SciDevNet: SciDev.Net's online debates generate high-energy bursts of communication and are as intellectually stimulating and informative as they are fun to participate in. Last month's debate on Africa's knowledge economy was no exception. At our London office, we experienced a flow of comments through our computer screens in a conversation enriched by six remote panellists.
The debate was hosted alongside the Planet Earth Institute (PEI), which defines the global knowledge economy as an economic environment...