[UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam | Strategy

[Meddie Mayanja]

Colleagues,

It's all nice to know about the creation of AKN.

Would someone share the strategy and primary actions or AKN? I think as well, that the telecentre community would want to know to participate in this initiative. 

It's nevertheless critical AKN learns from what has happened before. For instance, as Polly said with OKN. There are also several experiences that can be drawn from telecentre.org efforts in building/supporting networks around the world. Infact telecentre networks in Africa might be a great place to start in creating the AKN  - if they buy into the program objective.

Best, Meddie


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From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org [ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of Polly Gaster [polly.gaster at uem.mz]
Sent: July 7, 2009 3:44 AM
To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam

Dear Paul

This is interesting. I'm wondering if the Africa Knowledge Network has any
relation to the OPen Knowledge Network, a project that ran for several years
in countries such as Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Senegal... Or is it starting
again re-inventing the wheel? The OKN project did some interesting things, but
was not successful in some of its ambitions. I do think it wd be important for
you to at least be aware of what was done, what worked and what didn't, and
why, so the AKN can benefit from lessons learned. The Kenyan partner was ALIN,
are you in touch with them?

I wd also be interested in knowing more about the concrete AKN strategy and goals.

Polly

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Polly Gaster
TICs para Desenvolvimento/ICT4D
Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (CIUEM)
Campus Universitario, Maputo, Mozambique
e-mail: polly.gaster at uem.mz
cel: +258-82-3264540
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Skype: polly_gaster


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