training

Very excited to be part of the team launching the first National Training of FOSS Business models in Tanzania

Blog entry Submitted by tilugulilwa on 1. August 2010 - 23:14.
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On the 2nd August 2010, the 1st FOSS Business National Training will kick off at the National Institute of Transport.

Congratulations to Mr Edgar Telesphory for such achievement beside all mishaps during the preparations.

University Computing Centre Ltd is happy to be included in this remarkable event and will be sending three resources to participate as co-trainers.

We will keep you posted.

Press Release: ict@innovation Training Handbook released: "Free your IT-Business in Africa!"

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 11. June 2010 - 11:54.
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To publicise the launch of the new ict@innovation Training Handbook "Free your IT-Business in Africa!" we have written this press release and are currently spreadind the news that the materials can be downloaded for free here on the website on different mailinglists and relevant repositories. We want to make sure everyone interested in the materials knows about them so please feel free to help us spread the word and pass on this press release and most importantly the link to the materials!

Training book on FOSS business models launched at Idlelo 4

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 19. May 2010 - 21:20.
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Medaase to everyone who has put there thought and energy into the training materials!The Idlelo Gala Dinner last night was the perfect location to launch the training handbook: “ict@innovation : Free your IT Business in Africa! ” in a befittingly festive atmosphere. The training guide compiles all the advanced training materials on African Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) business models for small and medium enterprisers in the IT-industry.

FOSS training Institutions

Organic Group Submitted by ikua on 10. May 2010 - 11:46.
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Training institutions offering courses based on FOSS like LPI, Linux+, Redhat, PHP, MySQL

This group consists of organizations and institutions that offer FOSS training. This may be training in Linux and Linux certification like LPI, Red hat etc. There are also other FOSS trainings like OpenICDL, PHP, MySQL, Python etc.

If your organization is interested in participating in our project with the intention of offering trainings on open source, then we encourage you to join this group so that you can keep up with the discussions and plans.

African Foss Business Models training at Idlelo

Blog entry Submitted by petra on 29. April 2010 - 17:41.
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Idlelo pre-conference training in Accra, Ghana from 14th to 15th May 2010!

The ict@innovation program invites to participate in a Training of Trainers on “African FOSS Business Models”. The training is designed to enable interested persons, institutions and businesses to act as trainers on the subject of building a business with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).


Participants will

FOSSFA and InWEnt launching first regional course on Business and Open Source in Johannesburg, South Africa

Blog entry Submitted by petra on 20. July 2009 - 10:37.
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The South African Advanced African FOSS Business Model ToT Group

Johannesburg, 14/07/2009 - "How can Southern African IT-businesses make money with Free and Open Source Software?“ - this one of the questions being  discussed at the regional course on "Advanced African Business Models with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)“. The two-week event started on July 13 at University  of Witwatersrand, (Wits) in Johannesburg and is the first in a series of training-of-trainer (ToT) events in Southern and East Afria.

Call for Training of Trainers published -- apply now!

Blog entry Submitted by karsten on 28. April 2009 - 11:44.
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Wanted: Future trainers on “Free & Open Source Business Models for
Africa” in East and Southern Africa!

    Application Deadline is May 30, 2009.

Are you interested in building a successful business in Free/Open
Source Software (FOSS), and in helping others to do the same?

Do you have a solid background in business and FOSS?

Do you have experience in training others, and/or are you part of
a training institution?

Then respond by MAY 30 to become part of an exciting training
programme on building businesses with Free/Open Source Software.


The call for participants in the Training of Trainers is now open
at http://ict-innovation.fossfa.net/call.

ict@innovation: Training of Trainers: Topics

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Overview of African FOSS Business Models Training Contents

The ict@innovation Advanced African FOSS Business course is modular, hands on, and based on real-life FOSS business problems, issues and scenarios in African IT-SME. You as participants will be able to engage in practical exercises such as designing a business plan for a sample project and designing, revising and localizing training materials.

WANTED: Co-editors for materials on FOSS Business Models in Africa

Blog entry Submitted by karsten on 11. November 2008 - 11:46.
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Are you interested in developing training materials that make the case for exciting new business models in the area of Free and Open Source Software in Africa? Are you an African expert in the creation of training material and the teaching of business models?

Then respond to this call by *November 25* to become part of an exciting programme to build African FOSS businesses.

Content Creation Community

Organic Group Submitted by karsten on 14. October 2008 - 15:45.
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Creating training materials on African FOSS business models

Welcome!

This group works to create hands-on training material on "African FOSS business models".

Your inputs will be most welcome.

If you'd like to collaborate on this task, please don't hesitate to sign up!

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