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"Open Source & More IT for African Business" - release of advanced
e-learning courses on Information Technology

InWEnt/it at ab releases a series of advanced e-learning courses on
Information Technology (IT)- "Open Source & More IT for African
Business" focussing on the needs of business related IT consultancy in
Africa.

"Open Source & More IT for African Business" has been developed by
it at ab, the Southern African Network on "Information Technology in
African Business", a project of InWEnt - Capacity Building
International, Germany, funded by the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). For more information on
it at ab, please see:
http://www.it-ab.org.

Learning
"Open Source & More IT for African Business" is a compilation of
advanced e-learning courses covering six topics related to business &
IT consultancy in an African context. The courses introduce relevant
and adapted key concepts and applications such as

1. E-Business Applications & Architecture
2. IT Security
3. Open Source IT (including lessons on Ubuntu Linux Installation,
Multimedia, Web Server, Groupware, Network Printing)
4. Web Publishing
5. E-Learning as well as
6. Zope & the Collaborative Learning Environment CLE2.

The focus lies on "Free and Open Source Software" (FOSS) as a key
technology to drive innovation, add local value and create sustainable
and affordable ICT-solutions.
The courses are organized as online modules for self-study and include
lessons, tests and selected references. They provide an overview of
and introduction to important concepts from intermediate to advanced
level. This way, they address a wide range of potential users. These
include both IT specialists and executive staff from IT businesses in
Africa and beyond, technology-savvy development practitioners as well
as power users of IT.
The courses are available at:
- http://cle2.it-inwent.net/LearningSpace/osam/ (CLE) or at
- http://gc21.inwent.org/OpenSource (Global Campus 21, Login and
password: "guest").

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