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

Mon Apr 16 08:00:24 EAT 2007

 Hi   
 I think the difference here is that google are actually looking at
the connectivity factor and probably bringing the services closer to
the user.  maybe even local colocation.   
 On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:49:15 -0400, "Joseph Manthi"  wrote:   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.com is giving UoN and other colleges nothing that anyone else
does not already have.
 Joe
   On 4/14/07, Judy Okite  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  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
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 Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: [Idlelo2] Google and East african
Universities 
 This really looks good !
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 From: Dapo Ladimeji 
 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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