Our associates

EcoAfrica Associates are trusted service providers who share our values and with whom we have enjoyed lasting relationships. In most cases they are well-known for their expertise while in other instances they are ideally positioned to help move along common agendas for environmental sustainability and social change. We occasionally include associates in our team when their expertise can add value to projects, processes and other initiatives.

Rean van der Merwe

ICT and Community Development

Did his masters thesis on the use of ICT in community based development. Rean's focus is on the information sharing and communication processes that underlie sustainable development, as well as the technologies which support these processes. He has formal training in both communications and information systems development and has substantial experience in the marketing and communications sector, including working as marcom consultant, interactive media developer and technical project manager. He presently serves as information systems architect for the DLIST programme, an online information sharing and distance learning toolset which aims to support sustainable coastal development in South Africa, Namibia and Angola. Rean further conducts training in a range of IT and communication topics and has recently been engaged by the government of Namibia to consult on e-Governance systems and related communcation strategy.