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[Belinda Lopez <belinda.lopez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was asked to pass on this information as part of  project to  help
spread FOSS awareness .    In addition to this resource the website: 
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/introduction-0    has many other
free resources to help any small and medium-sized organization get
started using FOSS.

They also have some elearning based on Ubuntu: 
http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/wiki/public-wiki/ictinnovation-training-materials/foss-african-business
all CC-BY-SA.

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/The new training handbook: "ict@innovation: Free your IT-Business in
Africa!"/

/A starting point for new businesses and Open Source in Africa: /

The ict@innovation programme is happy to announce the launch of the
handbook: *"ict@innovation: Free your IT-Business in Africa!" *and its
release for free download. The handbook is a compilation of open
training materials and includes numerous successful business models
suited to the African context are presented and explained, such as
Software Selection, Software Installation, FOSS Training, Maintenance
and Support, Software / Systems Migration, Consultancy, Software
Localization and Internalization, FOSS Customization as well as
Technical / Legal Certification. Eight in-depth case studies of
successful African IT-businesses give concrete avenues for Free and Open
Source business models that work in Africa. Other key sections focus on
Knowledge and Skills for FOSS Entrepreneurs such as communication and
business skills and on FOSS Training as a Business in Africa.

The training handbook has been collaboratively developed by more than 50
FOSS experts from Africa and beyond, who have contributed their
expertise and helped put together this wealth of knowledge. The United
Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research and training
centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and the Ghana-India Kofi
Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) have been overseeing this
process and in charge of the thematic guidance and organisation. The
hanbook has been developed as part of the initiative ict@innovation, a
partnership of FOSSFA (Free Software and Open Source Foundation for
Africa) and InWEnt - Capacity Building International of Germany, funded
by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ).
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regards,


Belinda Lopez

Training Project Manager
Canonical
belinda.lopez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mobile Phone: 832-741-6745
Home Office: 409-497-4346
IRC: dinda
Office: Galveston, Texas
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