ict@innovation has come a long way since the start of the programme:

FOSS Business

ict@innovation has trained over 120 trainers in the area of Free and Open Source Software Business Models for Africa. Over 25 national training courses have been held across Southern and Eastern Africa and many more are scheduled to take place in 2012.

The ict@innovation training materials have been downloaded over 3000 times and viewed over 7000 times. Over 1000 hard copies have been printed and distributed in Africa.

FOSS Certification

At the moment training-of-trainers courses on Linux System Administration (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1) are being held in different African countries. In ict@innovation's first training-of-trainers courses held in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and in Johannesburg a total of 60 trainers were trained, with about 70 percent passing the LPIC-1 exams at the first attempt.  Also the comprehensive open training handbook for free download on LPI Level 1 Certification was published.

Follow-up trainings started in 2011 and in 2012 more national courses on Linux system administration will be offered.

Coding FOSS in Africa

Currently the pilot phase of the Mentored Internship Programme on software programming is taking place. Students from different nodes of the African university network AVOIR are working together with their mentors on programming projects.

In 2011 further mentored internships will be organized. For more information, see the "coding FOSS in Africa" section.

Networking and Community Building

The ict@innovation portal has become a central internet platform for FOSS in Africa. Over 1200 persons and organisations have registered profiles on the site. Also, regional networking and peer-to-peer learning has been at the centre of ict@innovations involvement with FOSSFAs biannual pan-African "Idlelo" conferences, such at Idlelo 5 in Abuja in March 2012, Idlelo 4 in Accra in May 2010 and Idlelo 3 in Dakar in 2008. You can browse through some blog entries on Idlelo here of have a look at the official conference reports.

What's happening now?

In 2012 ict@innovation will continue to offer trainings in the area of FOSS Business and Certification. Programme activities are being expanded to French speaking trainers in West African Countries.

For current information and updates on programme activities see our news section or blog.

Free your IT-Business in Africa

Linux Admin Certification

Coding FOSS in Africa

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