Solving the "digital divide" in Africa will not put food in mouths, knowledge in heads, clean
water in households, or make healthcare accessible to those who need it most. Leveraging
knowledge, skills, and capacities holds out the possibility of doing all of these things. This is
what extending knowledge infrastructure is about: building robust and sustainable networks and
communities that mobilize a broad range of information practices, institutions, and technologies
(old and new) - and put these in the service of locally-defined needs, aspirations, and broad
developmental goals.
This report summarizes current thinking and action around African knowledge infrastructures.