[kictanet] REMEMBERING GUIDO SOHNE

[Barrack Otieno]

Timely initiative Guido was really generous with knowledge
Regards

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:19 AM, <emko at internetresearch.com.gh> wrote:

> The Advanced Information Technology Institute – Kofi Annan Centre of
> Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (AITI-KACE,
> http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh) in conjunction with the Free Software and
> Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA, http://www.fossfa.net) and
> friends of Guido Sohne invite you to participate in a press conference
> scheduled for 3:00 pm on 22nd of May 2009. The venue is the AITI-KACE
> premises opposite the Council of State. This will be followed by an
> informal get-together of the IT community sponsored by friends of Guido
> Sohne at Venus at 6:30 pm.
>
> The purpose of the press conference is to announce the full details of the
> Guido Sohne Fellowship. The Fellowship is being setup as a means to
> recognize the extraordinary work that Guido did for African technology.
> Winners of the Fellowship spots are awarded after an open competition
> which requires participants to develop a web application and to write an
> essay on the technological vision for Africa that Guido and his
> compatriots shared.
>
> Guido Sohne was legendary in his work of "developing information" and
> "writing code". His contributions range from his personal vision of  our
> future to constructive criticism of regulatory  and other technical policy
> frameworks. In the world of code writing Guido's work is recognised both
> in the Free and Open Source space as well as the proprietary space. From C
> to LAMP, his language proficiency is known. Experienced in the use of
> Operating Systems from Unix to Windows, he has played with Apache, XML,
> Chillispot etc. technologies. Above all these, Guido was known to have a
> blistering pace in delivering top quality software projects. Guido was,
> also, one of the pioneer founders  of the Free Software and Open Source
> Foundation for Africa, the premier continental open source foundation in
> Africa.
>
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