[UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam

[Dean Mulozi]

Dear all,
To respond to challenges that lie ahead, Botswana has started a process to establish a national ICT (Telecenter) network initiative. Botswana Technology Center (BOTEC), a Botswana government science and technology research center has taken a lead to support the formation of a national telecenter network. At a stakeholders meeting held on 24th June at BOTEC board room, 12 senior directors and managers representing 8 key organisations in the ICT4 development sector resolved to establish a national network task force that will pave way for a national ICT network for the country. The meeting was also attended and supported by a guest from Southern Africa Telecenter Network (SATNET) from Zambia, Mr. Dean Mulozi. The organisations represented were Botswana Technology Center, University of Botswana, Botswana Post, and Botswana Telecommunication Authority, Botswana Telecom and Postal Services, Botswana National Library and COBIT
 
Full blog, check the link below: 
 
http://www.telecentre.org/profiles/blogs/botswana-ict-stakeholders


Dean Mulozi, 
ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator, 
Private Bag 195x Ridgeway, 
Lusaka, 
Zambia.

Mobile:                  260 978 034196


--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Polly Gaster <polly.gaster at uem.mz> wrote:


From: Polly Gaster <polly.gaster at uem.mz>
Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam
To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12:44 AM


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
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