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Akokoraaba's Blog

Submitted by firstbyte on 11 May, 2008 - 19:44.
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Hi Everyone!

My name is Ohnenana Bosnu Kyeretwie. I'm from The Firstbyte Project, currenntly a Ghana-based NGO registered with the Registered General’s Department and incorporated as an independent non-profit making think-tank under the Ghana Companies Code of 1963, Act 1799.

I'll be using this blog to update you on developments within and around FIRSTBYTE  as well as to share my thoughts with you on some vital issues relating to social networking in the digital age.

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ToroDev's Establishment of an ICT4D Research & Resource Centre in Western Uganda project Finalist in Stockholm Challenge 2008

Submitted by Baguma Johnstone on 4 May, 2008 - 16:06.
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The Toro region based ICT for Development Research and Resource Centre project initiated by Toro Development Network (ToroDev - Kabissa Profile, Website hosted on Kabissa), a community based ICT4D driven NGO since 2005, has shown such fine model and progressive results that the Stockholm Challenge jury selected it as one of the finalists in the Economic Development category of the 2008 award.
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Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? Richard Stallman makes a pitch for freedom

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 1 May, 2008 - 18:49.
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With gratitude to bytesforall, I learned today about this very meaningful appeal to keep the One Laptop Per Child project on course as a force for freedom in the world, by Richard Stallman, described on Wikipedia as "an American software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer." I've been following this issue personally, and while I'm not quite as activist a promoter of open source software as RMS, I was crushed when I learned a few weeks ago about Negroponte's plans for Windows on the device.

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Wouldn't you just love to have this problem: can you survive a day without computers/internet?

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 29 April, 2008 - 17:50.
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Via incom-l mailing list, I received the following message about the shutdownday.org campaign which is encouraging people to shut down their computers on Saturday 3 May. This is an interesting initative, and from our perspective of working with computing in African civil society it raises the starkness of the digital divide between North America and Africa.
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HINT's IT Project selected as a finalist in the Stockholm Challenge awards 2008!

Submitted by Tinshu on 29 April, 2008 - 13:45.
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HINT IT project Rural Electrification And Communication Technology (REACT) has been selected as one of 145 finalists in the prestigious Stockholm challenge Award 2008 out of a total of over 2000 applicants from all over the world.

Here is the information letter as received this week:

Dear Tinshu Genesis Gemuh,

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OLPCNEWS.COM: One Laptop Per Child News

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 29 April, 2008 - 00:58.
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OLPCNEWS.COM proclaims itself to be: 

Your independent source for news, information, commentary, and discussion of One Laptop Per Child's "$100 laptop" computer, the OLPC Children's Machine XO, developed by MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte.

The site has an excellent blog and user support forums

Link:
http://www.olpcnews.com
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Newsfordev - news aggregator platform for agricultural development practitioners

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 28 April, 2008 - 16:23.
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I received the very interesting announcement below from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA). The announcement regards the new http://www.newsfordev.org news service for agricultural development professionals.
Initiatives like this in various sectors in Africa present a powerful opportunity for Africans to address the "information overload" issue while keeping themselves informed and connected with events and happenings in their fields. RSS Feeds and e-mail digests such as those provided by CTA are particularly relevant for those lacking regular access to the Internet. Check it out and let us all know how it works out for you.
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Sad news for FOSS? One Laptop Per Child may switch from Linux to Windows XP

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 24 April, 2008 - 05:23.
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Via muti.co.za, I just came across this disheartening news report in InfoWorld about a new direction that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme seems to be heading. The picture (thank you nirak @ flickr) expresses my fears but if you have been following the OLPC story over the last several years you will want to also read this article.

The folks at olpcnews.com have also been reporting on the issue and tend to have more (and more current) information than anyone else. Check out this olpcnews.com article about the speech by OLPC founder Negroponte about OLPC and XP, in which he is quoted as saying:

"Eventually Windows might be the sole operating system, and Sugar would be educational software running on top of it."

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MULTIMEDIA RESOURCE KIT

Submitted by PROTEGE QV on 21 April, 2008 - 10:14.
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The online version of the MMRK which aims to reinforce capacities of small business women by informing and training them through radio programs.
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http://www.radiommrk.org
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Follow up of the MultiMedia Resource Kit under the "Small Business TRaining for Women Using Radio Programs" project

Submitted by PROTEGE QV on 14 April, 2008 - 11:43.
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FOLLOW UP OF THE USE OF THE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCE KIT (MMRK) ELABORATED UNDER THE PROJECT "Small Business TRaining for Women Using Radio Programs" : PROTEGE QV MET GROUPS OF RURAL WOMEN AND COMMUNITY RADIO FROM WEST CAMEROON

To read more, please download the attachment below ...

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