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Closed: Call for Applications for FOSS Certification Manager

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 2. February 2010 - 13:29.
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The call for "FOSS Certification Manager for the project ict@innovation" has officially closed. We are happy to announce that we have received a number of very interesting applications and are currently reviewing these. We thank everyone who applied for the position!

After the review process selected candidates will be interviewed before a final choice is made and all candidates notified personally via email.

Linux Fund and FOSSFA to Promote Open Source in Africa

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 16. December 2009 - 11:48.

Linux Fund and the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) have pledged to work together to promote Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Africa.

[origionally published on http://linuxfund.org/press/fossfa/]

Portland, Oregon – December 14, 2009 – Linux Fund and the Free Software and Open Source Foundation of Africa (FOSSFA) have signed a landmark agreement to promote Free Software and Open Source in Africa.

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.

Celebrating Software Freedom Day 2009 by Promoting International Networking

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 18. September 2009 - 14:07.
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This year, to celebrate SFD, InWEnt hosted a virtual event to connect its programme partners in Asia and Africa working to promote FOSS.

InWEnt supports different organisations around the world to promote the use of FOSS for business.

Software Freedom Day Events Around the World

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 17. September 2009 - 10:00.
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Software Freedom Day is a global happening – around the world different events are taking place to draw attention to the topic of free and open source software, its benefits and deployment possibilities. In Hamburg, Germany for instance a trade fair in the City-House Bambeck will give local companies the opportunity to present their open source products and business models.

Half Time – First Feedback from the FOSS Business Trainings

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 16. September 2009 - 19:23.
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The trainings for African FOSS Business Models, a major part of the ict@innovation programme, are currently being conducted in southern and eastern Africa – this summer first trainings took place in South Africa and Uganda.

Get ready, get active it's time for Software Freedom Day

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 30. July 2009 - 14:43.

Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2009 is approaching - it is time to organise creative actions and events and get ready to celebrate Free and Open Source Software and Technologies on the 19th of September 2009!

Germany's Open Side: Discovering the Open Source Scene and Meeting the Community in Berlin

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 7. July 2009 - 11:45.
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Group Photo outside the InWEnt Building in Berlin Mitte

A full programme awaited the FOSSFA-delegates upon their arrival in Berlin - a week of meetings, conferences, trade fairs and receptions all around the topic of Free and Open Source.

FOSSFA Study Tour to Berlin

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 11. June 2009 - 14:35.
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In ten days five FOSSFA-members will embark on a study tour to Berlin Germany where a week full of appointments, events and receptions all on the topic Open Source awaits them.

During the week of the 22nd of June - 26th of June Berlin will become the Open Source Hub of Europe: The annual business oriented Linux Day, the academic Berlin Open congress, and LPI's 10th anniversary are only some of the Open Source events taking place in Berlins capital.

FOSSFA@e-Learning Africa

Blog entry Submitted by Geraldine on 11. June 2009 - 14:05.
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This years e-Learning Africa took place in Dakar, Senegal from the 27th - 29th of May. Athough this report is both belated and short it is worth mentioning the outstanding contributions FOSSFA-representatives made during this conference – the largest on ICT and Education in Africa.

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