1. DEAR MIMI: "Why doesn't my Web site show up on Google?"
Have a Web site? Here is an assignment for you. Go to http://www.google.com and type in the name of your organization. Then click "I'm Feeling Lucky". You should immediately arrive at your Web site homepage. If not, you had better read on. Mimi has some important information for you!Millions of people are going online every day and usually start their information searches at a so-called "Search Engine" Web site such as Google or Yahoo. You put a lot of effort into creating and maintaining a Web site for your organization - understanding how Search Engines work will empower you to guide them to your Web site. It will also take a little of the mystery out of the Internet and put you in the driver's seat - whether you are the one looking for information or sharing your own.
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2. UNDER THE BAOBAB TREE: Announcements from Kabissa Members
ICTs for Civil Society: SangoNet hosts its 2nd Annual ConferenceSigning of Youth Alliance Resolution at International Youth Summit
ABC Kenya Launches New Web site
3. KABISSA MATTERS
John Githongo joins Kabissa Board of DirectorsOutcomes of African CSO Consultation on Engaging with AU
Welcome to the New Webmail!
4. MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: ONA Network
ONA Network is a non-governmental, non-for-profit trust
registered by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania. It was
founded by its current executive director, Mr. Frank Magupa, in 1998.
Since then, ONA Network has continued to further its prime objective of
facilitating, promoting and improving visual and eye health in Tanzania.Kabissa matches perfectly with our organization -- quite literally, in fact. In kiswahili, ONA means "see" or "vision." Kabissa, as many may already know, means "complete" in kiswahili. Together, ONA and Kabissa hope to provide "complete vision" to Africans through ona.kabissa.org.
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5. NEWS, EVENTS AND DOCUMENTS
Mainstreaming ICTs in Africa: ICT Handbook Now AvailableGoogle Installs Shuttleworth's Ubuntu Operating System
Communications Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations
6. OPPORTUNITIES POT
Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Leadership and Action on AIDSThe Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)
Association of African Universities Seeks Coordinator
Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition for Cyber Arts