More networking of African IT specialists with Europe and joint building of advanced training materials – this is what a new partnership of FOSSFA's and GIZ’s ict@innovation programme with the Europe-wide ‘Free Technology Academy’ (FTA) is all about. The Free Technology Academy (FTA), financially supported by the Life Long Learning programme (LLP) of the European Commission, is a collaboration between the Netherlands-based Free Knowledge Institute and three European universities.

Last week, the German "ICT for Development" community met in Berlin for a two day gathering on the topic of "ICT and rural economic development" organized by GTZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). I had the pleasure to be a moderator of a working group, which deliberated on "innovative business models". Of course I could not resist to talk about our ict@innovation product "Free your IT-Business in Africa!”.

Prazo de inscrição: até 31 de agosto de 2009

Está interessado em criar um negócio de software livre - Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) - de sucesso e em ajudar outras pessoas a fazerem o mesmo?

Possui sólidos conhecimentos de negócios e de FOSS?

Tem experiência em treinar outros e/ou faz parte de uma instituição de treinamento?

Então envie sua resposta até 31 de agosto, para fazer parte de um interessante treinamento sobre a criação de negócios de software livre - Free/Open Source.

On March 10-12, 2009, more than 20 people gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the ict@innovation Content Creation Workshop. Hosted at Strathmore University, the group of experts came together for three days of intense work on training materials on the subject of African FOSS business models.

More information on the workshop is available here.

The Content Creation Community (3C) Group

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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.

InWEnt has compiled a selection of materials and resources on FOSS business models, that have been produced in the context of InWEnt programmes in South East Asia and Africa, complemented by additional external sources. The variety of links and materials are published on the it-inwent site.