Welcome to FOSSFA
Create wealth with Open Technologies - FOSS Wealth creation series hosted by Fossfa
Submitted by chroland on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:40.
Is Open Source going viral? Are FOSS enthusiasts insane!!! Are you tormented by standard FUD?
Come meet F2F one of Africa's premier self-made ICT Entrepreneurs. His controversial talk will be on "How to make money using Free and Open Source Software".
Address by Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister for Public Service and Administration, at the third Idlelo Conference
Submitted by chroland on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:36.
17 March 2008
Thank you for affording me the opportunity to say a few words at the beginning of this third Idlelo African Conference on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Digital Commons.
The Free Software community in Africa faces enormous challenges in the year ahead and it is fitting that we have come together here in Dakar, Senegal, to debate, discuss and strategise the historic mission of Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA).
FOSSFA and InWEnt agree to partner on Open Source training programme at Idlelo 3 conference
Submitted by edward on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 16:18.
Bonn/Dakar, 21 March 2008 - InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany is partnering with "The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa" (FOSSFA) on a new training and networking programme called "ict@innovation". Both partners signed an according Letter of Intent at the third African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons – Idlelo 3. The pan-African gathering took place in Dakar, Senegal from 16 – 20 March 2008.