[UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam

[Cleopa Timon Otieno]

Thanks Paul and Congratulations to the team, this is great for the
telecentre community.

Polly has a very good point, I know ALIN is still actively involved with
content and many others, therefore AKN has many points of reference and
Paul, Aggrey and Janet may confirm this but I know UNCEA has put structures
in place not to re-invent the wheel by involving institutions that have been
in this field. Some of these are:

Locally -  UgaBYTES Initiative, SWOPnet (share with other people network),
Wougnet (Women of Uganda Network), KenTel (Kenya Telecentre Network), RTN
(Rwanda Telecentre Network) and TTN (Tanzania Telecentre Network) among
others.

Internationally - IDRC - Telecentre.org, UNDP - Solution echange, UN
Agencies, UNESCO, (CTA)Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation among
others.



On 07/07/2009, Polly Gaster <polly.gaster at uem.mz> wrote:
>
> 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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