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CENFOSS: First Bank in Mozambique migrated to FOSS!

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 28. October 2009 - 16:35.
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CENFOSS is currently supporting SOCREMO (www.socremo.com)a micro finance bank. SOCREMO have branches trough all Mozambique (South and Center to be specific), and is the first bank in Mozambique, and perhaps in all Southern Africa, that has migrated more than 300 computers from Windows to Linux. For the project CENFOSS is using Ubuntu 8.04. The banks servers, configured by CENFOSS, run on Debian.

Lesotho FLOSS Workshop

Event Submitted by arnold.pietersen on 29. July 2009 - 11:02.
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20 Aug 2009 - 09:00
21 Aug 2009 - 15:00
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Location

Maseru
Lesotho

The Community Education Computer Society (CECS), an ICT training NGO established in 1985 in South Africa, will be conducting a 2-day workshop on free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) in Maseru, Lesotho on 20 & 21 August 2009.

Workshop Objectives
The objectives of the workshops, which are supported by OSISA, are to:

openeverything Berlin

Event Submitted by balthas on 3. December 2008 - 16:36.
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6 Dec 2008 - 13:36
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Location

newthinking store
Tucholskystr. 48
Berlin-Mitte
Germany
See map: Google Maps

openeverything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open.

ict@innovation will be presented in the afternoon. For a full programme see the website.

IST-Africa 2009 Conference

Event Submitted by ago on 10. November 2008 - 16:29.
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6 May 2009 - 13:29
8 May 2009 - 13:29
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Location

Kampala
Uganda

Hosted by Government of Uganda through the Ministry of ICT, IST-Africa 2009 Conference & Exhibition will take place 06 - 08 May 2009 in Kampala, Uganda.

skunkworks@innovation - Local Kenyan Software

Blog entry Submitted by ago on 4. October 2008 - 20:06.
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The Kenyan organization Skunkworks organized an ICT Open Day today, Oct. 4th, 08, in Nairobi.
The event featured a variety of local (mostly open source) software projects and their developers - "A free event for everyone to discover great technologies, learn about the best software solutions Kenya has to offer and meet the community that develops it.", as the flyer announces.

"the first Skunkworks organized conference on local-grown mobile, web and desktop software - setup by Alex Gakuru.

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Mobile Active 08

Event Submitted by ago on 4. October 2008 - 19:39.
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13 Oct 2008 - 15:39
15 Oct 2008 - 15:39
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Location

Johannesburg
South Africa

http://mobileactive08.org

MobileActive08, jointly organized by MobileActive.org and the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT), will take place from 13-15 October 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The theme of the event is "Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact”.

In the context of ict@innovation it will be interesting to see, what kinds of FOSS mobile applications are being featured in the conference.

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference

Event Submitted by ago on 26. September 2008 - 12:40.
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29 Sep 2008 - 09:40
4 Oct 2008 - 09:40
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Location

Cape Town International Convention CenterCape Town
South Africa

The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference gathers developers and users of open source geo-spatial software from around the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and growing business opportunities in the field of open source geo-spatial software. FOSS4G is presented annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).

Conference Website: http://conference.osgeo.org/

The 6th International ICT Open Access Conference Fair

Event Submitted by George on 22. September 2008 - 16:42.
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11 Nov 2008 - 13:42
14 Nov 2008 - 13:42
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Location

Lilongwe
Malawi
180° 0' 0" N, 360° 0' 0" E

For more information visit www.wideopenaccess.net

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