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

Sat Apr 14 17:49:15 EAT 2007

Judy,
Thanks for forwarding this info but my question still stands: How can East
Africans be excited by being given something that is absolutely free to
everyone else throughout the world.

I can get into these apps without any special previleges.

You know what they say - you pay for what you get. In this case
google.comis giving UoN and other colleges nothing that anyone else
does not already
have.

Joe

On 4/14/07, Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Judy Okite" < judyokite at gmail.com>
> > 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.
> >
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