it@ab - Information Technology in African Business
The it@ab network initiative connects African ICT-related businesses, training institutions and universities, and supports them in providing state-of-the-art ICT training and eBusiness consulting for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
The it-ab Network Website provides comprehensive information about the it@ab activities and latest news by the network. Below follows a summary of it@inwent's involvement.
it@ab Concept and Members
it@inwent helped form the it@ab network in 2001 together with local ICT businesses and educational institutions in the Southern African countries: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. At the point of network formation, the it@ab members were already established organizations providing ICT-related services in their diverse contexts, through business consultancies, academic education, private training, software development, or as Internet Service Providers (ISP).
By supporting a network of multiplying ICT experts, it@inwent aims to foster sound eBusiness and ICT solutions for many more enterprises and organizations in the Southern African region, and to promote overall business and public sector development.
it@ab now comprises about 30 African companies and institutions that form a network of excellence in ICT training and services. Its members power local ICT-enabled business development, serve as multipliers for innovation, and cooperate regionally and globally.
it@inwent's Activities in the it@ab Network
it@inwent supports the it@ab network through the organization of long and short-term trainings such as an extensive 12-month advanced training program as well as experience sharing and networking events.
The trainings organized by it@inwent enhance the it@ab members' qualifications in areas such as eBusiness and new ICT solutions (especially in the field of free and open source software), to strengthen their work as consultants and trainers for Southern African small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and governmental and educational institutions.
- Since 2001, InWEnt has each offered an extensive 12-months advanced training program on “business related IT consultancy” for junior African IT specialists. Over 60 network members have participated over the past four years. [> Detailed course description]
- Several short-term workshops and seminars have focused on specific ICT business aspects, e.g. how to develop consulting products based on eLearning, or eCommerce, and eMarketing.
- Jointly, the it@ab members together with it@inwent have developed consulting products, eLearning materials and local content related to eBusiness development. [> Products]
it@inwent stimulates and facilitates knowledge exchanges among the it@ab network members, both online and on-site. The members share best practices, debate challenges, and learn from ICT solutions created in fellow countries of the SADC region. At the international level, it@ab offers business contacts and cooperation opportunities with international institutions and businesses.
The period of InWEnt support to the it@ab network is from 2001 to 2006. it@ab is registered as a non-governmental organization in SADC. The it@ab secretariat is located in Namibia and serves all of SADC countries. it@ab Ltd. is the it@ab commercial branch, which is headquartered in Tanzania.
The it@ab network Namibia received funding from the infoDev incubator initiative, with which they created a plan to establish an ICT business incubator in 2005.
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Wanted: Learning material developers and training consultants for LPI [it@inwent]
Do you have experience in training others on the LPI, and/or are you part of a training institution? Then respond by 27th August 2010 to become part of an exciting training materials development programme on FOSS Certification, and/or to become one of our trainers of trainers
Application Deadline is 27th August, 2010.
Media Center Update! [it@inwent]
Our Media Center is updated!!¶
Please see it@inwent's press releases and articles in the MEDIA CENTER.¶
APPLICATION CLOSED - To all Asia Source 3 applicants: Thank you for your submission to AS3! [it@inwent]
ASIA SOURCE 3 (Second call) 07-12 November 2009 Silang, Cavite, Philippines
MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!
If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.
Apply until 11th September 2009!
http://www.asiasource3.net/
Wanted: Future trainers on “FOSS Business Models for Africa” in East and Southern Africa [it@inwent]
Are you interested in building a successful business in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in East and Southern Africa, 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?¶
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Apply until May 30, 2009!
Open Call for FOSS Experts and Consultants [it@inwent]
We look for internationally oriented free/open source software experts and consultants as specialist and coordinator for our advanced training programmes. The application questionnaire is attached to this article.
WANTED: Co-editors for materials on FOSS Business Models in Africa [it@inwent]
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?
Then respond to this call by *November 25* to become part of an
exciting programme to build African FOSS businesses.
New Capacity Building Project in Africa: ict@innovation
Call for experts for Idlelo 3 [it@inwent]
Joint call of FOSSFA and InWEnt:
Call for resource persons/experts on FOSS Business Models and Capacity Building at the Idlelo 3 conference (Dakar, Senegal) in March 2008
Application already closed!
Job Vacancy - already closed!
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Press Release: ict@innovation Training Handbook released: "Free your IT-Business in Africa!" [it@inwent]
"How can I build a sustainable business around Free and Open Source Software in Africa?"
- In order to answer this frequently asked question by young African IT-business owners, InWEnt and FOSSFA are pleased to present "ict@innovation: Free your IT-Business in Africa!” - a set of advanced training materials on African Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Business Models for IT-enterprises.
Asia Source 3 meeting reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software movement [it@inwent]
- 150 representatives from Asian NGOs and SMEs gather for open source camp
- Open source advocates discuss tools, business models, and communities
- Theme of Asia Source 3: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS
While most technology conferences happen as swanky, slick, and well-rehearsed events, the recently concluded Asia Source 3 took the opposite track and ran a camp that was spartan yet spontaneous. From November 7 to 12, 2009, Asia Source 3 gathered 150 representatives from all over Asia in the Philippines to discuss developments in open source. For those six days, the campers lived in a communal environment that married fun and relaxation with exchange of ideas.
Asian-African Partnerships for Business Development with Free and Open Source Software [it@inwent]
Connecting InWEnt supported programmes across the continents
Bonn, Manila, Accra – This year Software Freedom Day will be celebrated globally on the 19th of September 2009. For this occasion, InWEnt has brought together its programme partners from Asia and Africa in an Internet Chat where they met and discussed opportunities for cooperation.
APPLICATION CLOSED - To all Asia Source 3 applicants: Thank you for your submission to AS3! [it@inwent]
ASIA SOURCE 3 (Second call) 07-12 November 2009 Silang, Cavite, Philippines
MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!
If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.
Apply until 11th September 2009!
Wanted: Future trainers on “FOSS Business Models for Africa” [it@inwent]
Are you interested in building a successful business in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in East and Southern Africa, 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 and Open Source Software.
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