Somewhere in my past when I worked with the Vaskela "bushman" in Northern Namibia, they told me that "tuyeni" means walking together. Since then it had a specific significance to me because it was then, many years ago that my journey as an adult in Africa started. From that very special time in the raw nature of Ngamiland, until now I experienced the many beauties of my beautiful continent. From the special beauty of my own country South Africa, to the cradle of humankind around the great lakes of east and central Africa, to the Gulf pf Acaba where the continent meets the rest of the world, I travelled with the knowledge that I would discover something new every time.
On this blog I will start sharing it with you from time to time. Just for the pleasure of it. If you can do the same, maybe one day we will travel together.
About Me
- Dries Velthuizen
- Andreas Gerhardus Velthuizen was born in 1956 and is married for twenty-six years. He has two adult children (a son and a daughter). For the last twenty-four years, he resides North of the Magalies Mountains in Pretoria, the Capital of South Africa, from where he inter-connects with the local and international community through his vocation as inspired entrepreneur, scholar, and community leader. Currently he is the owner of a micro-enterprise in pursuit of contracts as consultant in the field of knowledge production, knowledge development, and change management for businesses and peace initiatives in Africa. He completed a Doctors Degree in Politics from the University of South Africa (UNISA) obtained through the Centre for African Renaissance Studies. The title of the thesis was “The Management of Knowledge: A Model for the African Renaissance”, a trans-disciplinary study dealing with the management of knowledge in Africa according to a trans-dimensional knowledge management model. The thesis presents solutions to find collaborative middle ground between international organizations and African society.
