A Thank You to Our Followers On Twitter | 3 June 2016

According to Twitter analytics, our two Twitter accounts have reached, as of 3 June 2016, 1,021 followers (@SouthSouth1) (including UNDP Administrator and UN SG candidate Helen Clark) and 933 (@DSChallenges) respectively. In May 2016, @DSChallenges had 18.9K Tweet impressions, 78 new followers and 23 mentions. The @SouthSouth1 account had 8,296 Tweet impressions, 139 new followers and 10 mentions.

Please let others know about our Twitter accounts. We are currently completing the editorial for Issue 6 of Southern Innovator and will release the new edition once it has been signed off by the UNOSSC.

A snapshot of our followers as of June 2016, including UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.

All of our resources can be found online on many platforms. Just pop some search terms into Google and see what comes up. For those with a more scholarly bent, please check out the various books and papers citing both our newsletter Development Challenges, South-South Solutions and Southern Innovator magazine. It is a pleasure to have our stories cited and to know they have inspired others.

Update on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 7:03AM by David South

Our Twitter followers as of 13 May 2017: 

@SouthSouth1: 1,648

@DSChallenges: 1,500

Note: We do not pay for Twitter followers. Twitter auditing tool StatusPeople.com found that @HillaryClinton had 15% fake followers. It was disclosed by the Associated Press the U.S. State Department paid US $630,000 for Facebook fans. These are followers we have gathered over the years. They are an impressive group of people, including UN agency heads, global South innovators, those who love science and technology, are interested in international development, and others wishing to end poverty. 

Update on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 8:14AM by David South

Our Twitter followers as of 17 October 2017: 

@SouthSouth1: 2,026

@DSChallenges: 1,825

Update on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 9:53AM by David South

Southern Innovator's first issue on mobile phones and information technology (launched 2011) drew praise from innovators for its inspiring content. Designed by an Icelandic design team, Southern Innovator weaved together online, social and print resources to reach as wide an audience as possible.

Finding Southern Innovator Magazine | 16 March 2016

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If you would like hard copies of the magazine for distribution, then please contact the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation: Website: http://ssc.undp.org/content/ssc.html. If you would like to either sponsor an issue of Southern Innovator or place an advertisement in the magazine, then please contact southerninnovator@yahoo.co.uk. This is a great opportunity to reach millions around the world and to connect with the pioneers and innovators shaping this new world. With Issue 5 tackling the timely theme of Waste and Recycling, this is the moment to get on board and help support SI. With global urbanization levels continuing to rise, fresh thinking of the kind found in Southern Innovator's fifth issue is urgently required.

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The Southern Innovator Online Presence Grows | 3 October 2012

Based in New York, and hosted and run by UNDP,  Southern Innovator‘s website archive continues to grow with stories.

Southern Innovator's online story archive.

And search engines such as Google are making it easier to find the content based on key words and terms.

Southern Innovator Ready for UN General Assembly | 26 September 2012

Print hard copies of Southern Innovator‘s third issue are now available in New York. And just in time for the UN General Assembly, which is meeting this week. While this is not the intended audience for Southern Innovator, I hope it proves an inspiring read for those attending the General Assembly. Issues 4 and 5 are in development and will be published in 2012.

Southern Innovator magazine's third issue.

Issue 2 of Southern Innovator Magazine in Production | 17 December 2011

Issue 2’s theme is Youth and Entrepreneurship and is currently in production. Issue 3 will focus on Food Security and Agriculture. The magazine is seeking partners to co-share the production costs. If interested, then contact southerninnovator@yahoo.co.uk.

The magazine is a rare opportunity to reach a large global audience, many of whom are in fast-growing emerging market countries and comprise the next generation of innovators and pioneers. The cover concept in development is below:

New Development Challenges, South-South Solutions Template

Designed by Icelandic graphic designer Sólveig Rolfsdóttir, the new template makes an evolutionary change from the template first introduced in 2007. For the first time, a QR (quick response) Code now links the e-newsletter to the Southern Innovator website.

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