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b) Linux Admin Certifcation 3) Outlook 2012 a) FOSS Business Models
b) Linux Admin Certifcation c) Idlelo 5 4) How to join the Alumni-group
Review of first-half 2011
it@inwent's team "penguins" wishes you and your dear ones happy holidays and blessings for the new year. We would like to thank you very much for working with us in 2010.
Please note: As of next year, the penguins will be wearing different suits: InWEnt, GTZ and DED are pooling their long-standing expertise and will be merged into „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH“.
For more information on the merger, see below. As concerns the suits, please let us know, which one you would like us to wear most often (see proposals on the picture) :-)
Whichever outfit: We are looking forward to further exchange and cooperation in 2011 and invite you to check some of this year's actions and upcoming initiatives at http://www.inwent.org/it-inwent/
Yours,
Balthas Seibold, Petra Hagemann, Ursula van Look, David Paulus (intern) (InWEnt Bonn) and George Nyambuya (InWEnt SA / FOSSFA)
[Continuity under a new name – GIZ successor organisation to GTZ, DED and InWEnt
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst gGmbH (DED) and Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt) are pooling their long-standing expertise in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. On 16 December 2010, GTZ, InWEnt and DED signed a merger agreement. With the merger DED and InWEnt will be integrated into the legal structure of GTZ. From the beginning of January 2011 the company will operate under the name Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
All contact data you have, including addresses, telephone and fax numbers will remain unchanged. As of 1 January 2011 you will find more information on our website at http://www.giz.de.]
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For copyrights of the tuxes (mostly GPL), please see credits here: http://lwn.net/Gallery/page.php3?page=credits
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Another quarter has passed and much has happened in the programme: we are happy to say that all components of the ict@innovation programme, business models, certification and application building are up and
running. In this edition of our newsletter we will update you on the programme activities, including current trainings on FOSS Business Models and promotion of FOSS certification. Last but not least we have launched the component "FOSS applications" with the Mentored Internship Programme in cooperation with AVOIR. Mr. James Kariuki Njenga, the manager of the Mentored Internship Programme, has successfully started work and we are happy to have him aboard as one of the team members of ict@innovation.
At this point we would also like to say thank you to all those who keep contributing to the success of ict@innovation, including the team, trainings, participants and partners.
And one more message to our readers: If you have any news on FOSS in Africa, if you are working on a FOSS project or would like to learn more about the possibilities FOSS offers - Please do not hesitate to contact us and tell your story or ask your questions!
George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation programme management team Read the ict@innovation November 2010 Newsletter as PDF. Contents of the November 2010 Newsletter:
1) Trainings on FOSS Business Models: The National Trainings
2) FOSS Certification
3) Training of Mentors at the University of Western Cape: Kick-Off of the Mentored Internship Programme
4) News from the ict@innovation community
5) Ict@innovation and Social Media -----------------------------------
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all partners for their ongoing engagement and to thank you, the ict@innovation community, for your interest and support. We hope 2010 will be a successful FOSS year, not only for ict@innovation, but for all of you individually and would like to wish you all the best for your FOSS activities in the second half of 2010! George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation Programme Management Team Read the ict@innovation July 2010 Newsletter as PDF. Contents of the July 2010 Newsletter: Review of first half 2010
1) Trainings on FOSS Business Models: from the Regional to the National Trainings
2) Publication of the Handbook “ict@innovation: Free your IT Business in Africa!”
3) Appointment FOSS Certification Manager and next steps towards regional trainings
4) Supporting the local development of FOSS Applications through the AVOIR / ict@innovation Mentored Internship Programme
5) Networking and Community Building at Idlelo 4
6) Country Features on the ict@innovation Blog Outlook 2010
- African FOSS Business Models
- FOSS Certification
- Local FOSS Applications and Software Development
- Networking and Community ------------------------------------------
Greetings from the ict@innovation programme management team! Half way through 2009 we are happy to update you on the progress of ict@innovation – the programme is well under way, trainings on FOSS Business Models have commenced, and ict@innovation has continued growing and forming new networks to promote the use of FOSS for business in Africa and overseas. During the next months, we look forward to celebrating Software Freedom Day, continuing with the trainings, kick-starting the programme component on FOSS certification and building our network and community.
The ict@innovation summer highlights:
* Trainings on FOSS Business Models: a report from Johannesburg and upcoming dates
* Global Networking: From LinuxTag to OSCON
* Getting ready for Software Freedom Day 2009
George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation programme management team Read the ict@innovation September 2009 Newsletter as pdf. ------------------------------------------------
ict@innovation Newsletter December 2008
Dear Madam/Sir, dear ict@innovation community-member,
as the African Coordinator of ict@innovation, I can reflect back on a very
successful year 2008 where we, the partners of ict@innovation (InWEnt,
FOSSFA & OSISA), advanced the project to where it is today. I will
highlight a few of the notable successes and achievements and mention key
expectations for the beginning of 2009. As we happily and gracefully say
good-bye to 2008, we still look forward to the coming year, 2009. We thank
the sponsors of ict@innovation BMZ and OSISA for their continued support.
Most of all we thank you, the participants, community members, project
partners and supporters for giving ict@innovation a successful start! We
hope for your continued support in 2009 and look forward to engaging in
further discussions, actions and collaboration!
In the following, you will find:
- REVIEW 2008
- OUTLOOK 2009
- USING THE ICT@INNOVATION PORTAL
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very
happy and merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and a happy New Year.
Best Wishes for 2009!
George G Nyambuya, on behalf of the ict@innovation Project Management Team
Read the ict@innovation December 2008 Newsletter as PDF.
Contents
1) REVIEW 2008: HOW ICT@INNOVATION DEVELOPED IN 2008
ict@innovation thanks all contributors, who made these initiatives possible and successful.
March 2008
Launch of ict@innovation at the Third African Conference on FOSS and the Digital
Commons - Idlelo 3, Dakar/Senegal, 16 - 20 March 2008. Co-organisation of two
conference tracks: http://ict-innovation.fossfa.net/activities/idlelo-3.
March 2008
First Planning Workshop on Training Program on African FOSS Business Models.
For outcomes, see: http://ict-innovation.org/wiki/public-wiki/african-foss-business/foss-bu...
April 2008 ff
Joining of other main partners such as Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Mai 2008
Constitution of advisory board including members such as:
Jon 'Maddog' Hall (Linux Int.), Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (UNU-Merit), Victor van
Reijswoud (Prof., currently Papua New Guinea), Arjan de Jager (Het
Expertise Centrum), Nnenna Nwakanma (FOSSFA), Thandikile Mbvundula (OSISA),
Thilo Thormeyer (InWEnt South Africa).
August 2008
Appointment of the African Project Coordinating Office based in Pretoria, South Africa. George G Nyambuya was appointed effective 18 August 2008 as ICT@Innovation Project Coordinator.
October 2008
The ict@innovation Steering Committee Meeting was held on the 13-15 October
2008 in Johannesburg. The main programme partners met and mapped the way forward for the project.
October 2008
The ict@innovation Certification Workshop was held from the 15-17th of October 2008 and included more than twenty participants from across Africa. The workshop enabled the exchange of ideas on and approaches to FOSS certification in Afrika.
November 2008
The ict@innovation Office was presented with an opportunity to meet the FOSSFA
Executive team during the I-Week at AiTi-KACE, Ghana. FOSSFA appointed a substantive coordinator for their offices in Ghana effectively November 2008.
December 2008
Call for co-editors for training materials on FOSS Business
Models in Africa as a first step to implement the high level training
program on FOSS Business Models for IT-companies. (More information on the
call is online here:
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/%5Buser%5D/wanted-coeditors-ma....
2) OUTLOOK 2009: EXPECTED HIGHLIGHTS
HIGH LEVEL TRAININGS ON AFRICAN FOSS BUSINESS MODELS
Starting Spring 2009, ict@innovation will host four regional, high-level
trainings on African Business Models based on Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS). A detailed schedule of dates and venues will be put online at
www.ict-innovation.fossfa.org soon.
If you are associated to or part of an African training institution and
interested in joining in the upcoming regional trainings, please check the
related call for registration online here:
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/ago/ict-innovation-call-traini...
PROMOTING QUALITY YET AFFORDABLE FOSS CERTIFICATION
In 2009 ict@innovation will intensify its work on spreading certification in FOSS skills.
Some of the upcoming activities will include: the compilation and development of training materials to prepare for a certification exam, revision of existing examination procedures, and the training of trainers on a regional level, who will qualify themselves to become certifiers.
If you are interested in this topic and the programme activities, please contact us
(http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact). We also have a discussion forum on FOSS certification on our site, that you are welcome to use
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/forum/public-forums/foss-certificat....
FOSTERING INNOVATIVE LOCAL FOSS APPLICATIONS THROUGH INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES
ict@innovation is planning to offer mentored internships for software
developers seeking to improve their FOSS skills and create innovative
applications. This internship programme is currently being designed and
will kick-start in 2009. If you are interested, please get in touch via
the website contact form: http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact.
3) USING THE ICT@INNOVATION PORTAL TO STAY INFORMED AND NETWORK
HOW TO STAY INFORMED: Receive all Blog posts and other Website updates by Email or RSS feed
In order for everyone to stay in touch with the programme and community
activities, we offer an email-subscription and RSS feed service on all news items (including blog posts, events, forum messages etc.). You find RSS icons to subscribe to feeds at the bottom of the sections that offer subscriptions. You can manage email subscriptions as a registered user under "My account" > "Subscriptions".
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
Blog: Read and discuss about current news and developments on FOSS related topics and the ict@innovation programme on the ict@innovation blog (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/).
Comments are open for everyone. You are welcome and invited to contribute your own blog posts on this portal, just let us know (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact).
Forum and Wiki: Read and contribute to discussions and working processes online by engaging in online discussions in the forum (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/forum/) and online text editing using the Wikis (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/wiki/public-wiki).
Newsletter Archive
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ict@innovation Newsletter February 2012
Dear ict@innovation Community,
The first month of the New Year is already over – time is flying! We hope you had a great start. May the year 2012 will not just be a successful year for FOSS in Africa but also for all of you individually.
Read the ict@innovation February 2012 Newsletter as PDF.
Contents of the February 2012 Newsletter:
1) Wind of change in the ict@innovation team 2) Review of second half 2011 a) FOSS Business Modelsb) Linux Admin Certifcation 3) Outlook 2012 a) FOSS Business Models
b) Linux Admin Certifcation c) Idlelo 5 4) How to join the Alumni-group
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ict@innovation Newsletter July 2011
Dear ict@innovation Community,
As we mark the half way of 2011, ict@innovation looks back into the last six months of programme implementation. In this edition of our ict@innovation newsletter we review our achievements in 2011 thus far, including a detailed overview of the completed FOSS Business Models Trainings, and take a preview at the highlights awaiting us in 2011, including upcoming events and activities.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all partners for their ongoing engagement and to thank you, the ict@innovation community, for your interest and support.
George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation programme management team
Read the ict@innovation July 2011 Newsletter as PDF.
Contents of the July 2011 Newsletter:
Review of first-half 2011
1) FOSS Business Models
2) Linux Admin Certifcation
3) Coding FOSS in Africa
4) FOSSFA and ict@innovation at CODIST II
5) E-Learning Africa 2011 Actions and Happenings
Outlook second half 2011
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ict@innovation Newsletter December 2010
it@inwent's team "penguins" wishes you and your dear ones happy holidays and blessings for the new year. We would like to thank you very much for working with us in 2010.
Please note: As of next year, the penguins will be wearing different suits: InWEnt, GTZ and DED are pooling their long-standing expertise and will be merged into „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH“.
For more information on the merger, see below. As concerns the suits, please let us know, which one you would like us to wear most often (see proposals on the picture) :-)
Whichever outfit: We are looking forward to further exchange and cooperation in 2011 and invite you to check some of this year's actions and upcoming initiatives at http://www.inwent.org/it-inwent/
Yours,
Balthas Seibold, Petra Hagemann, Ursula van Look, David Paulus (intern) (InWEnt Bonn) and George Nyambuya (InWEnt SA / FOSSFA)
[Continuity under a new name – GIZ successor organisation to GTZ, DED and InWEnt
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst gGmbH (DED) and Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt) are pooling their long-standing expertise in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. On 16 December 2010, GTZ, InWEnt and DED signed a merger agreement. With the merger DED and InWEnt will be integrated into the legal structure of GTZ. From the beginning of January 2011 the company will operate under the name Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
All contact data you have, including addresses, telephone and fax numbers will remain unchanged. As of 1 January 2011 you will find more information on our website at http://www.giz.de.]
---For copyrights of the tuxes (mostly GPL), please see credits here: http://lwn.net/Gallery/page.php3?page=credits
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ict@innovation Newsletter November 2010
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Partners and Friends,Another quarter has passed and much has happened in the programme: we are happy to say that all components of the ict@innovation programme, business models, certification and application building are up and
running. In this edition of our newsletter we will update you on the programme activities, including current trainings on FOSS Business Models and promotion of FOSS certification. Last but not least we have launched the component "FOSS applications" with the Mentored Internship Programme in cooperation with AVOIR. Mr. James Kariuki Njenga, the manager of the Mentored Internship Programme, has successfully started work and we are happy to have him aboard as one of the team members of ict@innovation.
At this point we would also like to say thank you to all those who keep contributing to the success of ict@innovation, including the team, trainings, participants and partners.
And one more message to our readers: If you have any news on FOSS in Africa, if you are working on a FOSS project or would like to learn more about the possibilities FOSS offers - Please do not hesitate to contact us and tell your story or ask your questions!
George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation programme management team Read the ict@innovation November 2010 Newsletter as PDF. Contents of the November 2010 Newsletter:
1) Trainings on FOSS Business Models: The National Trainings
2) FOSS Certification
3) Training of Mentors at the University of Western Cape: Kick-Off of the Mentored Internship Programme
4) News from the ict@innovation community
5) Ict@innovation and Social Media -----------------------------------
ict@innovation Newsletter July 2010
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Partners and Friends, As we mark the half way of 2010, ict@innovation looks back into the last six months of programme implementation. In this edition of our ict@innovation newsletter we review our achievements in 2010 thus far, including a detailed overview of the completed FOSS Business Models Trainings of Trainers, and take a preview at the highlights awaiting us in 2010, including upcoming events.We would like to take this opportunity to thank all partners for their ongoing engagement and to thank you, the ict@innovation community, for your interest and support. We hope 2010 will be a successful FOSS year, not only for ict@innovation, but for all of you individually and would like to wish you all the best for your FOSS activities in the second half of 2010! George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation Programme Management Team Read the ict@innovation July 2010 Newsletter as PDF. Contents of the July 2010 Newsletter: Review of first half 2010
1) Trainings on FOSS Business Models: from the Regional to the National Trainings
2) Publication of the Handbook “ict@innovation: Free your IT Business in Africa!”
3) Appointment FOSS Certification Manager and next steps towards regional trainings
4) Supporting the local development of FOSS Applications through the AVOIR / ict@innovation Mentored Internship Programme
5) Networking and Community Building at Idlelo 4
6) Country Features on the ict@innovation Blog Outlook 2010
- African FOSS Business Models
- FOSS Certification
- Local FOSS Applications and Software Development
- Networking and Community ------------------------------------------
ict@innovation Newsletter September 2009
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Partners and Friends,Greetings from the ict@innovation programme management team! Half way through 2009 we are happy to update you on the progress of ict@innovation – the programme is well under way, trainings on FOSS Business Models have commenced, and ict@innovation has continued growing and forming new networks to promote the use of FOSS for business in Africa and overseas. During the next months, we look forward to celebrating Software Freedom Day, continuing with the trainings, kick-starting the programme component on FOSS certification and building our network and community.
The ict@innovation summer highlights:
* Trainings on FOSS Business Models: a report from Johannesburg and upcoming dates
* Global Networking: From LinuxTag to OSCON
* Getting ready for Software Freedom Day 2009
George G Nyambuya,
on behalf of the ict@innovation programme management team Read the ict@innovation September 2009 Newsletter as pdf. ------------------------------------------------
ict@innovation Newsletter December 2008
Dear Madam/Sir, dear ict@innovation community-member,as the African Coordinator of ict@innovation, I can reflect back on a very
successful year 2008 where we, the partners of ict@innovation (InWEnt,
FOSSFA & OSISA), advanced the project to where it is today. I will
highlight a few of the notable successes and achievements and mention key
expectations for the beginning of 2009. As we happily and gracefully say
good-bye to 2008, we still look forward to the coming year, 2009. We thank
the sponsors of ict@innovation BMZ and OSISA for their continued support.
Most of all we thank you, the participants, community members, project
partners and supporters for giving ict@innovation a successful start! We
hope for your continued support in 2009 and look forward to engaging in
further discussions, actions and collaboration!
In the following, you will find:
- REVIEW 2008
- OUTLOOK 2009
- USING THE ICT@INNOVATION PORTAL
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very
happy and merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and a happy New Year.
Best Wishes for 2009!
George G Nyambuya, on behalf of the ict@innovation Project Management Team
Read the ict@innovation December 2008 Newsletter as PDF.
Contents
1) REVIEW 2008: HOW ICT@INNOVATION DEVELOPED IN 2008
ict@innovation thanks all contributors, who made these initiatives possible and successful.
March 2008
Launch of ict@innovation at the Third African Conference on FOSS and the Digital
Commons - Idlelo 3, Dakar/Senegal, 16 - 20 March 2008. Co-organisation of two
conference tracks: http://ict-innovation.fossfa.net/activities/idlelo-3.
March 2008
First Planning Workshop on Training Program on African FOSS Business Models.
For outcomes, see: http://ict-innovation.org/wiki/public-wiki/african-foss-business/foss-bu...
April 2008 ff
Joining of other main partners such as Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Mai 2008
Constitution of advisory board including members such as:
Jon 'Maddog' Hall (Linux Int.), Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (UNU-Merit), Victor van
Reijswoud (Prof., currently Papua New Guinea), Arjan de Jager (Het
Expertise Centrum), Nnenna Nwakanma (FOSSFA), Thandikile Mbvundula (OSISA),
Thilo Thormeyer (InWEnt South Africa).
August 2008
Appointment of the African Project Coordinating Office based in Pretoria, South Africa. George G Nyambuya was appointed effective 18 August 2008 as ICT@Innovation Project Coordinator.
October 2008
The ict@innovation Steering Committee Meeting was held on the 13-15 October
2008 in Johannesburg. The main programme partners met and mapped the way forward for the project.
October 2008
The ict@innovation Certification Workshop was held from the 15-17th of October 2008 and included more than twenty participants from across Africa. The workshop enabled the exchange of ideas on and approaches to FOSS certification in Afrika.
November 2008
The ict@innovation Office was presented with an opportunity to meet the FOSSFA
Executive team during the I-Week at AiTi-KACE, Ghana. FOSSFA appointed a substantive coordinator for their offices in Ghana effectively November 2008.
December 2008
Call for co-editors for training materials on FOSS Business
Models in Africa as a first step to implement the high level training
program on FOSS Business Models for IT-companies. (More information on the
call is online here:
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/%5Buser%5D/wanted-coeditors-ma....
2) OUTLOOK 2009: EXPECTED HIGHLIGHTS
HIGH LEVEL TRAININGS ON AFRICAN FOSS BUSINESS MODELS
Starting Spring 2009, ict@innovation will host four regional, high-level
trainings on African Business Models based on Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS). A detailed schedule of dates and venues will be put online at
www.ict-innovation.fossfa.org soon.
If you are associated to or part of an African training institution and
interested in joining in the upcoming regional trainings, please check the
related call for registration online here:
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/ago/ict-innovation-call-traini...
PROMOTING QUALITY YET AFFORDABLE FOSS CERTIFICATION
In 2009 ict@innovation will intensify its work on spreading certification in FOSS skills.
Some of the upcoming activities will include: the compilation and development of training materials to prepare for a certification exam, revision of existing examination procedures, and the training of trainers on a regional level, who will qualify themselves to become certifiers.
If you are interested in this topic and the programme activities, please contact us
(http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact). We also have a discussion forum on FOSS certification on our site, that you are welcome to use
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/forum/public-forums/foss-certificat....
FOSTERING INNOVATIVE LOCAL FOSS APPLICATIONS THROUGH INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES
ict@innovation is planning to offer mentored internships for software
developers seeking to improve their FOSS skills and create innovative
applications. This internship programme is currently being designed and
will kick-start in 2009. If you are interested, please get in touch via
the website contact form: http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact.
3) USING THE ICT@INNOVATION PORTAL TO STAY INFORMED AND NETWORK
HOW TO STAY INFORMED: Receive all Blog posts and other Website updates by Email or RSS feed
In order for everyone to stay in touch with the programme and community
activities, we offer an email-subscription and RSS feed service on all news items (including blog posts, events, forum messages etc.). You find RSS icons to subscribe to feeds at the bottom of the sections that offer subscriptions. You can manage email subscriptions as a registered user under "My account" > "Subscriptions".
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
Blog: Read and discuss about current news and developments on FOSS related topics and the ict@innovation programme on the ict@innovation blog (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/).
Comments are open for everyone. You are welcome and invited to contribute your own blog posts on this portal, just let us know (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/contact).
Forum and Wiki: Read and contribute to discussions and working processes online by engaging in online discussions in the forum (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/forum/) and online text editing using the Wikis (http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/wiki/public-wiki).
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