EA Trend Monitor Observatory's Blog

Trend Monitoring Report: Urbanization in Eastern Africa

Submitted on the 8th of September 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
The world is increasingly becoming a city planet, as Stewart Brand notes in his book Whole Earth Discipline: an Ecopragmatist's Manifesto. Half of the world population now lives...

Trend Monitoring Report. The Greater Horn online: Silicon Valley rising?

Submitted on the 23rd of July 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
The Greater Horn of East Africa is experiencing a tremendous growth across the region in ICT infrastructure and usage. The newsletter presents some examples of initiatives to...

Trend Monitoring Report: The Election Train (2010-2012)

Submitted on the 5th of July 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
Between 2010 and 2012, voters in 10 out of the 11 Great Horn of East Africa (GHEA) countries will go to the polls. The only place where the election train will not stop is Eritrea...

Trend Monitoring Report: Drivers of regional food security

Submitted on the 19th of May 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
Growing food insecurity is a reality in the region. Based on this observation, the third SID trend monitoring report seeks to provide a regional overview on the topic, by looking...

Trend Monitoring Report: East African integration. What to expect?

Submitted on the 30th of April 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
One fact is that 'poverty seems to be entrenching itself in the region'. Although the share of the population living below the poverty line has declined, the actual number of poor...

Trend Monitoring Report: Greater Horn of East Africa

Submitted on the 16th of March 2010 by EA Trend Monitor Observatory.
The first SID trend monitoring report of January 2010 explores the quality of life, forced and voluntary migration and mobility, connectivity and sentiments on regional...

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