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Andrés Moreno

FOSSFA in Africa: Opening the Door to State ICT Development Agendas - A Kenya Case Stud... - 0 views

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shared by Andrés Moreno on 17 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Kenya is estimated to have 1.4 million internet users with about 95% of these users located in the two major cities, Na
  • F/OSS-based companies are beginning to emerge in Africa, and with them, the support and training capacity for broader F/OSS adoption. Examples include Obsidian (www.obsidian.co.za) in South Africa, Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd (www.circuitspackets.com) in Kenya and Linux Solutions in Uganda (www.linuxsolutions.co.ug)
  • Donors with long histories of involvement in ICT development in Africa, such as IDRC and Association for Progressive Communication (APC), hosted several workshops for ICT stakeholders, helping to raise the visibility of F/OSS and related ICT concerns.
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  • The team, consisting of donor agency representatives from IDRC and USAID, members of The Kenya ICT Federation, Kenyan academic institutions, and the Kenya WSIS caucus were charged with developing a set of recommendations to the Minister on ICT policy
  • Andrés Moreno on 17 Jun 10
     
    Article describes what are the conditions that helped Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) to have a role in drafting ICT policy in Kenya. Include examples of FOSS companies in Africa
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