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Andrés Moreno

The emergence of African produced software « ICT4Entrepreneurship - 0 views

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  • The development sector works in the same way and undercuts local players by donating capital, ICT tools and expertise. Offering services for free makes it near impossible for local organizations to compete at cost
  • The R&D policy must be based on the production conditions in the region, the need first to produce for the domestic/regional market (only secondarily for the export market), and Africa’s location within the global value chain.’
  • Given this context, local capacity is a critical component to Africa’s story. If the continent is ever to take control of the technologies it consumes it will need the people intelligent enough to know how it works. I argue that this is where we need to focus our attention.
  • Andrés Moreno on 17 Jun 10
     
    Blog entry where a case for increasing the human capital in Africa to develop software, open source if posible.. It also criticizes compsnies and NGOs on hindering local progress
Andrés Moreno

[Guest Post] The Leapfrog Effect: The Pros and Cons of Legacy - 0 views

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  • Andrés Moreno on 17 Jun 10
     
    The author of Young World Rising explains how demographics may help African countries to take software platforms and use it productively. Young people are happier to change that the ones in the "old world". He claims that legacy institution defenders are outnumbered and theis "days are numbered"
Andrés Moreno

Engineering a Leadership Strategy for the African High-Tech Industry - 0 views

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  • “In electrical engineering programs [at African universities], they teach you to understand how existing equipment works, but they do not encourage creative thinking or design. As for software developers, they can go through an entire four-year program and not understand how to program a basic circuit-board control mechanism
  • ll this new capacity is paving the way for a flood of entrepreneurial ventures that take advantage of Africa’s growing connectivity and expanding pool of high-tech talent. Unlike manufacturing, mining, and other “old economy” industries, high-tech has relatively low capital requirements and is not as dependent on physical infrastructure, where the historical legacy of underdevelopment has held Africa back. Talented entrepreneurs can connect directly with customers in the global market and to communities of their peers anywhere in the world, with fewer dependencies on local governments.
  • Ekekwe says he would like to see more public-private partnerships aimed at creating a center of excellence for hardware design somewhere in Africa. “We need a place where young engineers can create and test their own designs, as they do at the top schools in the United States and elsewhere,” he said.
  • Andrés Moreno on 17 Jun 10
     
    Article that pushes agenda for African engineers role in development. A bit blurred line  between electric engineers and software developers
Andrés Moreno

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

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  • 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
Tracy Wyman

Social Source Commons - software tools for the non-profit, academic and public sector c... - 0 views

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  • Tracy Wyman on 31 Mar 10
     
    Social Source Commons is a place to share lists of software tools that you already use, gain knowledge and support, and discover new tools. It's a place to meet people with similar needs and interests and answer the question: what tools do they use?
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Mendeley - academic software for managing and sharing research papers - 0 views

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  • Tracy Wyman on 31 Mar 10
     
    I have been using this tool for a few months and I think it's wonderful. It is free, and the folder sharing tool could be a huge benefit to the African research community. Let's try to spread the word and get it onto the desktops of African researchers.
Tracy Wyman

FREE large-scale SMS tool; communicate with your community with FrontlineSMS - 0 views

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  • Tracy Wyman on 31 Mar 10
     
    FrontlineSMS is award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with groups of people through mobile phones. What you communicate is up to you, making FrontlineSMS useful in many different ways. HOW IS FRONTLINESMS DIFFERENT? * It does not require an Internet connection. * It works with your existing plan on all GSM phones, modems and networks. * Attach a phone and SIM card, and pay your local operator per SMS as usual. * It is laptop-based so it can be used on the road or during power outages. * It stores all phone numbers and records all incoming and outgoing messages. * All data lives on a local computer, not on servers controlled by someone else. * It is scalable. Messages can be sent to individuals or large groups. * It enables two-way communication, useful for fieldwork or during surveys. * It is easy to install and requires little or no training to use. * Developers can freely take the source code and add their own features. * It can be used anywhere in the world simply by switching the SIM card. HOW CAN IT BE USED? * Human rights monitoring * Disaster relief coordination * Natural resource management * Election monitoring * Emergency alerts * Mobilising task forces * Field data collection * Conducting public surveys * Health care info requests * Agricultural price updates * Organizing protests * Mobile education programs * Coordinating fundraising efforts * Providing weather updates * And more... how will YOU use it?
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