[kictanet] Fwd: [Idlelo2] Google and East african Universities

Sat Apr 14 15:31:55 EAT 2007

Joe,

I hope that this links will give you a better insight,in regards to your
question.

http://www.google.com/a/edu/
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2006/08/28/google_office_g

Kind Regards,

On 4/10/07, jmanthi at gmail.com <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Members
> How is this different from anywhere else in the whole wide world. These
> tools that seem to be exciting people is available to anyone who can access
> google.com anywhere in the world.
>
> How is this a benefit to these colleges?
>
> Joe
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
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> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:14:45
> To:Joseph Manthi <jmanthi at gmail.com>
> Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: [Idlelo2] Google and East african Universities
>
> This really looks good !
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dapo Ladimeji <dapo at ladimeji.co.uk>
> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:04:08 +0100
> Subject: [Idlelo2] Google and East african Universities
> To: idlelo2 at fossfa.net
>
>
>   East African universities to gain from web tools deal
>
> The deal will give more students access to communication technologies
> Kimani Chege
> 26 March 2007
> Source: SciDev.Net
>
> [NAIROBI] A software deal signed between universities in East Africa and
> the US-based internet giant Google will improve access to web-based
> communications for staff and students.
>
> Under the deal, Rwanda's government ministries and three Rwandan
> universities — the National University of Rwanda, the Kigali Institute
> for Education and the Kigali Institute for Science and Technology — as
> well as Kenya's University of Nairobi (UoN) will have free access to
> Google Apps.
>
> The applications include email, shared calendars, instant messaging and
> word processing software, along with the associated support services
> provided by the corporation.
>
> The deal, signed last week (19 March), looks set to improve internal
> communications at UoN and facilitate research, particularly for studies
> undertaken in remote areas.
>
> The head of information and communication technology at UoN, Elijah
> Omwenga, says the email application Gmail will be particularly useful in
> reducing the bandwidth required for internal communications by its
> 50,000 students and staff.
>
> He told SciDev.Net that the institution was facing major challenges in
> acquiring enough bandwidth.
>
> "This means our students and staff can access mail from the campuses as
> well as from outside. This will facilitate communicating all research,
> even when it is being done in remote areas," said Omwenga.
>
> However, he called for Google to come up with specific details of the
> offer, so that Google and the UoN can develop research schemes geared
> towards Africa's needs — such as developing software in local languages
> and making it more relevant to the local audience.
>
> About 20,000 users in Rwanda will have access to Google Apps in the
> first phase. This will be followed by a broader countrywide introduction.
>
> Students at UoN will be the first to use Google Apps in Kenya. Software
> access will then be extended to 150,000 Kenyan students at universities
> across the country.
>
> A Google spokesperson told the International Data Group News Service,
> "We are exploring other opportunities in both countries, and throughout
> the region as well."
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