[WSIS CS-Plenary] Africans Free Open Source Software Training in Ghana

[Leopold Leslie Lanquaye Armah]

 African Free and Open Source Software Training
March 1st - 28th, 2004 at FOSSREC, Accra, Ghana

http://www.fossfa.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=12

This is a Train-the Trainers Programme with the
objective of building high-end human capacity in
Africa on Open Source and Web technologies to
support the gradual integration of Free and Open
Source Software into the continent as a whole.

The focus of the training is in Open Source systems
administration and network management, productivity
solutions based on web and client/server technology
and platform integration via TCP/IP.

Focusing on groups of sub-regional technology experts
that can map out a strategy for Open Source solutions
to benefit NGOs and Civil Society.

This practical training workshop will, for the first
time, will help advocate Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS) across Africa.

This course aims to impart a sound knowledge of system
administration of Linux systems, train young men and
women to become programmers. 

Areas covered include user administration, storage and
the file system, network services (Web service, FTP,
file sharing, LDAP, etc) and security. 

On completion, attendees should have the skills and
resources required to manage a Linux-based server
system with minimal 
supervision.
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Visit also http://www.ghana.net/fossrec for more
information or send an
email to fossrec at ghana.net



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