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[Jussi Schultink <jussi01@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Belinda Lopez
<belinda.lopez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
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This is really awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Jussi.