Is good governance the same as Democracy? Also is Western democracy relevant and natural to Africa or foreign that has been imposed on us prematurely? Do we as African understand it? Is it in our DNA? Is it just a copy cut and paste something not natural to us and causing us CONFUSION? Is the anger in us and now in our countries causing and preventing us to see any good being done – thus blocking our blocking our ability to think Critically? Has this frustration transformed us into a society of No’s to anything that comes from home? Again, doesn’t this extreme frustration lead us to accept any person or politician that manifests himself/herself without us being principled? Are people and ideas from the diaspora the only hope for Africa or have the diasporas learned and forgot nothing in their new countries of exile or residence? Is the

ISF Connection Quarterly

For the ISF community and friends, all roads led to Boston College on December 15, 2018. The Information Technology and Good Governance in Africa: Communication & Networking Beyond Social Media event took place that day. The conference was attended by a full house, over 80 members of the Boston Community. The honored guest and keynote speaker was the Lord Mayor of the City of Kampala, Mr. Erias Lukwago who was also the main speaker. The Intercontinental Science Foundation Inc. (ISF) and the Lonergan Institute at Boston College jointly sponsored the annual conference. Herbert Kibuuka, director of the Intercontinental Science Foundation, welcomed the attendees and gave the opening remarks. The conference covered an overview of information and communications technology interact with governance in Africa. The presenters took a critical look at how Africans can best network and communicate with and beyond social media. The following are the spectrum of featured topics and

Talk Africa Radio

“I believe that we have better ideas… But I also believe that good ideas don’t matter if people don’t hear them”, Pres. Barack Obama (Press Conference, Nov. 14, 2016) Talk Africa radio is the latest initiative aimed at furthering the education of the people, whenever and wherever they are. Our moto is “We negotiate the truth”. TARNET is an invitation to: a. Talk as Africans, and friends of Africa, about Africa. b. To create an entity that will be educational, informational as well as entertaining. c. To rediscover the essence of what it means to be authentically african. d. To harness the knowledge gained to put in practice best practices. ISF Inc has been active since 2009 and during that time, we have initiated a number of initiatives including a learning center in Uganda, a Spelling Bee for immigrant children in Boston MA, a Non-Profit workshop for nonprofit leaders, and an annual conference. An after-school program, tailored to meet the unique challenges of

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